The Process of Selling a House

Wow. Who'da thunk it? Selling a house is a lot harder than I ever thought it could be. First off, you have to get the house cleaned up and packed up. This can take a LOT of work, and ya never really realize just how much shit you've accumulated until you go to pack it all up. You go to Wal-Mart and steal their empty boxes they were going to trash thinking "Oh, three carloads of boxes should be enough." But it never is. You get completely done with your closet and realize "Oh holy shit! I am out of boxes already?!?!" Yep. It happens. Trust me.

Then, on top of all the cleaning and packing and stuff, you actually have to decide on a price and try to stick to it. Not too hard since you need that money to start over.

THEN you have to wait for someone to actually want your house over all the others out there on the market. Wow. What a cluster that can be. A million people trampling through your house to find ONE person who may be interested in buying it, possibly successful in your search, possibly not.

But in the end it is all worth it, or so I'm told. I am still waiting for that offer to come, though my agent says it should be any day now. I hope he is right. I can't wait to move on with my life and leave the past behind me.

The Life and Times of Lissa

Born in 1982, Lissa has seen a lot in her relatively short life. She has dealt with more than most her age; yet she has persevered to become the strong, intelligent, driven woman she is today. There are many facets to this woman you see before you today. She is a mother, a daughter, a friend, a lover, a fighter, a Bitch, a mentor, an inspiration; the list could go on for eternity. One thing Lissa is not, however, is someone that will easily turn her back on those she cares about. She may put up a tough front, but underneath the rough and tumble exterior is a fragile little girl, uncertain where things in her life went so terribly wrong.

You may not realize this, but Lissa isn't really as strong as she likes to put off to be. A lot of things she plays off as not affecting her have left deep emotional scars on her that she battles with on a daily basis. From the abandonment issues surrounding her early childhood to the fear of being loved as an adult, there are years and years of issues she has held just under the surface; afraid to show her vulnerability to others for fear of being judged as less than her peers, she has kept everything bottled up inside.

I am planning to start a new blog, entitled The Life and Times of Lissa to tell more about me and my past. This will be my form of "therapy" about my past. I will probably jump around depending on what issues and demons I am battling that day, but it is certain to be quite insightful to who I am and why I am the way I am. Some of this may even prove to be a revelation to me, so please bear with me as I jump back in time to explore who I am and where I came from.

I honestly believe that blogging can cure the soul. That being said, I feel blogging can be quite dangerous when it explores parts of ourselves that we have chosen to hide for months, years and even decades.

Get ready to go on a bumpy ride to into the Life and Times of Lissa. It is sure to be a tantalizing experience.