As yall have probably learned, I love bass fishing, and I love working on boats. Well, my problem is, I never get to do either. Unfortunately, my dad works fairly long hours, and when he is home, he is always busy. There is always something going on around the house, that is more urgent than my hobbies. A weekend gets eaten up so freakin fast. First of all, we have to live in this stupid house in the city anyway, as mom got tired of driving to and from where we used to live. I absolutely hate it here. What really sucks, is that dad built our first house (my first) himself. It was way out in the country, on a lot of land. But, due to my brother being born, we had to move in, without it being finished. Therefore, it lacked almost all of its molding, and many other things which are nonessential. Well, we then moved into town real fast, as mom got mad enough at it, that she was to determined to get into town, to wait until a good enough house came along. So, we had to move into a house, that was on a nice lot, in a nice location, but only had 3 bedrooms, for our family of six, and didn't have a place to store our tools, or work on anything. But, since we hadn't finished the old place, they stayed in the NICE shop over there, besides, they were being used to finish the place. After about 2 years, reality apparently set in with mom, and the house 2 doors down came up for sale, and it had 5 bedrooms, and a reasonable shop. (double wide RV garage. About 40 by 20. But, it has a 14 foot height, and a 12 foot high roll up door). So, we signed on it, within 30 minutes of selling the old place. Therefor, we were able to keep our tools, and now had a place to use it, and we weren't so cramped. But, it took a whole year to get it gone (all these projects we had to start on needed finishing, but again, the time wasn't there. But in the new place, we still had a whole bunch of stuff that didn't fit in the house, or the 2 car garage on the other side of the house (when my dads parents died, all their stuff got brought to our place, and when my moms mom scaled to a tiny apartment, all her stuff got brought to our place. At the old place we had a 3000 square foot basement PLUS our huge shop, so it didn't really matter. Now we don't) So, all that stuff made it into our shop. Also, all the little stuff got dumped into buckets to get brought over here. So, we had one side full of stuff, and the other side full of various tools, tool parts, hardware, lumber, steel, and anything else you can find in a fully functional shop crammed in there. Now, after 2 years, we have finally gotten all the "stuff" out of there, and have made a minor dent in the tools. But, things are slow going, as we don't ever have much time to do anything. For example, we have been working on a cart for dads new welder (old one died about 6 years ago, and a couple months ago, we found a heck of a deal on a refurb. one). But, it has taken us forever to get where we are. We only had time to cut the steel for it one weekend, then we welded together the about 1/3 of it tonight. Of course, almost all of the large power tools need new stands, as many of the old ones were quick throw togethers, or what the previous owner had (most of our heavy power tools were bought used, and many are from the 1930s, and 40s.) But, now that space is incredibly limited, we have to make the absolute best use of it, and therefore, these things need more practical stands, to all fit together. Also, all this little stuff needs sorting, and due to the limited space, needs creative storage ideas - all of which takes time - which we don't have. At the rate we have been going, I estimate about 6 - 8 months more, before the shop is to a point that it is real practical to be used. And, even then, getting a boat inside is going to be a b****, due to the freaking lolli columns. Hopefully, we will get the time + funding to be able to put a couple steel beams in place of the lolli columns, and have columns holding the beam against the wall, and not in the middle. That would give us a few great lift points for boats, and motors, but again, that is time + money, which we don't have. Now, if you can understand my gobbledegoop of writing here, you will see that we owned 2 houses, for 3 years. The #1, and #2 for 2 years, and #2 and #3 for 1 year. Now, my dad is incredibly lucky to have the job he has, given that he didn't go to college, but this is still tough on any salary. It isn't bad though. I eat. 
We do have a well stocked supply of tools (dad has been collecting quality ones, since he was a kid - but there ain't no way we could afford them all again) and we do have a few boats out back (only half are what I have paid for - he owns the other half. But, we couldn't go out and buy a brand new boat, or even power the Alumacraft with the optimal motor (used) for it. So, it will probably get one of the 55s we have out back, instead of a 115, for a few years.
Now, throughout all this, you haven't heard much about my fishing time. That is because it is non existent. I fished twice in 2006. I didn't really get active in bass fishing, until the beginning of 2007, and only fished 9 times the whole year. There is a saying that is said a lot at the COPE (challenging outdoor personal experience) course at scout camp. "Practice makes permanent" (they don't say perfect, as there is always room for improvement) Now, how am I going to get better, if the seasons change between each of my fishing trips? If my post fall strategy doesn't work, I have to wait a year to try a different tactic. Makes learning, and getting better a royal pain, as you can only learn so much on the internet.
If any of y'all are still reading, sorry for making you endure this, and sorry for all the grammatical mistakes, or unfitting parts of the story. I am not in the mood to go back, and proofread, therefore, you are probably so confused at this point, as I probably left so much out, and it probably makes no sense whatsoever.
We do have a well stocked supply of tools (dad has been collecting quality ones, since he was a kid - but there ain't no way we could afford them all again) and we do have a few boats out back (only half are what I have paid for - he owns the other half. But, we couldn't go out and buy a brand new boat, or even power the Alumacraft with the optimal motor (used) for it. So, it will probably get one of the 55s we have out back, instead of a 115, for a few years.Now, throughout all this, you haven't heard much about my fishing time. That is because it is non existent. I fished twice in 2006. I didn't really get active in bass fishing, until the beginning of 2007, and only fished 9 times the whole year. There is a saying that is said a lot at the COPE (challenging outdoor personal experience) course at scout camp. "Practice makes permanent" (they don't say perfect, as there is always room for improvement) Now, how am I going to get better, if the seasons change between each of my fishing trips? If my post fall strategy doesn't work, I have to wait a year to try a different tactic. Makes learning, and getting better a royal pain, as you can only learn so much on the internet.
If any of y'all are still reading, sorry for making you endure this, and sorry for all the grammatical mistakes, or unfitting parts of the story. I am not in the mood to go back, and proofread, therefore, you are probably so confused at this point, as I probably left so much out, and it probably makes no sense whatsoever.
