As per usual, there continue to be little office tasks that need to be done. It is really annoying! I received a request yesterday from Department of Human Resources wanting pay history for an employee for April and May of 2006. This employee received his last check March 31, 2006. I still got to jump through the hoops!

When I got 'round to leave this morning. I placed the grill assembly for the teal truck in the S-10. I wasn't very confident that Carlos or Jeremy were going to be on their "A" game this morning. I was right. I continued my eastward trek and went to the truck yard. The grill project has been ongoing for a week. The grill originally was secured with some sort of rubber fasteners that would swell when you tightened them. When I removed the grill, there was only one of them and someone had cut slits in the screen in order to put nuts behind the other tabs. I had spent a couple of days just fact finding. What I needed was some sort of anchor that would accommodate a 1/4 inch diameter bolt. Everywhere I went they told me they don't make such an animal. I was pretty dejected when I received the same word from Bible Hardware (the final say in hardware). I began to scheme and fabricate. I did a couple of tests. Krl thought I was nutz. Thursday I went to the truck yard and prepped and installed all fourteen anchors and I glued them in with Gorilla glue. I had decided the longer they bonded before I began working with them, the better. I had even glued rubber grommets on the back of the grill and had glued the protective screen in place as well. This morning I took my cordless drill and began drilling all these inserts with a 3/16th drill bit. Upon completing this I used a 1/4 inch thread chaser and threaded them and gave each one a small dose of threadlok. I put the grill in place and began installing the fourteen bolts. Unbelievable. This worked so well you would think it was the method described in the truck owner handbook. Not a bad way to begin a Monday!

I ran back by the house and visited with Krl for a brief moment and then decided to take on a rogue light attachment on the ceiling fan in our bathroom. I though the light bulb had burned out last night. This morning the light would flicker as I removed the globe. Don't ask me, when I removed the globe the light came on and stayed on. I gently replaced the globe and tip toed from the room.

About this time Carlos called. They had a load for me! Surprise surprise. In fact he told me he had this load and later today there should be a return load as well. I am going to give them until four thirty and then I will make a mad dash to check. I would hate to have work to do when it is hottest and not get it done!

After I made the one load I zig-zagged my way home. I stopped for a vacuum part at the pool supply, went back by the post office and finally on to the house.

When I arrived Krl's friend was helping her work in the yard. Her two youngest children were thoroughly engrossed with Dora the Explorer on the television. I chuckled as I could hear both of them repeating the different words they were asked to recite. Oh to be young ( and know what we know!).

I just finished my last office project of the day. I continue to do battle with the IRS over what they say was a shortage and deposits they deemed to be late. It seems the company I report for, goes through this every year because they have never been a full year employer until 2006. It would appear that seasonal businesses really makes your uncle (the IRS) spazz out. I still thing $582.00 for a $25.00 short pay is a little excessive! I had already submitted an abatement request to set aside the penalty and interest for what they said was late and the company had submitted a money order for the $25.00 shortage with penalty and interest. So nw I have responded to Ogden, Utah twice, received another notice from Ohio (I received it on the same date it was dated, go figure), and now I was instructed to respond to Memphis, Tennessee. It's no wonder they didn't acknowledge my previous response and request!

Oh well, let's go do something simple!

Be the real deal!

FATHER, fill me with YOUR goodness.