Whew

Looks like the roof repairs my house needs aren't going to be too bad.  The contractor who came out to look at it yesterday called me today with an estimate: $427.  That's less than the deductable on our homeowner's insurance.  This contractor before previously installed our gutters and soffets, and IIRC the new windows we got in 2005, so I put down a deposit to accept their offer.

Hopefully, their scheduling manager will call me back tomorrow so we can work out when they'll do the job.