We kinda gave up the house hunt thing over the weekend, favoring instead some serious relaxation and alone time. Friday night after work, I paddled out to hang with Toad & Blixx for a bit and have a couple of pops, then back home to air conditioned splender for this chickie! I stayed up until 3am ish watching the first 4 episodes of Buffy Season 2. Good stuff. Saturday's weather didn't lend itself to outdoor activities, so we actually did the grocery shopping that we've had to do for weeks, & I made stuffed sole with mixed veggies for dinner. We watched Farscape & SG-1, which we'd taped from the night before. What is the consensus on the new red head?

For those of you into alternative movies, check out Donnie Darko. I rented it blindly on a recommendation and it was really trippy cool. Two thumbs up.

Yesterday we paddled the Assabet River in the late afternoon. I saw about 100 muscrats, at least 1000 turtles (both painted & snapper) and even a blue heron taking flight right over our head. It was a naturific afternoon and I even managed to NOT get a sunburn. What started as a quickie trip ended up being an all day thing, with us getting out of the water with just a little bit of light left in the sky. Good thing we left when we did, because it started to rain when we were driving out.

Today Blixx is checking out some houses in Brookfield, MA. If you check the map, look for the middle of nowhere, cuz that's where it is. We've expanded our search outward from the Worcester area in hopes of getting a decent house without needing vasoline to pay the mortgage. There's THISor THIS OTHER or ONE MOREor if we go smaller, for lake access there's THIS SMALLER ONE . Anyone getting any good vibes from any of these? I like the stone cottage, but I'll hear more when Blixx comes back with his notes. I'm sending him out on a nice day to a lake region, with 2 boats on the car. Hmmmm....