I would not refinish it yourself....get a professional. $1000 for a professional is a lot less than it will cost to replace it.
BEG honey, I say this with love.... you need to get out and get yourself a job....you're obsessing on little stuff. You are going to make yourself crazy if you don't find something else to occupy yourself.
To me this is not a little thing. We paid a lot for this house and it pisses me off that we immediately had to replace the carpet, the wood floors need refinishing (which we knew when we bought it), the travertine needs to be refinished (it seriously looks filthy even when it is just cleaned), the tile in the master bathroom needs to be redone (it is crumbling under our feet), the tile in our daughters bathroom is not level to the point that the toilet is crooked. Half of the floors in this house are not level. Then we have the one bathroom that we are in the process of remodeling and thank god we are remodeling it. The toilet was about ready to fall through the subfloor. Oh and to top it off we had to repaint the house.
I am angry about living in this shit stain of a state and I am probably obsessing about the house more than I should but it really pisses me off to think what we paid for this house and all the additional crap that needs to be done. I can guarantee that YOU would not be happy with the way the kitchen floor looks if you lived here.
Deb, I really like you but I don't appreciate you telling me that I need to get a job. I know you meant well but please know that I have ALWAYS been OCD about my house, even when I had a job. If you look at any of my pictures you will see that there is nothing out of place. I seriously can't help it, it is who I am. Imagine being married to me.