Did she pay some kind of rent or did you just volumteer to keep her?
Alex
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
She contributed some to the food budget, and offered a tank of gas, which I didn't get around to claiming - otherwise at no cost. Of course, she wanted to pay for the gas at Costco, which is inconvenient, and I'm allergic to waiting in lines.