I've been gone a while on vacation and am just trying to get caught up on all the stuff important to keeping my office running.  It kind of feels like I have not missed a whole lot.  Lots of people on vacation this time of year.  Still, sales seem pretty good as I get out to visit customers. 

Beginning of the year was very strong.  No one had inventory so everyone had some increased sales from January thru March.  To me, it seemed like April slowed down just a bit - maybe everyone catching their breath.  Now, I am hearing quite a few companies had very strong sales in May.  That was good news.  But, now what?

June figures (the ones I have seen) look pretty good.  Still will not know completely for a few weeks.  But July??  Who knows.  Vacations always have an affect on July.  But, if we are, in fact, in a bit of a recovery, maybe July will be strong.

I look at the fastener news sites and there does not seem to be a whole lot going on.  Not a whole lot of big news.  Fully Threaded Radio is coming out with another broadcast - I think this week.

And, I've got some other thoughts and subjects I'd like to bring up.  Just need a few more days to clean off my desk before I can dive back in to blogging.