I delivered my 2nd child in the back of my car in lower rock gardens (this wasn't the intended birth place) - admittedly she was working harder than me
That, or
Rodding the drains with my own drain rods
Took up my Victorian wooden floor, repaired the joists, put in the pipe for a new water main, got some reclaimed boards to repair some damaged Ives, relaid / nailed the lot back down, sanded & stained it - no squeaks
I'm an accountant by trade