This week, the Washington Post brought us a sneak peek into some uniform changes ahead for March Madness right around the corner! We found it to be a very interesting read - especially if you have been waiting for a new look for Basketball (or if your team needs some new Mojo)!
And if you're into Sports, especially Basketball at the time of the year when everyone is into the countdown to March Madness, you'll definitely appreciate this article on the ranking of must see NCAA Basketball games this weekend!
The Next Web announced that starting today that you can read up to 15 articles for free on NYTimes.com whenever you connect to the Internet in Starbucks, being that we conduct business in Starbucks so much on the road - we wanted to share that awesome tidbit with you.
Finally, if you're a NCAA Basketball buff and you haven't checked out ESPN's Bubble Watch, you may want to head over there and give them a shot to help you out on your bracketing... Take the stress off baby!
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Welcome to our corner of the World!
Hello and Welcome to Fanatic Team Gear. We're Ken and Terri and we live in Washington State, in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. Yes, it rains (a lot - that rumor is true) but the coffee and the scenery is divine - from where we live we can go snowshoeing (we don't ski) and boating all in the same day.
This was our last duty station after we spent eight years together in the military in Germany. I'm originally from the Gulf Coast and Ken is from sunny California, we share a love of everything Disney, Starbucks and of course Ken is a passionate Sports Fan.
We have been partners in this crazy thing called life for 31 years and married for 29 years, we met in the military long ago while we were both Active Duty and Ken is retired Army. We have three adult daughters who have blessed us with six grandchildren, three boys and three girls, ranging in age from 2 months to almost the teenage years.
We feel truly blessed to have been able to have had careers that we have enjoyed, along with our military background Ken has an MBA, worked for BNSF, was a Certified eBay Business Consultant and Power Seller prior to our decision leave our eBay store, and we've been online retailers since 1994. With stores at Bonanza and Addoway and a growing fan base with our fan page on Facebook!
My background is in healthcare management and health insurance with a passion still in making sure my family and friends are educated in how to read their benefits so I may share from time to time a tip or two.
We love to travel, spending time with our grandchildren and family across this beautiful United States of ours and we have had a wonderful time working and making a "life" together.
We hope you have fun shopping our Fanatic Team Gear site and reading our blog. We aim to write about all kinds of stuff that we're passionate about or that are interesting; including current events, our travels, sports events and anything else we find amusing, fascinating, intriguing, or simply entertaining.
If you should ever have any questions about any of our items please feel free to ask and we'll do our best to answer your questions. Just shoot us an email or chat with us on our fan page!
Enjoy visiting us at our new shopping site!
This was our last duty station after we spent eight years together in the military in Germany. I'm originally from the Gulf Coast and Ken is from sunny California, we share a love of everything Disney, Starbucks and of course Ken is a passionate Sports Fan.
We have been partners in this crazy thing called life for 31 years and married for 29 years, we met in the military long ago while we were both Active Duty and Ken is retired Army. We have three adult daughters who have blessed us with six grandchildren, three boys and three girls, ranging in age from 2 months to almost the teenage years.
We feel truly blessed to have been able to have had careers that we have enjoyed, along with our military background Ken has an MBA, worked for BNSF, was a Certified eBay Business Consultant and Power Seller prior to our decision leave our eBay store, and we've been online retailers since 1994. With stores at Bonanza and Addoway and a growing fan base with our fan page on Facebook!
My background is in healthcare management and health insurance with a passion still in making sure my family and friends are educated in how to read their benefits so I may share from time to time a tip or two.
We love to travel, spending time with our grandchildren and family across this beautiful United States of ours and we have had a wonderful time working and making a "life" together.
We hope you have fun shopping our Fanatic Team Gear site and reading our blog. We aim to write about all kinds of stuff that we're passionate about or that are interesting; including current events, our travels, sports events and anything else we find amusing, fascinating, intriguing, or simply entertaining.
If you should ever have any questions about any of our items please feel free to ask and we'll do our best to answer your questions. Just shoot us an email or chat with us on our fan page!
Enjoy visiting us at our new shopping site!
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Everyone needs a Coffee Break
There are times when a coffee break isn’t just a “coffee break”.
Maybe it’s to stop by a friend’s to share how your weekend went, or that a new collectible item you're excited that you've found or maybe just to brainstorm ideas on how to grow your new online business! I mean think... of those ideas to share and learn about from each other; Addoway, Pinterest, Wanelo, Twitter, Facebook - so many avenues to chat about over - yes, coffee!
Coffee can mean different things to many people – to some, I’m sure it doesn’t even mean coffee! Well, you know what I mean – they say they are taking a coffee break but it is really tea , cocoa or just a minute to relax!
Many times during our busy day when we grab that cup of coffee from the kitchen, with our friends at Starbucks in the workplace café, we don’t even stop to think of the very moment of when the “act of taking a coffee break” became important to us.
For me, I can remember in the 80’s while in the military, coffee became a new “warm” friend that kept me company on SO many occasions and did much to add to my morale on many 24 hour shifts while on a Nike Hercules site in Germany.
It was also a way that my Mom and I could say we were having time together when I first enlisted, she would write and say she was having a cup of coffee – was I having mine? It brought us together, even though we were thousands of miles apart - on so many days and nights that I really needed my Mom. Yes, this was before instant communication – hard paper letters. SNAIL MAIL people! We actually had to wait for news from our loved ones.
Coffee breaks mean different things to different people. That short period of sharing a cup of coffee can allow you to stay in touch with your best friend, network your business, get new parenting ideas or simply change your environment for 30 minutes.
For Fanatic Team Gear and for us personally, "coffee breaks" mean a break from our work day here at the house, a visit with friends at our local coffee house or afternoon coffee with relatives in Louisiana...
Follow us at:
http://www.addoway.com/TakenTreasures
http://pinterest.com/fanaticteamgear/
https://www.facebook.com/Kens.Selling.Corner
Maybe it’s to stop by a friend’s to share how your weekend went, or that a new collectible item you're excited that you've found or maybe just to brainstorm ideas on how to grow your new online business! I mean think... of those ideas to share and learn about from each other; Addoway, Pinterest, Wanelo, Twitter, Facebook - so many avenues to chat about over - yes, coffee!
Coffee can mean different things to many people – to some, I’m sure it doesn’t even mean coffee! Well, you know what I mean – they say they are taking a coffee break but it is really tea , cocoa or just a minute to relax!Many times during our busy day when we grab that cup of coffee from the kitchen, with our friends at Starbucks in the workplace café, we don’t even stop to think of the very moment of when the “act of taking a coffee break” became important to us.
For me, I can remember in the 80’s while in the military, coffee became a new “warm” friend that kept me company on SO many occasions and did much to add to my morale on many 24 hour shifts while on a Nike Hercules site in Germany.
It was also a way that my Mom and I could say we were having time together when I first enlisted, she would write and say she was having a cup of coffee – was I having mine? It brought us together, even though we were thousands of miles apart - on so many days and nights that I really needed my Mom. Yes, this was before instant communication – hard paper letters. SNAIL MAIL people! We actually had to wait for news from our loved ones.
Coffee breaks mean different things to different people. That short period of sharing a cup of coffee can allow you to stay in touch with your best friend, network your business, get new parenting ideas or simply change your environment for 30 minutes.
For Fanatic Team Gear and for us personally, "coffee breaks" mean a break from our work day here at the house, a visit with friends at our local coffee house or afternoon coffee with relatives in Louisiana...
Follow us at:
http://www.addoway.com/TakenTreasures
http://pinterest.com/fanaticteamgear/
https://www.facebook.com/Kens.Selling.Corner
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