Selling the home, a.k.a. the giant stresser of my life right now.

So we have decided to sell our house. Or, to at least put it up for sale and hope that we sell it.
This is the first house that we have ever owned and so this is the first time we have ever put a house on the market.
I thought that this would be easy, a piece of cake. Take a few pictures down, clean it up a little, maybe paint some of the base boards and then put the sign in the yard!
Not so much.
We decided to sell about 2 weeks ago and we still do not have a sign in our yard.
Want to know why? Sure you do.
First, we contacted the wonderful woman that helped us buy our house 6 years ago.
To me she symbolizes everything that is a true southern woman. She is sweet as pie, calls everyone "Honey", tells you like it is, talks all about her children, and has perfectly styled puffy blond hair. She is just one of those people you cannot help but be happy when she is around.
Anyway, She came over walked through the house and seemed very confident we could sell our house and get very close to our asking price! (YES!!!!!)
Before she left she made this comment ~ "Honey, before I can take and post pictures you are going to have to DE-personalize this house. "
Me~ "Sure, no problem."

De-personalize. This has become a four letter word to me.

What she should have said, and I am coming to realize is ~ "Honey, your house has got enough personality it should have its own profile on match.com."

So here I sit, two weeks later, no sign in the front yard, boxes everywhere,and Spackle all over my walls. It seems when you have a lot of personality, you also have a lot of holes. And they all have to be filled.
I am sure there is a joke in there some where....
Is this work worth it? I sure hope so.I have not cried yet so that is a good sign.
The one thing that keeps me going is the thought of "personalizing" a larger and hopefully newer house.
It is a sick and  twisted cycle.
I think I will find a support group.
Or a large bottle...I mean glass, of wine.

Meg