A new roof over our heads

The past two weeks have been all about the new roof.

Choosing shingles is a lot like picking out carpeting—provided it's very, very expensive carpeting you plan to live with for the next 40 or 50 years. We really like these CertainTeed "Gatehouse Slate" asphalt shingles, which offer the look of slate and are supposed to last half a century.

When Nelson and I were discussing that fact, he said, "This could be the last roof you ever do!"

Maybe--maybe not. My grandmother lived to be 107, after all.