Way to go! I,too, have been doing work I used to farm out. Just spent an hour cutting back bushes. Now I'm going to get busy fixing yummy 4th of July food. I was walking yesterday with a friend who was lamenting her lack of money. at the end of our walk she said she had to hurry over to order some ribs for the 4th...at a restaurant where that will cost $20. My $ 6 ribs are happily cooking in my kitchen. I find myself regularly asking, "do I really want to pay someone.... $40/hour to mow the lawn, $ 14 to put some ribs in the oven...etc.