Matt Sparx

2017 was a busy year. I learned a lot when it came to DIY and woodworking. I have only been making stuff in my garage for little over a year now and the garage went from a place for our cars to sleep, to a nearly full blown woodshop. I thought I would keep myself motivated on making new things by sharing some of the projects that I did in 2017...

Last night while I was doing some work in the garage, like I usually do, I lose track of time concentrating on the job at hand and giving myself some time to reflect on life. I think about the past, the future and who I am and why I am who I am...

We were driving down 392 yesterday between Greeley and Windsor going about 65mph. As we were nearing Windsor, I had my window cracked open about 3 inches. All of a sudden I feel a THWACK on my neck. It stung a bit but didn't hurt. My initial reaction was "WHAT WAS THAT...

Over the 4th of July weekend, my wife, best friend and myself went over to Lonetree Reservoir just south of Loveland to go fishing at night. We wanted to catch some catfish just for fun. We didn't end up catching a single thing, or even a bite for that matter...

Over the past couple of days I have taken one of the 4x4 beetle kill pine boards and milled it down to a smooth, flat, workable surface. The 4 inch by 4 inch board was cut down into a 3 inch squared board with a little bit less than an inch as waste board...

Over my vacation, I decided it was time to stop putting off going to get the lumber for my harvest dining room table build. On Wednesday, I headed up to a lumber mill located near Red Feather Lakes to pick up some rough cut beetle kill pine...

It was quite a warm day on Tuesday! The dogs were panting like crazy and I wanted to help in cooling them off.

Since I am getting ready to take a few days off from work, I am also going to leave my phone in a drawer in my dresser on those days.

Today I received a new part for the Jeep!

I had a busy Memorial Day Weekend! Mainly working on the Jeep getting back into good enough condition to drive it back and forth to work. I did spend some time out and about, drank some beer and spent some quality time with good friends on Memorial day...

Over the weekend, we took the top off the Jeep. I figured that there was a small chance for rain, but nothing that would be bad enough to warrant putting the top back on for the rest of the week. Yeah... I was wrong!

Yesterday was a great day! We took the top off the jeep and headed out for a little NOCO adventure. We started the day off with lunch at Cheeba Hut in Fort Collins than decided to take a drive up around Horsetooth.