Can’t believe it’s already Friday again!
Here’s what’s been going on this week:
What Am I doing?
This week we started prepping for our patio install. Today, I’ll be digging 3ft. deep holes for the 6×6′s to be installed tomorrow. This is for our pergola that will go over hte patio area. I don’t look forward to it, especially since it’s raining lions and bears outside! Oh well, man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do. After we set the posts, Michelle and I will set the edge of the brick patio with leftover 4×4′s, get some crushed granite and level the patio area. Then it’s time to install the bricks (thousands of them!). Apparently that’s the fun part 
Not my patio, but hopefully soon!
What’ I’ve Been Reading
Check out some of the coolest blogs on the interwebz!
Golden Financial Nuggets answers the question Should I Rent or Buy?
My Money Counselor asks if you should get Credit Card Protection?
Money Trail talks about Debt Collection: An Overlooked Area of Financial Education
The College Investor asks Money: What Does it Really Mean to You?.
Tight Fisted Miser goes into detail on his May Income. Pretty impressive!
Financial Samurai talks about What he learned on sabbatical. Man, I wish I could take 30 days off right now!
Thirty Six Months talks about A Different Type of Hotel Stay. Staying in other people’s homes does freak me out a bit, not gunna lie!
Work Save Live gives some great tips on selling your first home. I need to tuck this knowledge away for my future first-sale.
Married With Debt says I Bought a Tablet (Which Makes Me a Jerk). Do you think so?
Wow, that’s a lot of reading! Phew.
Reminder: I am still looking for submissions for Budget Fridays. I am looking at maybe just putting together some type of submission form on the site to make it easier. But I definitely am excited because I have received my first volunteer. WOOHOO!! Look for that next week! If you would like to submit, feel free to hit me up – iHeartBudgets @ gmail
You mean “Thirty Six Months” talks about staying in different peoples’ homes right?
Corrected! Haha, too much copy/paste and a splitting headache is not a good combo!
Thanks for visiting and mentioning Money Counselor!
Of course!
I love DIY! Or would it be ‘DIM?’ Whatever…it saves so much money and it can actually be fun, too. Have a nice weekend and hopefully you’ll be able to enjoy the fruits of your labors very soon.
I’m hoping this can all be done in the next two weeks. I have a feeling that is a pipe dream at this point. I’ve never tamped down 2,000 bricks, so we’ll see
It does save a ton of money, though. I’ve definitely saved thousands on loabor so far, probably thousands more to come.
Thanks for the mention! Happy patio building!
Thanks. I think the happy part comes when I’m done
Super big thanks for the mention! Good luck with all of the work this weekend. I’m about to start cleaning up my house and hopefully can relax a bit tonight before I work excessively on the blog this weekend (while the wife works as well).
Thanks! it’ll be a ton of work, and I’m volunteering at church all of Sunday, so no rest for me. It’s ok, though, because it’s going to rain until July 5th here, like it always does. So hopefully I’ll have everything done soon after and get to enjoy the sun when it arrives.
Thanks for including my post.
Sure thing
Thanks for the mention this week!
Welcome
Thanks for the mention! I remember puttin in a similar patio on my old house. Took us 4 weekends, but save a few thousand dollars. The digging and tamping is the worst part.
I’m not looking forward to the tamping and leveling of the ground. Lucking, we had a tractor do most of the hard digging, but we still have to level the sand. I’m am entertaining the idea of renting a power tamper to do the hard work
Hmm..I’ve been thinking about putting a patio in our backyard. I’m holding off on it as it’s a rental and I’m not sure I want to put that much money/time into it right now. We may move next year…but now that I keep reading your updates I kind of want to do it again!
And thanks for the mention!
I wouldn’t do it on a rental if you’re going to move. But, I’m SUPER EXCITED for this patio. We’re going to have tons of parties and hang out there whenever it’s sunny out! I hope it’s worth the effort, because my body is taking a beating for this.
I like hearing about those outside projects! We need to get going on a patio this year!
Do it! Patios are the best thing about backyards. You won’t regret it
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