Jul 22
We’re fresh off a ten-day vacation from visiting our families back in Wisconsin, which means this post will contain several deep thoughts – some of questionable importance. (Insert smile here.) I can’t assure you my brain is back at 100% percent, but there’s really only one way to find out. So here goes…below is a list of my top five reflections from this year’s summer vacation:
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If you’ve ever visited the Shafer…Power! blog, you know one of our goals for the journey is to share in our success. In fact, we shared a story in a recent post about donating food to the Capital Area Food Bank of Texas. Well, an interesting thing happened after we made that donation. We were contacted by CAFB as they wanted to interview us about our entrepreneurial journey and our contribution to their organization. Below is a re-post of the article from their blog (the original can be found here). Read more
Welcome to AdVentures. In this column, we’ll take a closer look at our family’s entrepreneurial venture of the month. We’ve already hosted a taco wagon and a coffee stand and made and sold homemade chocolate bars. Rumors of future projects such as publishing a children’s book and designing a girl’s handbag can neither be confirmed nor denied. As with all AdVentures, the goal is to have some fun with the kids and learn more about entrepreneurism. Read more
Dynamite Toy Reviews is a series on the blog where Owen and Malia review various learning toys and tools. Since many parents are interested in items that advance their children’s development, we’ve decided to lend a hand by providing our own unique insight. As with everything we do here at Shafer…Power!, we’ll try to have some fun with the process. (If you’re wondering what this has to do with entrepreneurism, you’ll just have to stick with us…wink wink.) Read more
Welcome to AdVentures. In this series, we’ll take a closer look at our family’s entrepreneurial venture of the month. We’ve already hosted a thrift sale, a coffee stand and made and sold homemade chocolate bars. For June’s event, which was inspired by Torchy, we sold tacos using our children’s wagon. As with all AdVentures, the goal is to have some fun with the kids and learn more about entrepreneurism. Read more
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