In May of 2008, my oldest child moved in with my mother. I followed a year later. When he moved here, the room he was given was filled with my mother’s Doll Collections, her books, pictures of family, and other stuff that was…well…hers. He was able to get her to move the dolls out but the other stuff stayed.

He is a senior this year and has decided to stay home the first year of college and attend a Junior College in the area. However, his room still does not scream “AJ”. It screams, “I am AJ and I sleep in one of my granny’s extra rooms.”

Top that off with the fact that the furniture is a bit old and the carpet as well and you have a room that is crying for help. Here is a video from my son AJ to give you an idea of what I am talking about.

Let me just introduce you to AJ and let him show you why he needs a new room:

I went to the “Your Zone” section of Walmart’s online store and found some great things for his room. They are reasonable and I can redo his entire room with the $500 gift card I am trying to win from Dr Mommy over at Dr Mommy Chronicles.

My son has always had to share and he never really had his own room. Right now he shares his room with his Granny’s stuff and that just should not be. He is a Senior in High School and I want him to have a room that screams about the type of kid that he is.