A man’s brain works differently than a woman’s brain. After reading this one sentence, if you’re a woman you are thinking, “Duh.” If you’re a man you’re thinking, “Prove it.”

Although the brain is essentially the same bio machine, how it functions and its physical makeup is very different for each sex.  Men have more gray matter, women have more white matter. White matter is responsible for learning, emotions, processing sensory and relational information while gray matter controls memory, spatial relationships and logic.

Women have 86 percent of their total amount of white matter in the frontal lobes. Men do not have any white matter in the frontal lobes of their brains. Gray matter in men is evenly distributed between the frontal and bilateral lobes, but in women it was found almost completely in the frontal lobe (84 percent).

So, women learn faster with an ability to control their emotions better while communicating how they are the boss in the relationship. While man is in charge of the TV remote and remembers how to get to the store for snacks quickly.

You may be asking yourself, How does this relate to door mats or mats in general? Observe.

Wife, “I hate the color of our kitchen mats.” (Emotion)

Me, “Didn’t we just order those anti fatigue mats?” (Memory)

Wife, “But I think when we refinish the cabinets, it will clash.” (Processing sensory information)

Me, “So maybe we should forget about re-doing the kitchen and stay with what we have.” (Logic)

Wife, “That’s what you said when I had you redo the rubber flooring in the garage and look how great that turned out.”  (Learning) Besides, if you don’t get me those new floor mats, it will be uncomfortable sleeping alone in the bed.” (Processing relational information)

Me, “Why would you be sleeping alone”? Oh, On it. Where’s the phone?” (Spatial relationships)

As you can see, communication between the sexes is possible if you just understand the way each sex communicates.

I have recently built myself a new computer. Filled to brim with gimmicks, frills, jiggles and monster massive hardware! I spared no expense (quite literally), buy the end of this not so little build I had a larger, more in-charge computer and much smaller bank account. But alas it was worth it; fore now I can go into that strange and uncertain land of the interwebs knowing that I indeed walk softly and carry a big gun…per say.

However changing your computer, especially when it is a desktop can be much like changing out furniture and in many cases that is exactly what you have to do.  So, I found myself again upgrading. However this time it was my desk, then my bed frame…and while I’m at it why not that entertainment center I was looking at. I even when so far as to get new welcome mats for my house, new kitchen mats and certainly a very nice bamboo chair mat for this new desk and new office chair. Not to would be outright injustice, I say.

So with my computer, bedroom, kitchen and front door up to date, new and shiny; all I have to do is get some new floor mats for my car and we are set. Cause anything worth doing, is worth doing right, right? Be it new toys and consumer electronics or home furnishings and home mats; once you get going it is very hard to stop.

Over the years my true and trusty truck has certainly acquired some, shall we say “character”. By “character” I mean a fair amount of scratches, scrapes and dings. So, I have taken it upon myself, not being any kind of expert, novice or really having any idea of how to repair body damage on a vehicle other than having a credit card and knowing the location of my local auto supply store; to fix these above mentioned damages.

Now this certainly involves quite a bit of manual labor while in a crouching position. So, after the first weekend of this and making, what I would consider to be a good amount of progress, my knees were very sore and stiff. This was easily remedied with a few beers and vapor rub, but a friend of mine who actually works in the auto trade suggested his little trick of using small floor mats to help out with that. So armed with a new Kneeling Pad I started hacking and chipping, and banging away on this little project of mine.

As I am still not finished with my renovations to the ‘ol bucket of bolt, I have to say that at least my aging knees are in good standing thanks to these small anti fatigue mats that were suggested. True multi-use mat pads that will continue to be true knee savers for me personally.

I find that my knee saver kneeling pad, a small anti fatigue mat, has so many uses. Not only do they reduce knee pain and lower back stress, they are great when giving a bath to the little ones or to use to protect your knees when kneeling on any type of hard surface.  They are used so often in gardening that they are sometimes referred to gardening kneeling pads.

Every individual is unique. Most of us like different things, it’s amazing to me we get along as well as we do. I give props to the people who step outside of that “norm” of following what others want you to do. So you wear clothes you shouldn’t or dress how others view as inappropriate, who cares? The fact of the matter is it is your life; you’re living it, so what if people don’t accept your choices, it is not the end of the world. Those who have a problem with how you look or dress probably do or did the same thing at a time in their life.

We spend too much time looking at others when we should really be looking at ourselves. I don’t care what you wear or how you look. I have my own thoughts like anyone else, but at the end of the day I am not you and vice versa. Do or buy what makes you feel like you are at the top of the world. What makes you feel downright awesome and don’t care what people say.

The world we live in is filled with trends and conveniences (like cell phones) that everybody wants or needs. While most things do exactly the same thing, what makes it appealing to us is the options, or customization- whatever can be done to make us feel unique. This applies to every aspect of life- even floor mats!

We just launched a new line of SoftWood Interlocking Tiles. They do exactly the same thing the others ones do, but now there are more options! We used to only carry your everyday types of wood tile flooring, like maple or dark and light oak, but now we have grey, blue, black and green wood laminate flooring. I don’t know about you but I’ve never seen blue wood floors. How cool would it be to have those in my workout room or “man cave”. They’re definitely different and I know would spark interest. I’m a ham… I love the attention.

Well campers, the legendary holiday of the Giving of Thanks (Thanksgiving to the laymen) is now upon us! That means good food, good friends, and the family, with all the fixin’s.  Spending the day in good company and gorging yourself on all you can eat turkey and stuffing.  As we all know, Thanksgiving is the universal day of excess, and with that comes the inevitable “itis”.  Whether you know it by name or not, you all know the feeling.  “Itis” is caused by the chemical tryptophan, which makes you feel oh so sleepy.  Tryptophan is found in high concentrations in…you guessed it! Turkey.  So no matter what you’re up to this Thanksgiving, there will certainly be some much needed napping in your future.  Well, as always we’ve got floor mats for that!

Anyone of our Rest Mats would do the trick nicely.  Now you say, ‘hey aren’t these for kids and day cares?’ Yes they certainly are. I don’t know about you, but I have been missing ‘nap time’ since it went the way of the buffalo after kindergarten.  So call me sentimental, but after more than 2 decades of pining for nap time, I think I have found the perfect way to work that back into my life in some small way…Thanksgiving.

Trust me, you will all thank me for this.  So let the food settle and the “itis” begin.  No need to worry about having enough room for family and friends to lay their heads, just lay down anyone of our Rest Mats and let the much needed snoozing begin!  Our Rest Mats for kids come in all colors and thicknesses to suit any grown child; like myself, and perhaps you.  From our Standard Folding Rest Mat, Supreme Folding Rest Mat, or even our Supreme Pillow Top Rest Mat (my favorite!), we certainly have a mat to suit your holiday nap time needs.

So from all of us here at MatsMatsMats, Happy Thanksgiving and Enjoy!

 Burgers. Yum! No one makes them better than In-N-Out. I feel sorry for all you non-California residents that have to deal with sub-par and derelict nutritional substance.  If you have a life crisis, these burgers will make you whole again.

 I actually don’t even get meat on mine, they’re that good! I know it sounds terrible and hypocritical but, alas, I enjoy my animal-style grilled cheese knowing that somehow, somewhere, my decisions lets another bovine Betty get one more miserable day writhing in her filth… perhaps even on one of our livestock mats? Zing!

 Seriously though, on a MUCH cheerier note, I couldn’t help but notice that the kitchen workers were all standing on floor mats that look quite a bit like our Performa Non Slip Anti Fatigue Mats. Now I’m not saying that they are our Performa mats, but if it looks like it and it smells like it, then it’s probably, er, it.

 Moreover, I wouldn’t dare suggest that In-N-Out burger give us official MatsMatsMats.com employee lunch vouchers in exchange for exceedingly good reviews on their menu items and a break on these awesome non slip mat and drainage mat used in the kitchen as safety-mats, but I’m just saying; In-N-Out is playing it safe and safety for employees is paramount when you’ve got hormonal teenagers running the show and not sabotaging my meals with saliva expressionism. Not just the advertised ones, either. (Flying dutchman anyone?)

 In any case, my lunch was a little more interesting (and creepier) knowing that our sphere of influence to just about every nook and cranny of my daily life. I can go into details and start naming potential sponsors (Trader Joes, I’m looking at you!), but I’ll refrain since I don’t want to run out of stuff to talk to ya’ll about.

I have two nieces.  They have been princesses, witches, models, pop stars, scientists, superheroes, and just about every other occupation you can think of.  Of course, nothing could prepare us for the very creative ways that they go about fulfilling the tenures of their latest imaginary employment.  I’m sure we can all relate.

The mess on the kitchen mats from the five-star chef.  The crayon art on the walls from our little Picassos.  Even the near flood on the floor mats from our bath-tub Jacques Cousteaus.  They all serve to inspire us on the time where we really felt and thrived on the idea that absolutely anything we could think of was a potential occupation.  

While we’re in the bathroom, let me tell you about my co-worker’s niece Emma.  This little doll is a gymnast in the making.  Her parents, being the good folk they are, have catered her physicality with gymnastics equipment and classes, the toys and tools that might make this little tike the next McKayla Maroney.  This unfortunately, does not slow down the imagination and as she lacked gymnastic bars, she decided to do a little practicing with the towel racks in the bathroom.  

Suffice it to say, these are most certainly not the ticket to fame and fortune, but might make for a good scowling form the folks.  Lesson be learned parents: Keep the young ones occupied with the right tools and an extra bit of supervision.

Knee savers would have saved my knees!!!  It’s really dumb that I work here and have access to all these great floor mats and other products and don’t use them all.  I’ll tell you why… This last weekend was what Southern Californians referred to as Carmageddon.  Basically the freeway that connects 2 major cities, with at least 374,000 cars traveling on it every day, was closed for construction.  This forced people to find alternate routes, potentially causing major congestion.  

On Sunday I took one of the alternate routes and luckily didn’t have too much trouble with traffic, but I did get a flat!  Ordinarily I wouldn’t care because I could just sit in my car listening to music until AAA got there. Unfortunately for me I was on my way to a dinner party and had to pick somebody up on the way, so I was forced to fix it.

Here’s where I could kick myself…  I had to kneel in my pants, so I laid down a towel to protect them from getting dirty.  Smart..right?  Wrong.  I could feel the little rocks stabbing me on the ground which is enough reason to want extra protection.  What I didn’t realize is that the rocks were breaking skin and causing me to bleed just a little, right thru my khaki pants!!!  I was furious!  No time to change, and I have such easy access to the one thing I could have used, a simple little kneeling pad!  What I am so angry about is I sell kneeling pads every day! Sorry for the non-informative blog.. I just needed to vent!

Can you name the obvious benefits of anti-fatigue mats? Just thinking about the name, “anti-fatigue mats” makes that easy:

• Reduced foot pain while standing.
• Reduced joint [ankles, knees, hips, and back] from standing and walking on hard surfaces, such as concrete.
• Reduced injuries during falls on otherwise hard floors.
• Improved performance among workers due to less pain and stress.

Those are the benefits that most commonly come to mind when we think about benefits of anti-fatigue mats, but what do you think some other benefits might be, but not necessarily for people? Studies have shown one of the most touted benefits are reduced breakage of breakable items dropped onto the softer, absorbing surface of most anti-fatigue mats; and that just makes sense.

In fact, one national restaurant chain stated the use of anti-fatigue mats in their back preparation area and dishwashing area reduced glass breakage by 24%!   There are numerous others, but if you’re a business owner and this has been an issue or point of revenue loss, 24% is nothing to sneeze at!