It was a movie-free evening last night, which is somewhat unusual in our household.  Instead, we settled down to watch a little HGTV, which is relaxing for me.  It’s a passive viewing experience, but with enough education material to not feel like it’s a complete waste.  For me, it’s perfect viewing for a low key hour or two.

Last night’s show of choice was House Hunters International, which follows a couple as they look at three houses to consider purchasing overseas.  I missed the start of the show, so I actually don’t know where this episode was centered.  I do know it was in Latin or South America, however.

The couple had a small child and wanted to move away from the beach.  What?!?  Who wants to move away from the beach?  They actually said, “We just want a break from the beach.”  WHAT?!?  Oh, this sunning on the beach and soaking in the surf is too much for me, darling.  Why don’t we take a vacation and work for a few weeks?  Maybe if I lived fulltime on the beach I’d understand.  But I don’t.  However, I’m willing to live there for a while in order to better understand if someone would like to provide a beach home for me to use!  No?

What I like about House Hunters is you get to see three homes, get to know the couple a little bit and then try to guess which one they’re going to pick.  I’m actually pretty good at it, if I may say so myself.  On this episode though, not so much.  That’s because this episode did not reveal a wild card before the couple revealed their choice.  I thought I had them pegged, but they chose the last place I thought they would pick.  They did so because the condo called and offered a new and bigger unit than they (and we) first saw.  I was not amused.

Actually, I was.  It was all fun and relaxing and prepared me well for bedtime.