Day 56 - The Drama Queen's Room Finished with Plenty to Give ... and Throw

Christmas Break ends tonight.  Melissa and I go back to the classroom tomorrow.  We managed to get one big item off our To Do List of things needing to be done before we can put our house up for sale.

When we first moved in, the upstairs was all carpeted with nasty gray carpet - except for the dining area, which had a beautiful hardwood floor.  Imagine our surprise when we pulled up a corner of the carpet and discovered the hardwood continued throughout the upstairs.  We sanded and polyurethaned the dining area, the living room, the hallway, the boys' room and what was the "office" at the time (later the Princess' nursery). 

For some reason ... maybe I just pooped out at the time ... I never got around to doing the Drama Queen's floor.  We ripped up the carpet, but left the wood dingy and dull. 

The Drama Queen's floor is now shiny and smooth.  The sanding and the polyurethane weren't actually the hard parts of the job.  The biggest hassle was just getting started on cleaning everything out of the room.  She is a pack rat and EVERYTHING she holds onto is "special" for one reason or another.

One of the little knick-knacks from the
Drama Queen's room that is off to
Goodwill.

Melissa spent the day sorting through DQ's possessions, deciding what can go back into the room (and where) and what needs to be thrown away or given away.  Some of the objects going into the Give pile make me a bit sad - things that have been in her room since she was a baby.  But she's 8 now ... and a giant (she's moving into adult women's size 8 shoes now!) and it's time to put some of the childish things aside. 

Sad.