Don't be. The new one is beautiful and once I get the trim replaced and the house painted (just the top--most of the house and garage are stone and/or brick) it will look lovely. I'll post links to before and after photos. It is expensive, but not as bad as it could have been if I'd gone with the commercial roofers. The guy who did my roof put my garage roof on five years ago when I built it. He usually works for contractors (my contractor who is painting suggested we give him a call--they work together regularly.) This roof is of the durable material the insurance company offers a rate discount for. He'll be doing another roof in the neighborhood next week, a much larger job. We're both glad to be able to cut out the middle man in this process--I saved anywhere from $2000 to $4000, depending on which commercial roofer I got quotes from. I think the neighbor will save even more--he has a shake roof with shingles on top (was that way when he bought it), so they have to remove all of it, then put on decking and then the felt and the new roof. The quote he got from the big commercial roofer was about $5 more than they were expecting. It'll take more than the day and a half that mine did.

Moonglow is coming home soon, for Thanksgiving. She wants to be here for breakfast and is afraid if she drives down tomorrow she'll be too late for buttermilk pancakes. I know how to bribe these kids! (She slept late today, so isn't driving tired, but on the night before Thanksgiving I hope they're extra careful out there.)