so, pretty much all the houses i've seen so far have been absolutely lame. who the hell would live in a 'cottage' the size of my current kitchen?? i have found one place, just not as isolated as i would like...

the criteria i have are: must allow dogs, indoor/outdoor cats, vegetable gardens, bonfires and chickens (and not be too terribly far from my school). not too much to ask, right? well, so far i have only found one place that fits that list, and it is only an apartment, not a whole house. but its a very cute 2-story apartment with lots of woods around and extremely close to school (as in i can bike there every day) and about 3 acres of land that, according to the landlady who lives on the premises, i can do with it what i wish. i don't know, we'll see what happens.

what i'd really like to do is buy a house... anyone ever done that before?