The IRS

Yeah, I spent three hours of my day (four if you count travel) at the IRS office just so I could give them back a check they sent me by mistake. (It was tempting to keep it, but it would have fouled up my 2006 taxes and they would have sent me a bill, with interest and possibly penalties and general snarkiness. Hopefully this will help me to avoid any such unpleasantness.)

The good news is, I took my baby computer and wrote during the train ride and waiting room, so I got my pages done. Page-O-Meter: (243/400, or 61%) The bad news is, the roofers showed up at 7:00. That's 7 p.m. They worked well past dark and I have no idea whether my roof is done, but we might be due for more storms tonight. Last night's storms did not do my half-built roof a great service.

So. Tonight I worked on a new mosaic, using the "indirect" method where you glue the stones face down on a piece of paper, then grout from the back, then flip it over and glue it to the surface (in this case, a picture frame). It's supposed to ensure the surface of the mosaic is nice and flat. So far I've done the glueing. I can't wait to see how it turns out.

Thanks for visiting,

Kara