Episode #29 An OCC Update
Our Country Cottage a Narrative
In this episode I will get you more up to date with the goings on at OCC and there are changes at the web site. On with the OCC update. When last we talked I had basically shut OCC down by draining the water, putting RV antifreeze in sink and tub traps. The toilets were drained of water but then filled with RV antifreeze and then flushed. This ensured no water was left in the mechanism and the bowel had only antifreeze in it. The toilet shut offs were the only taps I closed. If I left them open the antifreeze in the tank would siphon out. Any liquids that might freeze if the...
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Episode #28 An OCC Update + Year In Review
Our Country Cottage a Narrative
In this episode I will get you more up to date with the goings on at OCC and an OCC Year In Review, remembering some of what happened last year. So on with Episode 28 OCC update. As usual I left the last episode with some unanswered questions. Once again our trusty generator was not so trusty, refusing to start. Three days before my next visit we had a major snow dump in the city. I think I shoveled the walk 3 maybe 4 times that day. It just kept coming. The next day, taking my life into my own hands, and on summer tires, I ventured out onto snow clogged streets in an attempt to get...
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Episode #27 An OCC Update & ITB Wrap Up
Our Country Cottage a Narrative
In this episode I will bring you up to date with the goings on at OCC and, as promised, the ITB wrap up. Finally I can close the book on ITB, In The Beginning. No more confusion with episode numbers and ITB progress month numbers. Hey, it was getting confusing for me. *******On With In The Beginning Wrap Up****** It was at the end of month 27, (no, lets not go there again) two years and three months, that there was a logical point to finish with contractors, etc. and take sole claim of Our Country Cottage. Not everything was finished but enough was enough and we decided to cut the cord. As...
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Episode #26 An OCC Update & ITB Month 27
Our Country Cottage a Narrative
In this episode I will get you caught up to date with the goings on at OCC and ITB, In The Beginning, well, this might be the last one. Lets start with probably the most action packed ITB yet. ***In The Beginning, Month 27, October *** ITB is the part the podcast where I use pics, my log book, texts and emails along with any other mind jogs I can find to give you the most accurate recollection of the creation of OCC. I even referred to an old check book record this time. Looks like we had five, three day trips, to Our Country Cottage this month. In the last ITB I had noticed a boom loader,...
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Episode #25 Summer is Back & ITB Month 26
Our Country Cottage a Narrative
In this episode Our Country Cottage finally breaks free of winters grip, entering the summer months while In The Beginning, ITB, reveals some progress. ***In The Beginning, Month 26, September.*** ITB is the section of the podcast where I do my best to remember, through pictures, my log book, texts and invoices, well basically anything I can get my hands on.During this period of little getting done, it seems I also did little with my log book. That is to say sketchy notes. The second month of year three of the creation of Our Country Cottage started with our contractor calling to say he...
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Episode #24 Day Trips & ITB, 1st Month of Year THREE
Our Country Cottage a Narrative
In this episode Our Country Cottage has not finished sending me power failure alerts and In The Beginning, ITB, covers the first month of year three of construction. In The Beginning, month 25, August. This is the part of the episode where I go through pix, emails, logs etc to give you the best recollection of the construction of Our Country Cottage. I had three visits to OCC this month. Each was three days long. The first visit, I had a load of those flat pack boxes from that store, known for its assemble yourself furniture. My collection promised that they would turn into two closet...
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Episode #23 A New Year and ITB Finishes Year TWO
Our Country Cottage a Narrative
This episodes OCC update will get into why power was lost on the last day of last year and what has been going on with me and my relationship with Our Country Cottage. In The Beginning, ITB month 24, will close out the second year of OCC construction. I am beginning to think that doing ITB is not helping my attitude towards OCC. I don’t know if it is cathartic, with a positive effect, as I thought it would be or it’s just dredging up all those memories and reopening the wounds, so to speak. For now we’ll go with the first one, Sooo In The Beginning, month 24, July. This is the...
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Episode #22 Power Failure & ITB Month 23, an Inspection and More Mud
Our Country Cottage a Narrative
In this episode Our Country Cottage reaches out to say it has lost power, the solar control unit stops logging and snow. In The Beginning, ITB, Month 23, June, standing water and a walk through inspection. In The Beginning, month 23. ITB is the part of the podcast where I collect all my emails, texts, logs, notes, pix etc to try to give the best recollection of the early days of OCC, Our Country Cottage. It seems to be getting harder and harder to figure out as the changes are getting smaller and smaller and sometimes none at all. I have vivid memories of arriving at the site and finding...
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Episode #21 An Over Due Project and ITB Month 22, Mud&Stuff.
Our Country Cottage a Narrative
In this episode I will tell you about getting to a project that was some five years past due and In The Beginning, Month 22, almost 2 years in, and still going at it. And an OCC update, well, brings you up to date. ITB, month 22, May. In The Beginning, is the part of the podcast where I recount the birthing pains of Our Country Cottage. Pictures, emails, texts and my log book have given me a memory refresh to present the most accurate information of the time. 22 months in and the big things are pretty well done and now we get down to the details. One important detail that happened...
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Episode #20 An OCC Update, Longer Stays & ITB Month 21
Our Country Cottage a Narrative
This episode, An OCC update, I will cover the first extended stay of the season, almost back to normal, and ITB carries on with month 21 of construction. Not much happened while the power was down, in some areas. In The Beginning, ITB, Month 21, April This is the part of the episode where I sift through emails, text messages and pictures collected during that month, to give you the most accurate accounting of Our Country Cottages beginning stages. The beginning of month #21 still had OCC without power backup working. The generator was fixed but something in the solar control system,...
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