Table of Contents
Author's Note xi
Introduction 1
1 A Stained Reputation 5
2 Low-Hanging Problems 9
3 Radio Silence 12
4 The Guy Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest 17
5 It's a Roof Life 21
6 It Turned My Crank 26
7 And They Call It Puppy Love 30
8 It's All About the Details 35
9 Air Con Gone Wrong 38
10 Roped In 41
11 "Blind" to It All 46
12 Don't Try This at Home 52
13 It's Just Nuts, I Say 55
14 It "Floored" Me 59
15 Now Isn't That Just Fob-ulous 64
16 It's Just A-Door-Able 68
17 A Very Rough Buff 72
18 Bathroom Bedlam 75
19 Bumper to Bumper 80
20 Shattered and Scattered 83
21 Under the Overhang 87
22 The Crawl Space Cat-astrophe 92
23 The Cover Up 97
24 Blade Runner 101
25 Ramp It Up 105
26 She'll Never Notice 109
27 Hit the Road "Jack" 113
28 Bike Rack Train Wreck 117
29 Lights Out 122
30 Trailer Tragedy 126
31 Duckling Around 130
32 Losing My Bearings 134
33 Never Saw It Coming 138
34 A Cool Pool 141
35 It'll All Come Out in the Wash 144
36 Doing a Good Deed for a Creature in Need 150
37 Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head 153
38 Runaway Shingles 156
39 Extending Myself 160
40 My ARRRRRRR! Factor 163
41 Raccoon Mission 167
42 Under Pressure 172
43 Door Crasher 175
44 Sump Pump Dump 178
45 Weeding Out the Bad from the Good 182
46 Blowing a Gasket 185
47 What a Drip! 189
48 Shelf Awareness 193
49 The Making of Memories 197
Conclusion: A Few Last Words to the Wise 201
Acknowledgments 203