Erik's quilt and my yard - plus Lily & Marzipan

My goal last weekend was to work on Erik's quilt. 

He is such a sweet man, so funny and smart.  I really admire him. He also tells the best stories about coming over from Sweden and makes everyone laugh. 

He married my mom but because they live in a different state, I haven't gotten to know him very well until recently. 

I do know that he will like this panel - and be very appreciative.

So I started ....

by sewing fabric around the blocks. 

And then - of my gosh Foxtails got in the way!

I realized I had to clean up my yard.  That damn gardener  wanted to charge me $400.00 to weed wack them. 

Wait - here's a picture.

It does look bad doesn't it?  It's 100 feet to the end of the property.

Not having $400, I started weed wacking them myself. 

And in the meanwhile I called a guy off Craig's list.  Now that's scary. You never know who will show up!

A nice guy named Joe came out (with his buddy) and cut them all down in 2 hours!!!  

2 guys for 2 hours equals 4 hours!

Which means that damn gardener wanted $100 an hour!!

And Joe only charged me $60 to do the whole yard.  Which is about what I usually pay.

So guess who's looking for a new gardener?

And then I got back to work on Erik's quilt.

And for your viewing enjoyment:

Lily and Marzipan sitting on the couch together.

Hahaha - aren't they cute together? And where did that dog learn to sit?

Happy Stitching,

Linda - enjoying the little things in life.