Here's my chance to brag: when I'm on a mission to do something for cheap, friends and neighbors stand around in amazement, beer in hand, and watch me go. Last month, I tore out the yucky old carpet in my bedroom with my bare hands, rolled it up and dragged it down the stairs (I live in the 2nd floor) and out to the dumpster, grappled it in, then charged back up the stairs where I spent the next three days scrubbing the paint off the hardwood floors using only a green scrubby and Ajax. (I did have to buy the paint and polyurethane at Home Depot). I redid the floors, painted the walls, touched up the trim, and in one week had a totally new bedroom. My neighbor came over, looked around, and said quite seriously "Are you on meth?"
That's way too much work. But awesome for you, meanwhile I probably spent that day playing video games, I'm very lazy.