Getting The Tiny House Ready For Winter

[@frankfromupstateny3796]

This woman is a winner...can't believe she's not remarried. Nice video.

[@Dwynfal]

Yay for tuques! 😂👍 Adelina, you are soooooooo right re blue skies! I grew up in the Montreal area, bitter cold, lots of snow but blue skies and sunshine made such a difference! I live in Belgium now and the winters, whilst mild and rarely below freezing, are grey, rainy and utterly miserable! 😭

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Sunny skies make all the difference don’t they?

[@Dwynfal]

@@myBIGtinyhouselife oh they do! I'd much rather have -25°C with sunny skies and snow on ground than 10°C with leaden grey skies and rain!

[@psychedout1028]

I really enjoy your tiny house videos as well as your other channel "A Little Bit About A Lot Of Things". Watching your videos is, for me, like sitting down for a bit to talk with a good neighbor and relax with a cup of coffee and some good conversation. I like your down to earth discussions and pleasant voice, and of course, your smiles. You motivate me stay busy and grounded when it is all too easy to just sit and fall down the "rabbit hole" of depressing news and feelings of futility about the future. Thank you for your hard work on your vlogs and allowing us all to tag along on your projects and adventures!

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Thanks ☺️

[@hazellegate9624]

“A goal without a plan is just wishful thinking.” Absolutely true! Twice in our lives hubby and I have had a goal, made very long, detailed plans, worked our tails off, and succeeded in changing our lives. Twice we’ve sold our home and most of our possessions to have adventures, once on a boat and once in an Class C RV. However, “wherever you go, there you are” is also a fact of life. My anxiety got the best of me on the boat so we had to end that adventure after a couple of years to instead travel in a minivan with just a backpacking tent. Then while full time RVing, cancer reared its ugly head and made us set up a home base again. Mind and body always have to be cared for wherever you go. But the adventures were so worth it! “Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life” by

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Thank you for sharing your story Hazel ❤️.

[@hazellegate9624]

@@myBIGtinyhouselife Sorry if I’m too chatty; your philosophy just resonates with me. 😊

[@susana5052]

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your loved ones. Praying that the cancer will be gone completely so you and your husband can get back to your adventures. 💖🙏🏻🌼

[@hazellegate9624]

@@susana5052 Thank you, Susan. That is so kind of you.

[@mohuanag66]

I love your white curtains & your white sofa throw...you are excellent in home decoration and everything in your home looks so beautiful and cozy...

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Thanks ☺️

[@lisadailey]

As I was watching your video, my kitty woke up as soon as he heard your smoke detector. I'm still looking forward to seeing a video about cat life in a tiny home! 🐈‍⬛🥰🏡

[@karenmurtaghyoga9195]

We can get such dull winters in Ontario, bright skies would make it better for sure!

[@rebeccaofpollywogflatts8976]

Same here in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

[@rebootresetrevolution7904]

Can certainly understand your dislike for the tough winters as I feel much the same. So I moved to Florida. Winters here are more like light Fall everywhere else.😊

[@cindypack5151]

I saw a drip over the big white knob before you turned off the outside water! Little drips can become big headaches!

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

There wasn’t any dripping. I had the light under there and had a good look.

[@donnajones9006]

I saw it too!

[@jemma50]

@@myBIGtinyhouselife There was definitely a drip. I just went back and looked and it was pretty clear. Maybe watch the video, Adelina, and look really closely. I think the video shows it closer than you would see in person. :)

[@susana5052]

I saw the drip too. I’m so annoyed with drips. I’m having my kitchen redone so anytime I have a drip, like in my bath and now the sink, I constantly look for drips everywhere!🥴

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Well, I'm not sure what the mystery drip was because it never came back. Maybe just humidity 🤷🏻‍♀️.

[@sevdetetcioglu413]

When I have chosen Canada for my new country to live, I have decided to settle in Ontario. I was in love when I first visited the province in 2000. Blue sky, sun shine in winter time! I was coming from Germany Nordrhein-Westfalen Wuppertal (rainy 320 day in a year hahahaha). After so many years, climate has changed so much that we are having a lot of rainy days even in summer time, and very grey sky in winter time. I have been in Alberta Calgary, Yukon Whitehorse in winter time. Yes, definitely colder than Burlington ONTARIO, however so much beautiful scenery have just wiped out the coldest nights I have ever experienced. I really like your content and videos.

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Thanks so much 😊

[@harriettholmes539]

Mittens are always warmer than gloves. When wearing mittens your fingers are together which cause heat. Gloves your fingers are separated.

[@asaldanapr]

Wow! Time flies….. it seems like yesterday you were having that bad heat wave.

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

True 🤷🏻‍♀️😊

[@berniemaclean9486]

Some of us in eastern Canada pray for snow in the west 😬 sorry. Calgary to golden or Fernie is a drive I have done many times . Love the west in winter but could not leave Nova Scotia in summer , maybe I will make it to Vancouver island some day and change my mind . Canada is an amazing country coast to coast to coast . Really enjoy your videos as much for your personality as for the content keep them coming .

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Thanks 😊

[@tammyjohnson7401]

I have a standard home and begining to cover windows with plastic, our energy company on request sends free winterizing kits.Aso changed batteries in smoke detectors also. Yearly I have my furnace guy stop out and give my furnace a physical 😊 I live in Wisconsin so our Winters can be tough also. Thank you for all the great info. I'm trying snowshoeing this year. 🤗🎄

[@alissonvonderlane862]

Lol pets do love their sun beams!

[@pramitachanda4232]

Very nice video...it always feels good to see you with the coffee mug

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

☕️❤️😀

[@laurieboon]

LOL ... My two dogs were even stressed out as I watched YOU test your smoke detector! We're expecting our first winter storm of the season overnight here in the Ottawa Valley ... And ... There's lots of snow predicted for this winter in our neck of the woods too! 😝

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

🐶❤️🐈

[@marirose19]

Adelina coming out from storage area: It’s cold out here. Holy Shiite!! If you do ever want to prevent mice from getting under your house or worse yet under your van hood where they chew the wires, put multiple cotton balls soaked a bit with 100% peppermint pure essential oil in storage area & under hood. Do your research as you always do bc idk if you can drive van w/cotton balls under hood. I think you just put them there when you’re parked; good to take on camping trips too. Chipmunks are not nearly as easy to get rid of not that you mentioned them. If you ever get mice in house you know Sophie will gift them to you. Lol I’d move the umbrella to the storage area in case of high winds bc that will become a projectile I think. Correct me if I’m wrong. When you were testing the propane detector the look on your fearful face re: Sophie’s potential reaction was priceless. And when she did that sweet meowing when you did the other detector & you went & loved her up, well that was another priceless moment. Keaton must be thrilled to have your Toyota. I noticed the van behind it & wondered if you were using the van as your daily driver. Fantastic. No snow here yet but the cold is. Hopefully I didn’t just jinx myself by saying there’s no snow. We’ll see. Haha. Hugs🤗✌🏼💛

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Poor Sophie. Here ears just can’t take the noise. Great idea in the peppermint.

[@mohuanag3494]

I just love your couch & coffee cup combinations...and loved tour winter wardrobe.....wanted to see your winter coats & sweater collections too....wonderful video !

[@conniefeltman4561]

I hate smoke detectors too! I was winching. … praying it would be over soon! 🌈🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

😁

[@kfaulknerstudio]

Sophie! ❤️🐈😻

[@12Gaile]

Oh my snow already. We had snow last year for Halloween but that was very unusual. Sophie is so sweet. Hope you have a great week. Take care. ♥️🐈🌹

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Thanks 😊. You too.

[@alschneider6364]

That wasn't so bad...I had a cat that would have hit the roof at any alarm. Oh...And spiders are little critters that need a place to live too...:)

[@arnoldsnodgrass2953]

When I test my alarms, I put my thumb over the little speaker grille; you can still hear it doing its chirp so you know it’s working but it’s a lot quieter.

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Good idea. I’ll do that best time for sure.

[@cynthiaslebodnik6945]

Fortunately snow hasn't arrived yet here in Pennsylvania. Just finishing up leaf raking and cutting down plants to ready gardens for winter. Do have to bring in hoses and turn off hose hookups. Also need to remove screens though that isn't absolutely necessary.

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

😊

[@ljmbeasley]

My cats heard your testing. 🤣

[@janharker8520]

After I disconnect the hose from the spicket, I drain the hose, to keep ice from forming and expanding in the hose.

[@sylvialauterbach5565]

I like ur vids.. and appreciate how u share ur life.. happy winter! ☃️

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Thanks Sylvia ❤️

[@sandrap3047]

Poor Sophie was like I was sleeping so good Mama! She’s a beautiful cat! Great outside storage! Love your tiny home!

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Thanks 😊

[@jemma50]

Good information to know. Thanks for sharing. :) Are you still going to do a video on the results of your trip to Vancouver Island? I'm excited to know if you found a place to move to. ♥

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Yep. 😊

[@brendacopeland3569]

Thank you again for these practical practices to use in wintering the tiny home. I’m happy to see how easy the lunos filters are to service. Hopefully, I’ll have my home soon. ❤️

[@susankay497]

Good job. Preventative maintenance: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure ;)

[@robatsea2009]

It's rather dispiriting (as I'm sure you know) when you go through the effort of shoveling things clear, and within a half-hour you can't even tell a shovel was even used lol.

[@annesmith5192]

Also, it is very dispiriting when you finally shovel to the very end of your driveway, only to have a snowplow come by and dump snow in front of it. That's happened to me a couple of times.

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

OMG that happened to me last year! LOL

[@kariwick-InnerPeaceCoaching]

Sorry about the snow! I feel you = I did 25 years south of Buffalo, NY!!! They have already had snow as well! I won’t tell you how nice it was today in the Sonoran desert of southern Arizona, Kari🌞

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

LOL! You give me hope that I too can escape the snow! 😀

[@kariwick-InnerPeaceCoaching]

Yes, you too can escape the snow!🌵

[@rizpahjael1]

Stay warm Adelina! ❄(We finally got snow at the cabin in eastern WA, last weekend.) Have a wonderful week. 💜

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Thanks, you too 😊

[@jaybirdspirit2468]

Oh! haha. I thought you had to go in there with your full body~! Glad you are back to the house videos. I like those best.

[@mavahuth5044]

You could move close to me. We don't have hardly any snow. If the weather man says it might snow. People freak out. The city shuts down. Which would not be a problem for you. Since you work from home.😺😆

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

😁Where are you?

[@mavahuth5044]

Georgia is not very far from you.😆

[@annesmith5192]

It's 7 degrees where I live, in the Lower Mainland. They are forecasting a very cold winter because of El Nina. Whatever weather they predict, I plan for the opposite. That usually serves me well. Thank you for the video. I learn so much from you. As for your other channel, someday can you do a video on preparing tofu to go with a stir fry? Mine always turns out rubbery, but I want it crisp.

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Great idea for a recipe

[@oldmanjimh3165]

Lucky you! Wish I had snow by now but with a few 50+ days this week will allow me to do more remodeling that I was going to postpone till spring.

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

😁

[@ruthanderson1758]

I noticed a drip (at 4:05 of video) from just below that white knob/dial on the vertical pipe when you were showing the lever you have to move to shut off the outside tap. Don't know if this would be a problem in the cold but thought I'd mention it just in case you weren't aware of it. Poor Sophie - the sound from the smoke detector test probably really hurts her ears - I think I'd have put her outside in the car or the van while you did that.

[@Ritterkritterz]

Put Sophie in the car when testing home alarms.

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

She gets totally stressed out if I have to put her in the car. Feel it’s best to just do it quickly. It’s only 2x a year after all.

[@susana5052]

I live in Southern California and I would have no clue on how to winterize a home. My dear friend moved to north Idaho and her neighbors took it upon themselves to walk her through winterizing her home. I wish I would have moved there when she did.😔 Now my disability is a big issue for moving there.💔

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Hi Susan, I guess you have to deal with the opposite problem, extreme heat ❤️.

[@susana5052]

@@myBIGtinyhouselife Yup lol. Although heat doesn’t freeze pipes. Unfortunately if the power goes off I’m up the creek.

[@janstroud8948]

Gosh it's only seems like yesterday that you were on your trip. 😫

[@noemisolano4748]

There has only been one week of cold weather in Pennsylvania Now we are having spring weather here in Pennsylvania. Don't know if we will have snow or when we will have cold weather

[@lonniemcintosh6239]

Stay warm this winter ! Wine will get you through it and a cat on your lap !

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Exactly! 😁

[@susananderson7473]

We are completely opposite on one thing. I can deal with spiders not rodents. At 9:43 is that mold on your ceiling?Ceiling? I sure hope you found a place to move to so you only have one more yucky winter.

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Mold? No, that’s the wood stain on the ceilings . I kinda see what you mean though 😀

[@deelavoie4136]

I absolutely love your home. !! Dont forget you said last year your toilet hose froze. Do all those lines need frost protection as well?

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Yep.

[@pennyreames2136]

B

[@Britbabe53]

snow.... ugggg!!

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Yeah 🥶😟

[@ianbarr4716]

Yukkkkk! We're from Toronto...you are usually about 2-3 weeks ahead of us on the winter front. Not gonna lie....not looking forward to it:( Cheers.

[@dianegoss7181]

Must really hurt her ears, poor baby. If she only knew it was to protect her too....🙄

[@myBIGtinyhouselife]

Exactly 🤷🏻‍♀️❤️ 🐈