It's That Time Of Year Again

This last Friday I received the last of the documents that I have been waiting for. The anticipation and the stress level had been rising for weeks prior to receiving this last tidbit of documentation.
It was now time to don the full length body armor and face my enemy head on.
"Rick...what the heck are you talking about?"...I can hear you asking me now.This dreaded foe is none other than the volumes of documents and numbers associated with Tax Time.
So with a stiff drink and a couple of Prozac, I jumped straight into the madness.
After purchasing my Turbo Tax software online, I proceeded to spend the next 6 hours preparing our Federal tax forms and 2 state tax forms...one for Virginia and one for North Carolina.
By the time I was finished, the dust of battle had settled and the effects of both drink and pills had worn off, there I stood on the field of battle, basking in the glorious feeling of victory.
We owed no money and are actually getting refunds all the way around.
By the time that it was all over with, I slowly dragged my tired and dazed body off the field of battle and promptly laid myself in bed.
I slept rather soundly knowing that soon the coffers would be full again or at least enough to last until the same battle plays out again next year.

And Yet Another Blog Is Born

Well...I have been at it again. Ken from up in the Vermilion Bay Ontario, Canada area was wanting a blog, so I helped him out a little bit and we put one together. He offers guided fishing services up in his area, as does John, who I recently introduced his blog to you a couple of days ago.
Drum roll please...It is my pleasure to introduce the latest new blog on the block.... Kens Ultimate Fishing Service  If you have just a moment, please stop by and visit Kens new blog. He has some great photos on it too.
Congrats on your new blog Ken. I hope that it works out well for you.

Update On My Gear

I finally got another batch of my gear back from that so called "friend". I suspect that will be all that gets returned to me.
I am thankful that I got back what I did but there are still items that are missing and that I will never see again. 
I guess that I will never understand why someone who has access to some of the best fishing gear around, and gets some of it free by his own words, or with a discount, would feel the need to use my gear. Especially knowing that I have to buy my own just like most other fishermen...no freebies and no real discounts other than normal sale prices.
The best reason that has been given me is..."because you told me I could use it". Yes that would be true but I never would have thought that he would take it, incorporate it into his own gear, use it to the point that it was all banged up and was not even close to the shape it originally was in, then make me jump through hoops to get a portion of it back.
I am very glad that I found out what this "friend" was truly like before I made any other really stupid decisions that deal with him. The best thing for me to do right now is to put this jerk in my rear view mirror and keep going forward.
Enough said about that subject.