Author Archives: Matt
ArtsGoggle 2016
Welcome if you found us at ArtsGoggle! I don’t have an Etsy shop, so if you missed your chance to buy somethingView full post »
New Sawhorses
A few years ago, I jotted down the dimensions of the sawhorses that hung in the garage when I grew up. I Dd finally gotView full post »
Lullaby
A couple of months ago, the kids asked for me to bring my guitar up and sing a bedtime song. Sally snuck up and caughtView full post »
Cowtown Half Marathon
Around the beginning of November, a coworker suggested that we run the Cowtown Half Marathon together on February 24. IView full post »
rest in peace, scout
Ten years is not enough for a dog like this one. I hope heaven is a spot in the sun for this amazing person of a dog.View full post »
Thirty
Thirty years ago today, about this time in the afternoon, my dad came home from work early. It was his last day of workView full post »
Bike Culture
Like a lot of families, we’re trying to embrace bicycle culture. I’ve been riding my bike to workView full post »
Phineas and Ferb made this
Our kids watch a lot of Phineas and Ferb (Remember our Halloween costumes?). Maybe our kids watch too much TV inView full post »
Garage Organization
I grew up in a house with a garage walled with pegboard. I took it for granted that you could hang anything anywhere.View full post »
Mother’s Day
I interviewed the kids for Mother’s Day this year: Why did God make mothers? F. To help us. G. Because they wereView full post »
Old Yeller
Reading Old Yeller aloud with the kids, I was fine until Travis’s papa was talking to him about having to shootView full post »
The Amazing Fantastico and Mr. Fluffypants
A few years ago, when we were living in Amarillo, we threw a birthday party in our backyard. A few friends from the momsView full post »
Sacrifice
For many years now, my principal source of hydration has been cola products. A couple of years ago, I switched to dietView full post »
Dot coms
I love how my kids call websites “dot coms.” What are you guys looking at? George: this is the dot com thatView full post »
Ice Cream Scoops / Pizza Cutters
For Christmas, Sally and I decided to give our families homemade ice cream scoops and pizza cutters. I bought the kitsView full post »