May 30
One of the primary reasons we launched Shafer…Power! was to ensure our children were learning through fun, creativity and adventure. (I don’t know about you, but Tiger Mom freaks me out.) In fact, I’d like to share a few thoughts on the topic of learning and education and would be interested to hear your feedback.
The Bottom Line is a series that was first introduced on the Shafer…Power! blog in April, 2012. Whereas the business definition of bottom line is “the line in a financial statement that shows net income or loss,” here we do a quick recap of our progress toward our goals. Since “Earn Some Spare Change” is our fourth goal, we’ll provide an update on our actual bottom line as well. Read more
Inspired by our friends at Mast Brothers Chocolate, the kids and I took a shot at making homemade chocolate bars last Friday evening. As mentioned in a previous blog, the goal was to have them ready for our community-wide thrift sale which was held on Saturday morning. And much like our Jesterbucks coffee stand, the project was a massive success!
Our neighborhood coffee stand is in the books and it was a wild success! After borrowing a page from that other large coffee chain, we served Pike Place Roast, chocolate milk and donuts during this morning’s event. The name of our stand – Jesterbucks – even had a familiar ring to it as we incorporated the name of our subdivision + bucks (fingers crossed this isn’t a trademark infringement). We had approximately 20-25 visitors and grossed $22.45.
When I was a little boy, I wanted to be a professional athlete. Specifically, I wanted to be a professional basketball player. I used to shoot hoops all day long and pretended I played for the Milwaukee Bucks. Come to think of it, I wanted to be a professional football player too. I would emulate the quarterback of the Green Bay Packers by throwing bombs to my big brother in our front yard.
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