Getting to know the BassResource Staff

[MN Fisher]

1 minute ago, TheBasslayer said:

Nice bios everyone! I'm also wondering: How does anyone get to 20,000-30,000 posts???????

Be here a LONG time. Glenn founded this more than 15 years ago and some still-active members have been here a dozen years or more.

[TheBasslayer]

8 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

Be here a LONG time. Glenn founded this more than 15 years ago and some still-active members have been here a dozen years or more.

Oh ok. I guess I've got a long way to go!

[Glenn]

1 hour ago, MN Fisher said:

Glenn founded this more than 15 years ago

Try 23. 

 

[MN Fisher]

Just now, Glenn said:

Try 23. 

 

All I had to go on, good Sir, was your 'joined date' - which shows as 2004.

[Bluebasser86]

1 hour ago, TheBasslayer said:

Nice bios everyone! I'm also wondering: How does anyone get to 20,000-30,000 posts???????

I've been here over 10 years, post multiple times a day, every day, so multiply that times 365 days a year. Some busy days I might post 20 or more times. It's a very active forum and I enjoy trying to help answer people's questions. You can tell it's a good place to be when multiple people have high post counts and their content is actual post with solid content and not just a bunch of useless post that bumped their count up so high.

[TheBasslayer]

2 minutes ago, Bluebasser86 said:

I've been here over 10 years, post multiple times a day, every day, so multiply that times 365 days a year. Some busy days I might post 20 or more times. It's a very active forum and I enjoy trying to help answer people's questions. You can tell it's a good place to be when multiple people have high post counts and their content is actual post with solid content and not just a bunch of useless post that bumped their count up so high.

Yeah, the multiple quality posts are why I joined. And sorry if my posts aren't the best, forums are new to me.

[Bluebasser86]

36 minutes ago, TheBasslayer said:

Yeah, the multiple quality posts are why I joined. And sorry if my posts aren't the best, forums are new to me.

Nothing to apologize for, we're happy to have you here. This was one of the first forums I ever discovered and by far the best one I'd found, and now they can't get rid of me ?

[Glenn]

1 hour ago, MN Fisher said:

All I had to go on, good Sir, was your 'joined date' - which shows as 2004.

That's when I dumped the old forum for a new forum system, deleting everything that was in it previously and starting over.  I migrated the content from that system to this one in 2011.  So the 2004 date was actually from that previous version.

 

The rest of the site (articles, news, videos) was literally hand-coded up until 2011, and then I moved to a CMS platform.  This latest redesign launched last month was a total migration to a new and different CMS system, updated forum software, and new server.

 

Copyright notice at bottom of the page dates back to when I first made the site public, although I actually started designing, coding, and writing content for it back in 1995.  

1 hour ago, TheBasslayer said:

And sorry if my posts aren't the best, forums are new to me.

 

Hey they were all new to us at some point.  Welcome to the party!

[TnRiver46]

Name: Russell Woods

Age: Still under 40, but not for much longer 

City/State: Knoxville, TN

Occupation: Wildlife damage control

Education: Bachelors degree from the University of Tennessee in wildlife/fisheries management 

Yrs Fishing: 35+

Preferred Style (describe a typical, quality day): 

Typically im dragging a worm or tube around smallmouth 

Personal

Fav food: Fish/game

Fav movie: Rounders

Fav quote: “A man has to believe in something, I believe I’ll go fishing”

     

Fishing

Fav bait: 

Zoom worms 

Fav set up (rod/reel):

Ambassadeur 5500, 7’ medium heavy 

Fav lake: 

Tellico 

Fav river:

Holston

7 Questions from Members input

1. How do you find the time to work, spend time with your family, go fishing, and still be logged onto the website and patrol all the posts? 

It’s not too tricky, I’m addicted to fishing info and my phone is right there in my pocket 

2. What is your fishing background/experience? 

I have been fishing as much as possible for as long as I can recall. I’m told I started around the age of 2. I fished a lot in “the creek” behind my grandmothers house as a youngster, we later learned it was actually the little Emory river. About the only fish living in that portion were creek chubs. I would fish 7-8 hours just to catch a handful of them, my family would have to pry me away from the creek bank. When we caught a bluegill, it was a trophy! I really got some serious bass fishing education somewhere around 7th grade when my buddy invited me on his family fishing trip in Alabama. They have been doing this for ever 50 years every Memorial Day week. A big tackle company even did a commercial about their trip starting yours truly! I have now gone on this annual fishing trip for about 25 or so years with them and wouldn’t miss it for the world. We camp on the river and fish hard the whole time. These guys taught me about buzzbaits, Texas rigged plastic worms, bush hog spinnerbaits (that part didn’t take but they slay with those things), hula poppers, shad raps, you name it. I knew how to fish a little before going on these trips, but these guys have basically taken me in as a family member and taught me how to fish. I have honed in some finesse stuff I like to do with 6 lb test up here in my clearer smallmouth waters, but they showed me all the basics down in the swamps of Alabama 

 

3. What have been your best experiences when fishing? 

Hard to list them all! Fishing halibut off the bottom in 300 ft in Alaska, my annual camping trip I described above, fishing with my dad as a youngster, and of course any time a smallmouth hits a topwater

4. Give us a play by play of a typical, let's say, Tuesday for you? What time do you get up? Work? Fishing? Family? How do you relax at the end of a long day at work?

Wake up around 6:30 or 7 and feed dogs. Make coffee, check fishing reports. Off to work at 8, usually

home around 4:30 or 5. Then either do something with the wife and friends or hook up the boat and fish til dark. 

Now do that same for a Saturday?

If I don’t have to work or have any other plans, I’m fishing at daylight. Saturdays in fall I can be found inside of neyland stadium as well 

5. Do you guys rotate as to who needs to be on line at any given time? Or does everyone just look in whenever they get time.

B. Final answer 

6. What is your favorite besides bass? 

Do striped bass and white bass count? If not , then gar. I love gar fishing 

 

Fav hobbies other than fishing:

Sports, hiking, paddling

10 People you respect and/or admire:

family members 

Turn ons: 

Topwater bite, touchdown Tennessee, and some ice cold miller high life 

Turn offs: 

Traveling, not having enough time to fish, SEC teams other than TN

Aspirations: 

Catch a 10 largemouth, 7 lb smallmouth, be a better husband, learn, the golden rule, etc 

Essay: 

What are some of the major factors that have affected your life? A brief history to help us understand the road you traveled to become the person you are today. Please include influences.

My mother raised my brother and I for the most part as a single mom. My dad passed away in the early 90s and she was left to do it all, and she never missed a beat. She worked as a school teacher, always made us supper every night, took us fishing, to football games, etc. Most importantly she always taught us to love others, work hard, and the rest will work itself out. Simple, but effective strategy 

[roadwarrior]

 

 

                                               

[J Francho]

On 4/4/2011 at 2:41 PM, J Francho said:

Name: John Franchot

Age: 39

City/State: Rochester, NY

Occupation: IT Consultant

Education: High School Diploma

Yrs Fishing: As far back as I can remember

Preferred Style (describe a typical, quality day):

I don't really have a preferred style, though some of my most memorable days have been on opposite ends of the spectrum. I can remember one day in May, with the weather being real snotty, and catching fish after fish on a spinnerbait. I think I had 4 or 5 fish over 5 lbs. that day. Another time would be in a tournament, on a particularly tough day. It was team format, and my boater had a limit, though only about 8 lbs. total. I didn't catch a fish until almost noon, but I ended catching four fish on a dinky little wacky jig and 4" worm, shaking the thing on top of the submerged weeds. All four fish were upgrades, and we went from last to 2nd place that day. Either way, power fishing or finesse - it's work.

Personal

Fav food: Hamburgers

Fav movie: No all time favorites, but I've been watching Dogtown and the Z-boys repeatedly lately.

Fav quote: "We're all in this together, and no one is getting out alive, so try and get along." - Mom

Fishing

Fav bait: Toss-up Jig or Swimbait

Fav set up (rod/reel):

Spinning: Avid 6'3" ML/XF, Shimano CI4 2500, 6 Lb. Invisx

Baitcaster: Legend Tournament Bass 7' M/F Teaser, Daiwa Zillion, 12 lb. CXX

Fav lake: Lake Erie

Fav river: Genny or Salmon

10 Questions from Members input

1. How do you find the time to work, spend time with your family, go

fishing, and still be logged onto the website and patrol all the posts?

It's not the huge burden some make it to be. I'm usually on in short stints of 20 minutes or so. Do that several times a day, and the time adds up.

2. What is your fishing background/experience?

I grew up spending summers on Port Bay, off of Lake Ontario. By the time I was 12, I had a rowboat to explore the bay. By 16 I used the 16' "Woody" to chase smallies in the big lake. At 20, I used deep-V walleye boat to continue my chase.

I took a break when my oldest son was born, but that only lasted a few years, and got back into it pretty seriously, fishing in opens/partners tournaments, and eventually joining a club. I also fished for myself in a kayak. This led to an opportunity to teach and guide people interested in kayak fishing. I continue to teach this to both kayakers interested in learning to fish, and anglers wanting to learn how to fish from a kayak.

I recently purchased a proper tournament bass boat, and will be competing as a boater this year. I've owned boats before, but it's more complicated now, with all the electronics, modern livewells, ethanol treatments, oil injection etc. I'm slowly figuring it all out.

3. What have been your best experiences when fishing?

When someone you're fishing with suddenly "gets it."

4. Give us a play by play of a typical, lets say, Tuesday for you?

What time do you get up? Work? Fishing? Family? How do you relax

at the end of a long day at work?

In summer, I'll get up around 6 AM, in work by 8:30 AM. My oldest is 12, so he may need a ride to some various baseball/bowling/kayak/day camp that he does all summer long. For lunch break, I'll hit "noontime pond" for about 45 minutes or so, unless fishing is really good, and then I'm working "remotely." Tuesdays happen to be one "my nights," since my wife works overnights, and I'm often at home with the kids while she works. So, I'll be on the water, or teaching a class, or at a club meeting. At night, I'll be in the man cave, working on my gear, watching a Yankees game.

Now do the same for a Saturday?

Saturday is either prefishing day, or fishing an open tournament. I'm up around 4 AM, and headed to the lake. Most of the day is spent fishing, and after the weigh in, I stop off for a bite, and usually get home around 5 PM. The evening is spent with my sons, and we might build a fire, or work in the yard, or (God forbid) clean up the house so it's nice when my wife gets home early Sunday morning.

5. What experience do you have fishing elsewhere other than home areas?

My club fishes 10 different lakes each year. A new lake is added to our schedule every year. Some of the lakes are a great distance away, like Black Lake, or Champlain, and I only really get to fish them during those 3-day club events. I travel to new waters out of state at least once a year. I love seeing new places, and meeting new people.

6. Is it still as much fun for you as it was in the beginning of your tenors?

Even better now.

7. Do you guys get free stuff? Lures, line, rods, reels, etc...?

Not through this website, though I have saved a ton scouring the Flea Market over the years.

8. What part of being a Mod here do each of you enjoy most and least?

Most: I guess for it's a part of my teaching. the more ways you express yourself, the better you get at explaining how to do it.

Least: Spam. Drama. The impersonal nature of "The Web."

9. What is your favorite besides bass?

Steelhead.

10. Do you guys rotate as to who needs to be on line at any

given time? Or does everyone just look in whenever they get

time.

It's kind a loose thing. I'm on the east coast, so I wouldn't expect Glenn to be on at 7 AM EST (though he has been, LOL). With guys spread out, and a genuine interest in what has been posted, scheduling is unnecessary.

Fav hobbies other than fishing:

Vintage and modern Slot Cars. Vintage Lego. Gardening. Musician. Not finishing Projects, LOL.

10 People you respect and/or admire:

 

1. Dad
2. Mom
3. Papa
4. Uncle Jeff
5. My Wife
6. Through 10. would be other guys and gals you'll never know, but made me who I am.

 

Turn ons:

Float down, tap, thump, tick, tug, feels like mush and anything else that says, "FISH ON!"

Turn offs:

Traffic.

Aspirations:

Share fishing with as many people as I can, and raise two fine men.

Essay:

What are some of the major factors that have affected

your life. A brief history to help us understand the road

you traveled to become the person you are today. Please

include influences.

I guess one of the major influences in my life would be my grandfather, Papa. He was the son of German immigrants. He worked hard for very little for most of his life. From pushing a hot dog cart at the beach, to owning/running a chain of restaurants, his life is a success story - the American Dream. I always pay attention to the things he says, even the jokes, which very dry, cutting, and fast paced. "Do it right, or don't bother doing it at all!" was very common to hear from his mouth. "All I want to see are elbows and *******!" was another. He always wanted to be the best, and do everything right. Not in a perfectionist kind of way, though. If he or you made a mistake, that just fine, so long as you learned from it. Now you knew something that guys that never tried didn't. He worked hard, but after the Friday night dinner rush was over, he'd come to the cottage, on Port Bay. When I was very young, all I knew was that he worked constantly. I asked him once, "Are you going back to work on Saturday?" He said no. He went on to say that that was the problem with some guys. They never took a break, never relaxed as well as they should, and that made them miserable. He used laugh at our neighbors on the bay. He'd say, "Look at them, they take the day off to work!" But, come Monday morning he would be at the restaurant at 6 AM, getting ready for a week that wouldn't end until late Friday night.

Papa is 81 years old, and still works the grill, 5 days a week. The other two days are spent with his racehorses, watching SU basketball or Yankees games. "I'm still the best," he claims.

I'll never be as good as him, but I'll die trying.

 

I should update this since it's been over a decade.

 

Name: John Franchot

Age: 50

City/State: Rochester, NY

Occupation: Agile Coach/Scrum Master (A-CSM/CPO)/Sometimes Coder

Education: High School Diploma

Yrs Fishing: As far back as I can remember

Preferred Style (describe a typical, quality day):

These days, I'm looking to go super finesse with a drop shot, wacky rig, or wacky jig.  Or, It's gonna be the opposite end of that spectrum using a some kind of punching bait with an ounce or more weight.  I've really liked using my home made Jika rigs.  If the bite is right, a spinnerbait or top water rules them all.

Personal

Fav food: Hamburgers

Fav movie: Tony Hawk documentary, "Until the Wheels Fall Off"

Fav quote: "Nice wax job, Rookie"

Fishing

Fav bait: Megabass Popmax in Python White

Fav set up (rod/reel):

Spinning: Avid 6'3" ML/XF, Shimano CI4 2500, 6 Lb. Invisx Tatsu

Baitcaster: This is gonna sound crazy, but I really like my St. Croix BassX BAC68MXF.  Been using it for spinnerbaits, and it just feels right.  I have an Okuma Helios SX spooled with 15# Tatsu for this.

Fav lake: Port Bay, Lake Ontario

Fav river: Genny or Salmon

10 Questions from Members input

1. How do you find the time to work, spend time with your family, go

fishing, and still be logged onto the website and patrol all the posts?

It's not the huge burden some make it to be. I'm usually on in short stints of 20 minutes or so. Do that several times a day, and the time adds up.

2. What is your fishing background/experience?

I grew up spending summers on Port Bay, off of Lake Ontario. By the time I was 12, I had a rowboat to explore the bay. By 16 I used the 16' "Woody" to chase smallies in the big lake. At 20, I used deep-V walleye boat to continue my chase.

I took a break when my oldest son was born, but that only lasted a few years, and got back into it pretty seriously, fishing in opens/partners tournaments, and eventually joining a club. I also fished for myself in a kayak. This led to an opportunity to teach and guide people interested in kayak fishing. I continue to teach this to both kayakers interested in learning to fish, and anglers wanting to learn how to fish from a kayak.

I recently purchased a proper tournament bass boat, and will be competing as a boater this year. I've owned boats before, but it's more complicated now, with all the electronics, modern livewells, ethanol treatments, oil injection etc. I'm slowly figuring it all out.  I've since sold that boat, and two others.  Currently using a pontoon to mothership my fishing kayaks and doing some preliminary shopping for my last boat, a bay boat.

3. What have been your best experiences when fishing?

When someone you're fishing with suddenly "gets it."

4. Give us a play by play of a typical, lets say, Tuesday for you?

What time do you get up? Work? Fishing? Family? How do you relax

at the end of a long day at work?

In summer, I'll get up around 6 AM, in work by 8:30 AM. Currently have an 8 year old stepson and a two year old toddler that occupy all my time after work.  I carve out time here and there for short fishing trips, workouts at the gym, and sessions at the skate park.

Now do the same for a Saturday?

Saturday is my sleep in day. If I choose, I will get up very early and fish or head to the outdoor skatepark.  That's a 50/50 game time decision.  I'm usually home by 1 PM.  Then it's what ever the kids and wife want to do.

5. What experience do you have fishing elsewhere other than home areas?

With the club, and in my own travels I've fished many places on the east coast - Lakes Winnipesaukee and Conway in NH, Santee Cooper chain in SC, SML in VA, Susky R. in PA and NY, Richmond Mill Lake in NC, Okeechobee and Kissimee in FL, and several smaller lakes I can't remember.

6. Is it still as much fun for you as it was in the beginning of your tenors?

Totally fun, maybe more so since it's hard to get out as often.

7. Do you guys get free stuff? Lures, line, rods, reels, etc...?

Not through this website, though I have saved a ton scouring the Flea Market over the years. Now, some of our sponsors sometimes send us new tackle or prototypes to be evaluated.  Sometimes that equipment is for review.  Other times it's for feedback.  Most often, they just want us to be familiar with their products, so we can better pass that on to you guys.  We have a great list of sponsors - most whose gear I already use - and I hope it keeps growing.  This site is a special thing.

8. What part of being a Mod here do each of you enjoy most and least?

Most: I guess for it's a part of my teaching. the more ways you express yourself, the better you get at explaining how to do it.

Least: Spam. Drama. The impersonal nature of "The Web."

9. What is your favorite besides bass?

Steelhead. I still love my chromers, but northern pike have dominated my other species catches.

10. Do you guys rotate as to who needs to be on line at any

given time? Or does everyone just look in whenever they get

time.

It's kind a loose thing. I'm on the east coast, so I wouldn't expect Glenn to be on at 7 AM EST (though he has been, LOL). With guys spread out, and a genuine interest in what has been posted, scheduling is unnecessary.

Fav hobbies other than fishing:

Skating and music are mostly what I pursue.  Spare time is very limited these with the toddler.

10 People you respect and/or admire:

 

1. My Wife (different wife now)
2. Mom
3. Papa (RIP)
4. Uncle Jeff
5. Father-in-law Stan (RIP)
6. Through 10. would be other guys and gals you'll never know, but made me who I am.

 

Turn ons:

Float down, tap, thump, tick, tug, feels like mush and anything else that says, "FISH ON!"

Turn offs:

Traffic.

Aspirations:

Share fishing with as many people as I can, and raise two four fine men.

Essay:

What are some of the major factors that have affected

your life. A brief history to help us understand the road

you traveled to become the person you are today. Please

include influences.

I guess one of the major influences in my life would be my grandfather, Papa. He was the son of German immigrants. He worked hard for very little for most of his life. From pushing a hot dog cart at the beach, to owning/running a chain of restaurants, his life is a success story - the American Dream. I always pay attention to the things he says, even the jokes, which very dry, cutting, and fast paced. "Do it right, or don't bother doing it at all!" was very common to hear from his mouth. "All I want to see are elbows and *******!" was another. He always wanted to be the best, and do everything right. Not in a perfectionist kind of way, though. If he or you made a mistake, that just fine, so long as you learned from it. Now you knew something that guys that never tried didn't. He worked hard, but after the Friday night dinner rush was over, he'd come to the cottage, on Port Bay. When I was very young, all I knew was that he worked constantly. I asked him once, "Are you going back to work on Saturday?" He said no. He went on to say that that was the problem with some guys. They never took a break, never relaxed as well as they should, and that made them miserable. He used laugh at our neighbors on the bay. He'd say, "Look at them, they take the day off to work!" But, come Monday morning he would be at the restaurant at 6 AM, getting ready for a week that wouldn't end until late Friday night.

Papa is 81 years old, and still works the grill, 5 days a week. The other two days are spent with his racehorses, watching SU basketball or Yankees games. "I'm still the best," he claims.

I'll never be as good as him, but I'll die trying.

 

Update, Papa passed in January, 2021 at 91 years old.  He'd been making hot sauce at the restaurant until November, 2020.

 

That all still holds true, but I recently met my biological mother, after not seeing her since I was three.  It has been profoundly life altering, and I'm still processing all of it.  She is an amazing person that made a gigantic sacrifice so that I could have a better life.  Lastly, she showed up here from VA with a roof racked pack canoe on top of her Porsche.  The apple doesn't fall too far from the tree... I'll leave it at that.

[roadwarrior]

                 

 

 

                  

[12poundbass]

Name: Jeremy McConnell 

Age: 39

City/State:  Gowen, MI

Occupation: Field Supervisor for a fiber optic internet company 

Yrs Fishing: As long as I can remember 

Education: High School diploma 

Preferred Style (describe a typical, quality day): Power fishing lipless cranks and throwing frogs into the slop

Fav food: tacos, burritos 

Fav movie: Tombstone

Fav quote: “what doesn’t kill us makes us stronger”

Fishing

Fav bait: Pad Crasher 

Fav set up (rod/reel): Dobyns Fury/Daiwa Tatula 

Fav lake: A tiny lake I won’t name because it’s that magical 

10 Questions from Members input

1. How do you find the time to work, spend time with your family, go

fishing, and still be logged onto the website and patrol all the posts? I’m pretty fortunate that my son and wife both like to fish. Friday nights the wife and I have ‘date night’ on the boat and Saturday and/or Sunday my son and I go fishing. My son and I also hunt for deer and turkey. 
I check the forums from time to time throughout the day and I’m on regularly at night.

2. What is your fishing background/experience?
My first memory of fishing is with my Grandpa at my aunt’s house for panfish. My stepdad is a walleye angler so I grew up fishing walleye in northern Michigan and we eventually bought land on Big bay de noc so we fished that frequently throughout the year. I got into bass fishing with my friends in my mid teens and never looked back.

3. What have been your best experiences when fishing? 
Watching my wife get excited when a big bass gulps her Senko and watching my son evolve into an angler over the years.

4. Give us a play by play of a typical, lets say, Tuesday for you? 

What time do you get up? Work? Fishing? Family? How do you relax

at the end of a long day at work?
I get up at 5, get my son up at 5:30, I’m at work and in a meeting by 7, out in the field by 8:30-9, doing paperwork by 4, out at 5, home by 6, cooking dinner, and usually relaxing and in bed by 8:30-9. 
Now do the same for a Saturday?

Mid April until the end of May my son and I are up at 5 and chasing turkeys then fishing. Saturday nights are family night so we cook dinner and spend time together. In the winter we’re in hibernation mode.

5. What experience do you have fishing elsewhere other than home areas? Growing up we walleye fished so we’d fish Black lake in northern Michigan, Big bay de noc in the UP, Saginaw bay, and Tittabawassee river

6. Is it still as much fun for you as it was in the beginning of your tenors?
It absolutely is but on a different level. I like figuring things out and working my brain so putting the pieces of the puzzle together on the technical side of fishing is what I like doing now. 
7. Do you guys get free stuff? Lures, line, rods, reels, etc...?

Sometimes sponsors will send us lures to try out, review, or give feedback.

8. What part of being a Mod here do each of you enjoy most and least?

Most: Helping fellow anglers out. I enjoyed that before becoming a moderator. I also like keeping this site the great place that it is.

Least: Nothing yet

9. What is your favorite besides bass?
I really don’t fish for anything other than bass. I would like to tie into a giant pike or muskey one of these days. 

10. Do you guys rotate as to who needs to be on line at any

given time? Or does everyone just look in whenever they get

time. We’re all just like everyone else on here, we enjoy fishing and this site so we’re all on here throughout the day checking things out, reading, learning, and sometimes helping others.

Fav hobbies other than fishing: Hunting turkey and deer

People you respect and/or admire:
1: My dad

2: My wife 

3: Anyone in the military, law enforcement, and first responders 

Turn ons:
Sunrise on the lake or in the woods, 

Turn offs: Rude and self centered people 

Aspirations: To be the best husband and father I can be and to help my son to be as successful in life as possible.

Essay:

What are some of the major factors that have affected 

your life. A brief history to help us understand the road 

you traveled to become the person you are today. Please

include influences. 
 

I grew up in small town USA almost like Mayberry and I still live in a small town. I’ve never lived more than 20 miles from the town I grew up in. 
 

My dad has been the biggest influence in my life. He’s always been a hard worker which is where I got my hard work ethic from. He was and still is always there for anything. 
 

My stepdad was the one who got me into hunting and fishing and for that I’ll be forever grateful.

 

The major event in my life that changed me forever was at age 19 I was diagnosed with stage four cancer. After battling that and starting over I decided life was too short to sweat the small stuff and too short to waste it away. A few years later I married my wife, five years after that we had our son, and our little family was complete. Stress is short lived and bad days are almost nonexistent. Life is good! That’s me in a nutshell.