23 things that are more fun than renovating

You’ve heard me say it before, but undertaking a renovation or large building project (or sometimes even a small one) can be stressful. So I thought I’d put together a list of activities that are more fun than renovating just to, you know, take your mind off things.

1. Stubbing your toe
2. Getting a paper cut
3. Coming back to your car to discover that you have a parking ticket
4. Doing all your supermarket shopping and then realising, when you get to the checkout, that you don’t have your wallet
5. Taking your car for a service and being told that you need a flugenhinken valve. And it will be $1200.
6. Sitting through Phantom of the Opera
7. Making a cake and discovering that you used plain flour instead of self-raising
8. Getting your moustache waxed
9. Getting anything waxed
10. Breaking down in the tunnel on the freeway at 4pm on a Friday afternoon
11. Cracking an egg and finding out it’s rotten
12. Flipping an omelette and turning it into scrambled eggs on the way over
13. Eating a spoonful of fruit yoghurt and realising that it’s actually tzatziki
14. Making a cup of tea when there’s no milk in the fridge
15. Leaving your phone charger in the hotel
16. Getting dressed in your favourite outfit and having your husband tell you, “you look comfortable”
17. Paying $3.50 for a “bliss ball”
18. Missing an episode of Selling Houses Australia
19. Getting locked out of the house
20. Leaving your favourite pan on the stove for five hours and burning it dry
21. Cleaning out the cat litter tray
22. Running out of tonic water when you feel like a G&T. And gin
23. Planning your next renovation, because you know it’s all going to be worth it in the end

What do you think might be more fun than a renovation?