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We’re back after a nice and relaxing holiday break and ready to kick off 2012 with a bang.  We here at Blue Soda Promo hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and probably the last ones to wish you a Happy New Year.  With that being said welcome back!

With every new year comes the New Year Resolution.  Our resolution remains the same as it’s always been which is to offer the best products at the lowest prices while giving excellent customer service to each and every one of our customers.  But mine of the other hand has to be to lose a few extra LBs.  With all the great holiday food starting with Thanksgiving and the added pressure of getting things wrapped up by the end of the year, I have neglected what I learned in Physical Education in trying to take care of my body.  And I don’t think I’m the only one.  Please don’t tell me I’m the only one…

So to begin 2012 I am gluing myself to one of our custom pedometers.  The typical goal for most has been about 10,000 steps per day and I hope to exceed that in one form or another.  Whether is taking the dog for a extra long walk (which I’m sure he would appreciate) or playing an extra game or two of basketball during the week.

I just hope this marathon walking campaign doesn’t get too distracting because I am getting some pretty weird looks from people as I take laps around the office holding my laptop like I’m looking for a wireless signal while writing this post.

To see our full list of promotional pedometers click here.

I love my family.  They are caring, good-hearted people, who have been there in my time of need.  Helped me when I needed them most and shaped me into the person I am today.  But there is a reason I’m not the biggest fan of the holidays.  For all the good they have done for me, presents haven’t been one of their strong suits.  I tend to give an awkward smile and say thank you to be polite although I wish I just had the guts to ask them if they still had the receipt.  Here is a list of some of the more memorable presents I’ve gotten in the last 25 years.

‘Tickle Me’ Elmo

You may be thinking, ‘Tickle Me’ Elmo, that’s not a bad gift.  Why are you complaining about that?  Your parents probably went through a lot of trouble getting you one of those at the time.  And if I had gotten one the year they came out and been 5 years old at the time, I probably would have been thrilled.  However, I got one years later and was 20 at the time.  My parents just love a good deal and found one on eBay for $6.  They explained to me that the auction said they are all the rage and didn’t want me to be the last one to get one.  Too late.

A Cap Gun

We moved to Wisconsin when I was in fifth grade.  I had grown up in Chicago to that point and some of my new friends had some different hobbies than I did at that time; hunting, fishing, 4-wheeling and the Green Bay Packers.  So for Christmas of ’96 my parents bought me a cap gun.  What was I supposed to do with a gun?  First, I had never told my parents I liked any of the new hobbies my friends were into.  Second, hunting is more typically a rifle sport, what was I going to kill with a cap gun.  The only thing I was able to do was give the deer a heads up.

Resident Evil (Japanese Version)

The older I got the more I feel in love with technology.  Computers, video games, iPods, I had bought it all with the money I earned working after school.  My parents had a keen enough eye to pick up on this and bought me the newest Resident Evil at the time.  A very thoughtful gift, only problem was they had picked up a bootleg copy somewhere in Chinatown and Im pretty sure it was in Japanese.  I was so excited that this was almost a cool present I may have even given it a shot if it wasn’t for Xbox and I had a Playstation at the time.

Bag of Coal

I would have to say that my parents have a pretty good sense of humor.  They were the ones that introduced me to great comedies such as Uncle Buck, What About Bob and Caddyshack.  However, one year they decided to ruin the one part of Christmas that I actually enjoyed.  On Christmas morning, they switched out all of our stockings that were usually full of candy with little bags of coal.  When I finally stumbled downstairs to endure the hell of opening presents, they laughed hysterically when I noticed my stocking was missing.  I have to admit I even cracked a smile and applauded them for the good joke.  But when I asked them where the real stockings were they told me they had spent the money they usually would have bought candy to play the practical joke.  So that day I hit the eggnog hard.

Don’t make the same mistakes my parents did and show your customers, clients and employees the love they deserve by looking into some of our great gift baskets always printed with your company logo.

After googling the history of ice fishing and coming up empty after a couple minutes, I’m pretty sure no one really knows how it started or why someone thought it would be a good idea to go out in the sub-zero temperatures, drill a hole in a frozen body of water and sit there for hours hoping for a bite.  My thought is after some cavewoman began yelling her caveman husband to get his butt off the rock he was sitting on and get a job while the cavebaby was crying in the background, he got sick and tired of listening, left his cave and threw a huge rock which crashed through the ice somewhere and sat there pouting for awhile.  But that’s beside the point…

Today, men tend to take a day off to sit outside on a frozen pond for hours on end with their pole in the water as an excuse to hang out with their friends and do something they enjoy.  With that usually comes food and drinks as well and the can koozie is key while on the ice for a couple reasons.  The obvious reason being to be keep your hands warm.  Warm may be the wrong word, but it’s there to prevent exposing more extremities to cold temperatures.

The weirdest reason though has to be the amount of pride men take in their custom can koozies.  If there is a koozie involved, it doesn’t matter what they are drinking anymore, it becomes more about how cool the design is or what’s printed on the side.  Whether it’s a sports team’s logo, the funny t-shirt design koozie for their bottle, or Larry the Cable Guy’s “Get-R-Done” stamped on it guys want to show off the holsters for their beverage.

So take a look at our Koozies and Can Holders section and save a man’s hand while drinking with his friends on a giant ice cube.

The holiday season is finally upon us.  A time typically thought of being full of family, friends, food, presents and all around good times…at least that we always come in thinking.  In all reality though, always ends up in disaster year after year starting with Thanksgiving.  The first victim of the season isn’t who you may think it is though.  It’s not your Uncle Bob who gets too drunk watching football and stumbles into the dining room knocking over the freshly baked pumpkin pie.  The real victim has been the same since Plymouth Rock, the turkey.

So for the lucky few of you that survive Thursday’s Thanksgiving fest here is a survival guide to last another year.

First, you’re going to need a disguise.  Hats, sunglasses and t-shirts are going to need to be a priority to hide your appearance.  Buying in bulk will save you some cash and getting them custom printed allows you to seem like part of the working class.  So make up a company, better yet a charity group, to appear to be good people and not want sweet, sweet revenge on the countless years of slaughter.

Next, you will need to protect yourselves.  Traditional weapons are going to be out of the question.  I mean you can’t be waiting a week for approval, you’ll need them now.  Think more practical, a large paperweight or letter opener could do the trick.  And with rush delivery we can have them to you in no time.

Last but not least, it may even be the most important thing will be fitness.  I mean the real reason you guys are in this predicament in the first place is that you’re fat, out of shape and don’t know how to fly.  Look into some jump ropes, pedometers and exercise bands.  If you can outlast your hunters this wouldn’t be a problem anymore.

Good thing for the rest of us is that turkeys don’t know how to read, let alone have an Internet connection to be able access this.  We’ll be able to enjoy turkey for years to come and if we hide the beer till after dinner, a delicious slice of pumpkin pie.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone and enjoy the weekend!