My name is Sunflower

Hello to all who have missed me. I have been terribly busy, much has happened in the last few weeks. Not only have I started college and working but I have had to prepare for hurricanes. So if anyone missed me I would love to know. Just wanted to say that I am still ALIVE and WELL and ready to blog some more. I will in the next couple days post something REALLY COOL so look out for some new stuff.
Love Ya, Sunflower

My daily workout Yeah!

"If working out leaves you feeling hungry, beware. Those post-exercise munchies can add up! To prove it, researchers from the University of Ottawa divided study subjects into three groups — those who had just exercised intensely, those who had just exercised moderately, and those who didn't exercise at all. The researchers then asked the three groups to eat as much as they'd like from a lunch buffet.
They found that those who exercised ate more than those who didn't — roughly the same amount of calories they had just burned! They speculate that the body subconsciously "keeps track" of calories burned and tries to stay even, regardless of how much stored fuel — aka fat — the body already has on board!
That doesn't mean you should skip your workout or starve yourself after, though! The key is to be aware of this effect and to choose what you munch on wisely, the experts say. So reach for a low-fat/low-calorie carbohydrate and protein combo — like yogurt with fresh fruit or half a peanut butter sandwich on whole-wheat bread — after you exercise. Doing so will take the edge off your hunger without undoing all your hard work! " -Denise Austin
Since I was very young my mother was encouraged by her optimistic nature. After having two babies and being in her 40s Denise Austin is keeping the ball rolling. She not only does aerobics anymore but she incorporates dance, yoga, pilates, and tai chi in all her routines. Every Monday through Friday I watch Denise Austin from 7am to 8am on Lifetime Channel. I like to listen to her encouraging words of wisdom and helpful tips from eating to exercising the right way. I am walking proff that it works and want you to try it too. Exercising is one thing you can do for your body and your body will thank you for it. I truely can't understand why no one would not want to exercise but if you want to see a change, then try it.

HEY DANIELLE!!!!!!

Hi Danielle and Audrey!!!!!
From Rachel and Bella!!!!

This candle was lit on the 11th of September 2001. Please pass it on so it may continue to shine.

"A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle it gains greater brillance. "

9/11

As the soot and dirt and ash rained down,
We became one color.
As we carried each other down the stairs of the burning building,
We became one class.

As we lit candles of waiting and hope,
We became one generation.
As the firefighters and police officers fought their way into the inferno,
We became one gender.

As we fell to our knees in prayer, for strength,
We became one faith.
As we whispered or shouted words of encourgement,
We spoke one language.
As we gave blood in lines a mile long,
We became one body.

As we mourned together the great loss,
We became one family.
As we cried tears of grief and loss,
We became one soul.
As we retell with pride of the sacrifice of hereos,
We became one people.

We are:
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One color / / One class
One generation One gender
One faith One language
One body One family
One soul One people
We are the POWER OF ONE. We are UNITED, We are AMERICA.
Dedicated to the victims of terroism and the loved ones that lost ones because of the terroism.

Telephones today?

Have you noticed these days people depend on the technology of computers to function. Kids of 2years old are introduced to cell phones before they can even begin to talk. I see many that would not be able to work with out a cell phone. I had a job where it was nessary to have two cell phones to keep up with my work. Numerious batteries and backup phone chargers were a necessity to get through the day smoothly. During a single day I would use up a battery charged and have to change batteries while charging the other one. Traveling with a big black book with all my numbers and addressses have been replaced with handhelds. All the companies give me email confirmation to my orders within days. Nothing is face to face like it was when I was younger, but impersonal by mail order or mass production sales. Smaller businesses today have bigger corporations with more resources putting them out of businness. Expanding corporations must extend international to make it BIG. If you don't change with the changing markets you will not survive with the thriving BLUR of tomarrow. Many instances if you have more to offer for the same product but for lesser price the consumer will have no choice but take the better offer. With companies like Walmart, Home Depot, Whole Foods Market look at polls for their products or region on polls of consumer demand. My idea today is a reflection on a world that is a everchanging place of new ideas and florishing plans of expansions. New companies walking into the horizon of the new dawn of the new world. Just opening my eyes to a forever of infinity of possibilites with a frontier of adventure.

Foolish Games by Jewel

Foolish Games
You took your coat off and stood in the rain,
You were always crazy like that
I watched from my window,
always felt I was outside looking in on you
You were always the mysterious one
with dark eyes and careless hair,
You were fashionably sensitive, but too cool to care
Then you stood in my doorway, with nothing to say
besides some comment on the weather
Well in case you failed to notice,
In case you failed to see,
This is my heart bleeding before you,
This is me down on my knees
These foolish games are tearing me apart
You thoughtless words are breaking my heart
You're breaking my heart
You were always brilliant in the morning
Smoking your cigarettes, talking over coffee
You philosophies on art, Baroque moved you,
You loved Mozart and you'd speak of your loved ones
As I clumsily strummed my guitar
You'd teach me of honest things
Things that were daring, things that were clean
Things that knew what an honest dollar did mean
So I hid my soiled hands behind my back
Somewhere along the line I must've gone off track with you
Excuse me, think I've mistaken you for somebody else
Somebody who gave a damn,
Somebody more like myself
These foolish games are tearing me apart
You thoughtless words are breaking my heart
You're breaking my heart
You took off your coat and stood in the rain
you were always like that

ANNABEL LEE

ANNABEL LEE
by Edgar Allan Poe (1849)
It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of ANNABEL LEE;-- And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me.
She was a child and I was a child, In this kingdom by the sea, But we loved with a love that was more than love-- I and my Annabel Lee-- With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven Coveted her and me.
And this was the reason that, long ago, In this kingdom by the sea, A wind blew out of a cloud by night Chilling my Annabel Lee; So that her high-born kinsman came And bore her away from me, To shut her up in a sepulchre In this kingdom by the sea.
The angels, not half so happy in Heaven, Went envying her and me:-- Yes! that was the reason (as all men know, In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of a cloud, chilling And killing my Annabel Lee.
But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we-- Of many far wiser than we- And neither the angels in Heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:--
For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And the stars never rise but I see the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride, In her sepulchre there by the sea-- In her tomb by the side of the sea.
-- THE END --

Are you Eating to Live?

Or Are you living to eat? My ponders these questions of life as I am watching the depressing news and asking myself the question, am I eating to live or am I living to eat? What am I living for? Then I came upon a website of enlightenment.
What is the purpose of life?
What is my goal in life?
Why did I choose this career?
How do I spend my spare time?
What is my motivation for doing what I do?
What really makes me happy?
Am I as happy as I want to be?
Is it more important to be rich or to be happy?
What are my future plans? Why?
What are my secret dreams and ambitions?

Some more questions to evalute me/my life/my family......

Rainy Daze

Going to the French Quarter was always such a happy time for me. I remember going there on my 18th birthday with some friends of mine and my mother too. She had got her friend Tom to let us use his apartment in the French Quarter, located 2 blocks from Bourbon Street. It was a trip of remembrance because that was when I got my tongue pierced at Rings of Desire. My mom didn’t want me to do it but my friends chipped in on the money and I wanted to do it. I recall she was to upset with me she couldn’t even look at them piercing my tongue. She was curious and kept running in and out of the room to check on me. It took only a second but the prep is what took so long. Being my birthday is two days before St. Patrick’s Day I saw a parade while there and still have the beads I received back in 1998. As I recall we ate beignets, my favorite, and shopped along the farmers market. We also did a lot of window shopping at places like the place named Trashy Divas. That shop was the coolest because they had old 50s purses in mint condition as well as other clothes from that era. The shop keepers wore that 50s makeup and even had the hair styled as if they were living in that time. The French Quarter holds such memories that are fond to me.



All these memories flood me at this time of such tragic loss there. My heart is broken to look at the water flooding this beautiful city yet I am also sad for the people that lived there. I am praying for those folks not only in New Orleans but also the adjoining states in Mississippi and Alabama. My heart goes to the families who lost there loved ones and to the ones who lost a home to this gigantic storm.