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To clarify: My parents paid me a stated, hourly rate for things like yard work, helping my dad code his research, etc. Being a kid, I considered it an allowance. However, they treated it like wages. … (View Post)

@Moneymom the entire patio was about $1500 when you include the tool rentals and gravel/sand delivery from last weekend. Yes, my DH did the entire thing. I helped some, but it was about 75% him, 25% … (View Post)

1 & 2) Ours was really spendy, but we ended up accomplishing a lot. We started the prep work on our patio on Saturday. That was planned and not bad - $80 for a compactor rental, because the grave… (View Post)

Friday: Working all day then prepping our "patio pit" for gravel tomorrow. Saturday: Spreading and tamping gravel; I also have to take an exam tomorrow afternoon Sunday: Spread and level th… (View Post)

Trust me, if I end up with 3 kids it's because things did NOT go according to plan! Not necessarily a bad thing, but I can hardly imagine. Only child speaking here, lol... (View Post)