Yeah, dh got a little side job

**littlemotherhaywood** · 05-05-2006, 09:42 AM

It's only for this weekend but it's something. He's going to dig six holes for a guy in his yard and it's $120. Woohoo! He wants to take some to do something for us and send at least half to debt. I figure since it's manual labor he's entitled to do something for himself

The strange things one can find on Craigslist

**Darlene** · 05-05-2006, 02:00 PM

Neat! Gotta love a hard working guy.

**santoria** · 05-05-2006, 04:33 PM

my dh ended up doing the neighbor's lawn when he mowed ours and she gave him $40. he said it felt like he was a kid again....combing the neighborhood to mow people's lawns.

**wendy** · 05-05-2006, 11:57 PM

Wonderful! Extra cash when you get it unexpected is always nice!

**littlemotherhaywood** · 05-06-2006, 09:10 AM

Originally Posted by santoria

my dh ended up doing the neighbor's lawn when he mowed ours and she gave him $40. he said it felt like he was a kid again....combing the neighborhood to mow people's lawns.

LOL

Believe me, it's crossed my mind. Unfortunately, I've seen at least three teens walking around doing that already, hehe, so it looks like the market is pretty saturated in our neighborhood. When I was pregnant we did pay someone to shovel our driveway once. It was well worth the $10 for sure give the foot and a half of snow

**wendy** · 05-07-2006, 09:37 PM

My uncle (in his 40s) mows lawns in his neighborhood.

**frugalfarmwife** · 05-08-2006, 01:23 AM

Hey, every penny counts! My hubby trades work on farm equiptment for hay/feed/etc. Hubby has a shop and no formal training but can weld like a pro, when those implements break they need them fixed yesterday to get the field work finished!

Funny, was teasing hubby just yesterday too, I haven't given him any extra cash in MONTHS but he's traded for some amazing stuff! (calf hutches, fencing work, corral panels, etc)

yep, put those men to work!

kj

**littlemotherhaywood** · 05-08-2006, 08:54 AM

LOL. My dh got up this morning and told me to look for more jobs like that. It only took him two hours yesterday. The guy paid him twenty less than he said, but Jimmy said he couldn't dig the holds quite as deep as the guy wanted. He still got paid $50 an hour. Not too bad, huh? I'm so lucky to have such a handy man for a husband.