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I did it myself just this past weekend and I'm certainly no mechanic. I took a few extra days off work just in case but had everything stripped down in a day and put back together the next. Probably no more than 16 solid hours working on it. That's with the timing belt/water pump, starter replacement, spark plugs, and fuel filter.
Afterwards I really felt like it was pretty easy, honestly, from a technical perspective. Unbolt stuff, remove parts, replace parts, bolt stuff back up, done. Of course I didn't run into any broken bolts or stripped threads. I think the timing belt/water pump replacement was much easier than swapping out the starter. That really pissed me off but that could have been because I did it last and was pretty tired and sore from leaning over the grill for two days.
I say if you have the right attitude for it, and the tools (pretty limited really) give it a shot.
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