SEW What?

Our Mommys, Molly's and Mine, used the long holiday weekend to sew. They are working on a commemorative quilt for a friend and they have not made a real quilt in years and years. YET they volunteered to make the quilt to help out a FRIEND.

Molly and I wanted to be near them as much as possible so we stayed in the room, enjoying the sunny spots (not many, it was a gray weekend) and offering advice when we could. We have a very very good sense of design, believe it or not.

So the FRIEND gave them a bunch of fabric squares and said - GO FOR IT! These fabric squares were something ELSE. People cut up old clothes (would be okay except for the stains!!!!), old napkins, old dishtowels, and so on. Some people hit up JoAnn Fabrics and got small pieces of some pretty cool stuff! I helped my Mommy #2 decide what squares to combine together, which was tricky. The MOMMYS were looking for a cohesive look without being too monochromatic.

They hemmed and hawed over the best way to present them and finally Molly's Mommy said - EUREKA! I got it!!!

This is what she came up with. Looks pretty cool, huh?

They still have a ways to go on the quilt and are anxious to do more. They have a June 8 deadline and there are not a lot of days between now and then. I am confident they will do it soon and it will be lovely. I'll update you next weekend when the BIG SEW WHAT begins,

Memorable Memorial Weekend

Everybody and PUGGY in the household was home over the long weekend. I say YAY to that! I loves loves loves when my Mommys are home because it means a lot of snuggle time is in the offing.

But this was not any ORDINARY long weekend. Nope, this was the weekend of THE GREAT YARD CLEANUP! You see, Spring deposited a lot of grasses and stuff in the yard which had since dried out and turned to stickers. Molly is a STICKER MAGNET and her mommys were going CRAZY trying to keep her sticker-free. So it was decided to spend the holiday weekend clearing out those grasses and making the yard again friendly for Summer-living.

Everyone got in the act - all the way down to the two youngest household members, Molly and Lil' One. OMP! It was a lot of hard work and I was panting up a storm. It was not a hot weekend, luckily, but all that digging, hoeing and raking can really make someone overheat.

It was kinda fun, in a strange sorta way. And even tho' everypuggy was tired and sore after we stopped, we all had satisfied smiles on our faces. Not to mention, it was just fun to hang with the homies and make our nest right fine.

There was still plenty of time for hiking, scootering, shopping and movie watching. It really was a fantastic Memorial Weekend.

HAPPY THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Hard work never really seems all that difficult when you work as a team.