Huge sigh of relief!

When we moved into our house we knew the roof was old (original to the house - 41 years old. In roof years that's like on life support.) and would need to be replaced in the next few years. Sadly for us, we quickly noticed right away that that timeline would need to be moved up. As we were losing shingles every time it was windy, but not enough damage was being done for the insurance to kick in and replace it. Then a month or so ago it started leaking in the boys room. Not good. We called up my handy contractor Brother-in-law and got the ball rolling to get a new roof.

So on Tuesday morning he and his crew came out and by Wednesday afternoon we had a new roof! I'm so happy to not have to worry about when it's really going to start leaking, and how many more times can we call and have an adjuster come out and tell us it's not bad enough...or worry about the mystery leak in the garage every time it rains. Now it's normal and new and no more worries for me! No vacation either...but that's definitely okay. : ) I like my new roof!

Also, we have plans (dreams, maybe?) to re-side the whole house (only the front is brick), so we were worried that it would look really really (really!) bad having a new roof but cedar shingles on the side still, but it doesn't. I don't even hate it! We'll still replace the shingles with siding someday, but maybe we'll let something more important come first instead. Like windows. That would be nice for the look of the house and the utility bills! I'm definitely okay waiting til next year to start our next big project, though. One step at a time!