1. The rocks in our landscape - I love the look of mulch, but we just don't have the time (or desire) to keep it up, so we used landscape rock throughout.
2. The addition we made to our driveway. We just built a house last year and shortly after moving in, we discovered that our driveway was not wide enough to easily get the cars in and out if more than 2 cars were home. We made the decision to widen it and everyday when I back out, I am thankful that we made the decision to do that.
3. Our parking lot at work. We have lots of heavy equipment in and out of our lot regularly, so we have to rock our lot every year. The materials now available are so much better than they used to be (even just 5-6 years ago). We used to have the worst dust storm for weeks after doing it each year and now, we don't have that issue at all. I'm so grateful for how nice it is now!