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Gratitude

Greetings Pooka Family! Happy New Year!! Here we are once again alive and well to see another year. Amen to that!!Time truly waits for no one. I really feel the speed of life as I get older. Makes me more conscious to be present in and appreciate each and every day. Whether good, bad or indifferent I am here to experience it! My sister Tricia and I do what I guess you would call a gratitude exchange. We send each other an email of what we are grateful for each day. Could be something very personal or it could be that I caught the train on time lol! The point is to take a minute to reflect on what you are grateful for each and every day. The exercise of writing it out and releasing it to the universe (well ok to Tricia!) is very reflective for me. It is right there in black and white what I feel for that day. My gratefulness is expressed to God for all He has done in my life. I usually send in the morning as a way to start my day in His spirit. Now we sometimes have those days that we don’t get our gratefuls until the evening but we always get them in! What are you grateful for family? Do you write them down and reflect on them? Do you share it with the universe?? Do you let God know what He has done for you? I would encourage everyone to start the year with this exercise and make it personal to you. You can send to a friend or just write down for yourself. Family this will be one of the best things you can do for the new year. Happy 2012!!!

New Possibilities for 2012

Happy New Year Pooka Family! I am exciting about the New Year and what new possibilities are in {the} store (no pun intended) LOL! As you know from Dawn’s previous post; we have begun our Daniel Fast and this year’s theme as communicated by Rev. Watley (williamwatley.org) is New Possibilities for Faith, Family and Finances for 2012. I love Rev. Watley’s themes each year for the Daniel Fast because he not only lays out the guidelines for the Fast through the word of God but his themes also challenge me to look outside of just the abstinence to food but also inward towards what I am seeking for myself through God. This year I took the time to right down exactly what new possibilities I would like to see come to fruition. That was a crucial first step for me because once I write something down; I look at it every day to see if I’ve completed it so I can check it off. One other thing we (the Pookalitas) did this year that we didn’t do last year is that we each invited one other sisterfriend to join us in the fast. For the one who did join us, we are happy that she has taken on the commitment and to the others who were not ready to do so, we still include them in our Daily Word.

Pooka Family, I hope that each of you have thought about what new possibilities lay in store for you and are open to receive them

Oh the Possibilities!

Hi Pooka Family and Happy 2012!! We are blessed and excited to start this new year!

I’m always excited every January because its a brand New Year and its filled with lots of wonderful possibilities! Make sure you start your year off in a positive way. Below are some of the things that I’m going to do!

I’ve decided to make no New Years resolutions, but instead to just make some positive goals. I found my list of Pooka goals that I made last year and when I looked at my written goals and looked at our Vision Board at the office one thing was on both a flagship location! 2011 was a big year for Pooka since we did open our first retail location! This just solidified my decision to make new 2012 goals.

Positive Affirmations!
I am big about writing things down and reading over them. Words matter and the words that you speak and your thoughts manifest in your life. Be careful of what you say and think, start your day looking in the mirror and say something wonderful about you and the day that you are getting ready to enjoy! This is a great book about healing by using positive affirmations called “You can heal your life”, by Louise L. Hay

Fasting

This is the 2nd year that the Pookalitas and I do a Daniel Fast. Its a wonderful spiritual fast, which we find strengthens our faith and gives us vision and direction for our year. Now fasting is not easy, there are many days when my only email to the girls is, “I’m HUNGRY” LOL! But then I munch on some carrots and keep it movin. Its something that we do together and that strengthens our friendships! Here is the outline of the Daniel Fast.

Whatever you do, fasting, setting goals, making resolutions just make sure to take advantage of this blessed New Year and DO something. Take time to be excited about all of the possibilites that this year could hold for you. Choose one and get started!

Come on Martha!!!

Well Pooka family, being a member of the Indie Beauty Network, a group of us were given complimentary tickets to the Martha Stewart Show! I was so excited when I heard we were going and counted the days! Now you have to understand my excitement, many of you know that I may not be the most....domestic gal (my momma tried but it just didn’t stick) So why would I be so excited about going to the show you ask? GIFTS!!! Come on people its December and we’re going on the Martha Stewart show! I had been watching so many shows and the Holiday give-aways had been fantastic. I had a dual purpose the morning of the show, I had to figure out how I could pay attention to the gifts being given away but also learn NOTHING, thats right people, I didn’t want to mess up my non-domestic record and learning to make a cake or pie might just spoil that, LOL! If I increased my domestic knowledge people would start asking me to cook something besides body butter and I have no time for that! As I marched into the studio audience I was armed with my Christmas List because I had gifts to get and then give away! I had no idea what kind of amazing goodies we would get, would we get ipods? ipads? or maybe even........a CAR!! Now my christmas list wasn’t for items I wanted it was for people I needed to get gifts for! All of my items from Martha were going right to the folks on my list, saving me time and money! The studio was beautiful, lights, cameras and staff buzzing around everywhere! We were taken to our seats and awaited Martha’s arrival! After about 15 minutes finally she arrived and the show began.

The first thing she did was make a cake, I shielded my eyes so that I wouldn’t learn about baking and finally the segment was over. I waited anxiously for them to pass around the cake that she made and....THEY NEVER DID!! Are you kidding me! We don’t get to eat the cake!! I decided to calm down because we were moving to the next segment, I thought about my list and was excited to see what they would be getting. The next segment, Martha had a crafty woman making leather bracelets, she explained how it was done, by punching holes into the leather and then you string the beads. At that moment Martha exclaimed, “Everyone in the audience will be getting my craft leather hole puncher!” WHAT???!!! A leather hole puncher, I quickly, mentally scanned my list, who the heck could I give that to? Alright, I decided not to panic, I knew there were more segments to come and I’d get the latest technology gadget to give someone! So now Martha moves to the next segment where she starts making planters and garden items out of cement, now I was getting worried but I was still being positive and thats when Martha says, “Everyone in the audience will be getting this book on how to make garden gifts out of cement!” WHAT!!!!!!! A cement makin book, really Martha!! So now we move on to the last segment and I’m sweating bullets now, I need to finish my Christmas shopping. Martha starts looking at a bunch of pretty picture frames and announces that we will all be getting gift certificates to an online photo website, where we can upload our pics and print them out. I was floored! No ipod, no computer and definitely NO CAR! NO MARTHA NO!!! Finally Martha ended the show by making Chicken Liver Mousse and something about the whirling of the stupid food processor caught my eye and I was in a trance and couldn’t turn away. So on top of getting no good gifts I now know how to make Chicken Liver Mousse!!!! The devastation!!!!

All in all it was a good time and getting to meet other members of the Indie beauty network was the best! Unfortunately Donna will be getting a leather hole puncher and my mom is getting a cement garden book and I will be making Chicken Liver Mousse sandwiches for my dad and brother, all together now....THANKS MARTHA!

End of Another Year!

Well Pooka Family….we’ve just about made it to the end of another year! We are so thankful for God’s mercy in bringing us to it and through it! We thank him for his mercy, his love, his gifts and his blessings and lastly we thank God for you! Dawn, Donna, April and I are so thankful for each of you and your continued love and patronage thru this journey of Pooka which HE has bestowed upon us. As we enter into the Christmas season, we hope that you will continue to be a part of our family!! Please make sure you come to our Christmas party on December 17^th so we can give a Christmas hug to each and every one of you!!!

Love Always,

The Pookalitas

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