We've talked a bit about why we started this business and that one reason was that we want to involve our kids in this business. Involving Kids in Business Years ago, Little Man learned to count helping to count out parts for orders. We started with counting to 10, then 20... and oh, look 2 sets of 10 make 20! (I looked and looked and couldn't find a picture of this. Bummer!) … [Read more...] about Family Business
Parts!
Back to School
Going Back to School The school season has returned! Over the last week, parting out LEGO® sets has given way to preparing to return to the classroom. Both Rachael and I have updated syllabi for the various things that we teach. This semester, I face the challenge of teaching a class both on Tuesday/Thursday and Monday/Wednesday/Friday schedules. Keeping things divided in … [Read more...] about Back to School
Rearranging
Rearranging and New Storage! Younger and Son grew significantly over this last year. As the inventory of parts grew, so did the need for storage. This week's project was to get some new shelves in place. We used to use some old bookshelves to hold a number of small plastic storage bins. But by switching those bookshelves out, we can put a lot more storage bins in the … [Read more...] about Rearranging
Weekly Review
After taking an extended vacation, it can take a while trying to get back to normal. That's what we did this last week - just before the start of school upsets "normal" all over again. Lots of Parting Out Target stores have been doing summer clearance recently, and I've taken advantage to get some cheap sets. The downside comes from parting out lower quantities of sets, but … [Read more...] about Weekly Review
Week in Review
The last couple weeks have been crazy! But now we can settle things down for a little bit and start enjoying summer. Somehow, in the midst of embryo transfer travel, we haven't missed a beat with respect to business. Lots of LEGO® sets. In these last two weeks, I parted out four more sets into our inventory. First, I parted out 10 copies of the Royal Talon Attack Fighter … [Read more...] about Week in Review
