Trash Icon Disappeared on Desktop

And when I went to find the Lib plist file to delete it, I had no Library Folder in my user folder. This was repaired with Disk Utility. So, something's wrong. Any ideas? Aren't I supposed to have a Lib Folder in my User Fole

Your Library is there.  Apple, in their infinite wisdom, decided to hide it in lion.  To make it visable again, launch Terminal (in Utilities), and copy paste the following line into the terminal window:
chflags nohidden ~/Library
Hit return and relaunch the finder.
Show User Library Directory in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
If you want to keep it hidden but you need to get to it use the Finder Go menu, Go To Folder...,  type ~/Library, and click the Go button.
As for the trash icon, it never was on the desktop (since OS9 days, or you use some third party utilities that can put a trash can on the desktop).  It on the right side of your dock.

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