I detest this time change.

I know, I will adjust, but what idiot bureaucrat dreamed up this crazy notion. I have read that the savings is in electrical consumption. The only thing I am seeing is that I use more lights in the morning.

I can remember my grandfather's refusal to "honor" daylight saving time.

I believe that daylight saving time is what put the drive in movies out of business. I have never been a fan of late night movies.

We spent a laid back Sunday yesterday. About the time NASCAR began, I dragged in a box from the garage. While we were at the seasonal jobsite, we had purchased a new gas grill, but we had never assembled it. I opened the box and began reading the instructions. Approximate assembly time? Thirty minutes.

Baloney!

If you assembled them all day every day, maybe an hour for each. I know I possess some mechanical skills, and there was not way I could do it in thirty minutes.

Funniest thing was we were one screw short. Krl crawled around the floor with a flash light looking, but no screw. She finally gave up and went to the "junk drawer" in the kitchen to see if we might have a suitable screw. I was finishing up the assembly when I lifted the legs off the floor to pivot the pit. Each leg has a concave "cap" to keep it from sinking in soft soil. Somehow, at some point, I had trapped the missing screw under the leg cap.

So, I take all those things I said about not being able to count, back!

We got the pit out in time to try it out.

We cooked ham steak and a brisket half.

I have to be honest, Rian and Erica had a gas grill from H, E, double L experience Friday night. His grill was eight years old. They had friends coming over, and they were going to cook ham steaks. Rian lit the pit to let it burn off, and busied himself in their storage building. He could hear Reid schooling his two younger brothers. "We aren't supposed to go close to the grill when it is burning because it is too dangerous, and let me tell you, that is a big fire!"

Rian turned and looked, and his pit was blazing, almost to the eve of the back porch! He sent the boys in the house and called for Erica. He had his leather gloves on and attempted to turn the burner valves off, only to discover the knobs melting off the pit. He discovered the big fire had burned the propane hose in to. He had a runaway fire fueled by unregulated propane. He got a water hose and began spraying it on the propane tank. Just as he was about to tell Erica to call Lubbock's Fire Department, he hit the fire just right to momentarily knock it down where he could turn the tank valve off.

He confessed to me it got really exciting!

And, yesterday Mike Cope announced his resignation as pulpit minister at Highland. Eighteen years he has served. He is joining "Heartbeat" with Landon Saunders. Although Krl and I had stopped attending Highland, he was always a draw. He is very dynamic, and I wish him well. Luckily, Abilene will still be home to Mike and his family. I believe he begins his work with Heartbeat July 1.

Part of my day has been spent checking on trucks, trying to get them gone. We have LOADS today. I have been trying to figure out the dynamics of purchasing fuel for them when they are on the road. I'm not being negative about the two guys we are trying to keep working, but I would prefer not to give them cash for the fuel for a week. I am trying Wal*Mart Debit Visa cards, that have been designed for college students and parents. There are two cards, the driver will have one and I will have one. I can load money on the card, and they can spend it anywhere Visa is take. It will go down as a cash advance until they turn in cash tickets. There is also the possibility that we could load their pay on the cards too. If you do more than $800 per month, they waive the monthly charges. $800 per week per truck would be a cheap fuel week. If I am looking at it right and there are no hidden charges, this could be cheaper than some of the industry fuel cards.

We'll see.

Hope your day was a good one!

FATHER, thank YOU for the work. I pray YOU will help us find our niche. We pray that more work will be found. Lead us!