Non Electric Homestead McMinn County (purchasing, closing, lawsuit)

[CA Sweet Pea]

Originally Posted by Rach1966

Cyndy & Chris's story is in today's DPA

okay - what's wrong? I'm not finding it.....

[Rach1966]

I can't find it online either
but I get the local paper and it's in there
page C6

[siennaoconnor]

Boo Hoo :'(

I cannot find it either

~S

[kygman]

I just emailed the community editor of the newspaper. To me I figured that was the section of the paper to find it. I asked if there was any way they could email the article because this couple has quite a following and we curious to see the article. I clicked on the news tab and went to contact us.
Then clicked on community editor.

[JEANNE61]

??? Can't click on it . .. To open . /???

[Rach1966]

Autumn Hughes was the writter
I wrote to her Friday, but it's a Mon-Fri newspaper
no reply back from here yet

[Forest Breath]

Absolutely wonderful weekend! Friday we got home and actually got to see our house before dark! The story came out in the paper on Friday and it was OK. They got a few things wrong, the spelling of my first name is Cyndi and she spelled it Cyndy. She also said we used a compressor and a nail gun and we did not, we tried but the generator was not big enough for the compressor, so we nailed every nail by hand. But other than that, the story was OK, other than me being quoted as saying “By golly”. ROFL, yeah that is something that you want to go in history as stating. LOL. It had a huge pic of the house with me and Chris on the front porch and a pic of me getting a bucket of water and one of Perrin coming out of the outhouse. They did mention Jimmy’s name and also his brother Don and that made us both very happy. I am not sure why the story does not show on the website. It was a full page with gawd awful pics of me. LOL (maybe that is why they don't have it online LOL) It is neat that some of you emailed or contacted the paper about the story. LOL, with actual interest in us, we don't so much look like freaks. Don is actually receiving a lot of phone calls about it, much to his delight. He just had a sparkle in his eye last night when he told us all the neighborhood was calling him about the house. They cannot call us, lol, as we do not have a number listed in the book since we have no home phone. I love the fact that he is getting some popularity over it. I wish Jimmy was here to read it.

Saturday we got up and got ready to take Hazel to Marietta, GA to spend a week with her sister. We dropped SadieMae off at Amanda’s for her to babysit her all day. We just did not feel comfortable leaving her alone all day. Amanda was great to offer her time. Of course, Saturday had to be a rainy day. I was soaking wet before we even got up to the car. We had a decent trip down there and then discovered Hazel had no clue where her sister lived. I am amazed we found the house.

We then got the grand opportunity to meet up with a few people we have known online but have never met in person. We all went to the Marietta Diner and had lunch/supper and man they just really do not have places like that here in East Tennessee. I was amazed! The food was delicious, the serving was HUGE….I took home enough leftovers for 2 more meals! The place was wonderful and I am glad it was suggested to us. I wish we could have stayed a lot longer, but we had to make the trip back home, pick up the dog and then get Lakota for a few days. It POURED rain almost all the way. It was foggy, nasty, dark and just horrible!
We got SadieMae and Lakota and got home about 9pm or so. We all slept great, SadieMae sleeps right beside me in bed at night. She is so sweet and is slowly getting use to a new home, family and lots of love. Sunday we had breakfast and left SadieMae in the house while we finished up the Yule shopping. We got home and Sadie had done great by herself in the house. NO DAMAGE! She did not even use the bathroom in the house as I anticipated she would. Midday I got a call to rescue an injured baby squirrel and we headed back out again. Once more, Sadie did very well in the house. This time I was actually able to make it up the driveway and for the first time in weeks we did not have to walk home! We got the squirrel settled and fed and I spent some time cleaning, knitting and loving on the dogs and cats. It turned cold, like instantly. One minute we were fine, the next a cold front came through, via the North Wind and man it got cold! We got a nice fire going and everyone cozied up and stayed warm. We did get back out to feed and water Hazel’s animals and take Don and Jonnie their gift. I got a call to pick up some pecans from a little old lady in town and she gave me a HUGE bag of pecans! We got home and settled and I sat on the couch with SadieMae and Cletus while Lakota and Chris played poker for a few hours. We ended up in bed a bit later than usual, I took SadieMae out before bed and she had her very first night of staying in and not having to get up and go to the bathroom!!!!! I am so excited for her. I did get up and take her out first thing and bless her heart she barely made it off the porch to pee. She has a 3 pee 2 crap ritual before bed and when she wakes up. ROFL! We stay outside for a good bit when it is time to go. But I was thrilled she was able to sleep all night and did not need to get up and go out.

This morning was so cold. I think it was about 20 degrees or so. I have to work today and then I am off until January 2nd! We plan to work on the house. I want to get as much done on the house as we can while I am off work, but I do have a mountain trip planned. So that was the weekend on the homestead! I hope everyone else had a fantastic weekend!

Things I am discovering as Winter progresses:

*Always make sure you keep about 15 gallons fo water in the house because when you run out of time to do all that needs done adn you forget to insulate the water supply, you will need water for the animals, baths and laundry that is not of the frozen variety

*I need a wood cookstove but can be patient with the propane one until we can afford it

*2 dogs on the house is fun!

*There is a special feeling words cannot describe when you have your granddaughter over, the oil lamps are lit, there is no TV or noise and she is having a blast playing cards while the dogs snuggle up to me and a cup of hot chocolate

*The outhouse seat is cold at 6am when it is 20 degrees outside!

*I am glad we only have one room

*We have a LOT more to do on this house!

For those interested in the story, maybe Autumn can email it to you. The number there is 423-745-5664. Surely she can shoot it out in an email.

[half-pint]

Great story!
Remember: you can always bring your toilet seat in to the house with you to keep it warm for the next privy visit!

[Forest Breath]

LOL I never thought of doing that. Someone said a styrofoam seat does not get cold. I will think of something I am sure....lol....you kind of freeze up when you hit that seat and doing your business ends up taking longer.

I think we are going to move the skirting up on our list as well, the floor is insulated, but is still very cold

[Rach1966]

This article is available in the print edition of The DPA, but not online. Additional copies are available at the newspaper's office, 320 S. Jackson St., in Athens.


Autumn Hughes
Community Life Editor
The Daily Post-Athenian




On Dec 19, 2008, at 8:21 PM, Rachel wrote:

[SIZE=2]will this article be online?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]thanks[/SIZE]
[SIZE=2]Rachel[/SIZE]