Yes WE can!!!!!

Greetings Family! I am still in another atmosphere due to President Elect Barack Obama!!! I am so filled with pride and joy to be able to see this in my lifetime. We are truly part of history. The first African American president of the United States!!! Every time I say it I am truly overwhelmed and sometimes led to tears due to this most awesome event. I truly believe that this is something bigger than Barack and that he is truly a messenger sent when he was needed. I will not continue that sermon though and will save that for another blog. I do want to say that part of this legacy is us. That’s right, you and me. A large part of Barack Obama’s message is about hope and about change from the bottom up as he has said over and over again. With all of the history in the making and all the excitement I hope that people really get that. We are already seeing the naysayers waiting to see what Barack will do. How will he save us they ask?? When he becomes President all will be right with the world!! We all need to know that a large part of the change has to come from us. There will be no quick fixes. This is going to be a journey that Barack has started but that WE must follow. That whole grass roots movement that made this the most successful presidential campaign ever must continue. OUR work has just begun. Now is not the time to sit back to see what Barack Obama will do but to look into the mirror to ask ourselves what will WE do as our part in this world plan. Yes WE can family! Yes WE can!!! I dare you!!!

Donna

Question?

These are tough times and it’s hard for small businesses and pretty much everybody to keep it going. I was posed with the question, what is going to make people buy from Pooka instead of major chains like The body Shop or Bath and body works? I figured this is a perfect question to pose to our Pooka blog readers. Now it’s time to get a cup of green tea and soak those toes in a Pooka foot fizzy and really think about it! We’d love to hear from you. What things can we do better to compete with these big chains? Maybe we can come up with something that will help us and you! I’m sure you’ll have great ideas so we’ll post some of them to the blog and get feedback from everyone.

Thanks family!

A Rock Stars Halloween!

Hey Family,
Although we choose to celebrate a "Harvest" instead of Halloween, the kiddies still like to dress up! You probably all remember 2 1/2 year old Wesley who told us who the next president was going to be, well here he is as "Rock Star!" This is hilarious!


UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS HOW THE NIGHT ENDED UP FOR ROCK STAR............

Dad's Stump Speech!

Just sharing for all of the folks out there, you can’t stretch your gas tank.
Yesterday after a wonderful church service, I figured I would sneak out before the end to beat the rush. I ran to my car and started it up. Sputter, sputter , dead…………. Okay, I’m wracking my brain, wondering what happened even as the glaring check gage light is blinking, It can’t be that, I thought. My father is going to kill me, his childrens stump speech consists of #1. Stop going to the ATM 10 times a day keep some cash with you, #2. The ever popular “Bump and Run”, if someone hits your car at night and you’re suspicious keep going until you get to a safe spot and………….#3. Don’t let the tank get down to E! Great, I have violated life rule #3! I have to admit that the check gage light was on the night before, but in these hard economic times I’ve learned to judge exactly how long I can survive on E before pulling into the station. Unfortunately for me as I was told by the AAA guy, when you have a Ford and park on an incline it won’t start on low gas! That wasn’t in my manual! I was also informed by my(or should I say Tricia’s) AAA guy that If I had started the car and coasted down the hill the engine would have caught and I would have made it to a gas station. IS HE KIDDING! Now on top of everything I’m going to coast down a hill and pray that it starts, um………….no thanks. Well he gave me some gas and I drove sheepishly to the gas station, but when I got there I realized I had no cash, violating dad’s stump speech #1, so I decided to use my ATM card at the pump, which violated stump speech #4, don’t use your card at the pump anyone can get your number!. So folks if you ever see me rolling through an intersection, trying to coast to a gas station just pray for me! To add insult to injury now Donna and Lance are getting me my own AAA card for Christmas, yuck, I wanted some new boots!

Is it wrong to think................

Hi folks, just had a question! You know me and politics, I've been a political junkie. I've been informed, reading and watching everything. I have spent the last 15 months making sure people took me seriously as a political pundant. This is why after all that I've been saying, I want to know if it's wrong to think our possible new president Barack Obama is.............HOT! Okay, okay I know it's not politically correct to think that your president is a hottie but I can't help it! It's not just his looks, its the way he looks at his wife, his swagger and confidence, his depth of knowledge all rolled up into a nice neat package. I'm sorry if this offends some and I hope that I will be allowed to keep my political card, but I just had to say it. hmmmmm.............I wonder if he has a single brother! hahahah!

Pooka Pink Day!

My Most Important Blog of the Year

Hey Pooka Family! This is my most important blog of the year! Today is the last day in the state of New Jersey to register to vote. Please, please, please if you have not registered click on http://www.njelections.org/index.html . Here you will be able to download the form to complete and mail it today. Remember, it must be postmarked today! Also, if you are going to be out of the state on the day of the election you can complete an absentee ballot so that you can mail in your vote. You can access the absentee ballot from this same site.

Please family..it is so important for each of us to take a stand and this is one sure fire way to do it! As my Grandpa used to say, "If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything." Let's take a stand and vote!