Do I Freeze my Butt in the Outhouse? // Est-ce que je me Congèle les Fesses dans la Bécosse ?
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- How do I keep warm in the winter? See more about my wood stove and my outhouse. There is no bathroom in the cabin but I don’t mind this and it was a choice on my part to live this way.
PS: I do get some words wrong in English as I am French and French is my first language. I try the best I can 😉
A bécosse is a term used in Canada to designate the outdoor latrine use that existed there at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century
Comment rester au chaud en hiver ? En savoir plus sur mon poêle à bois et mes toilettes extérieures. Il n’y a pas de salle de bain dans la cabine mais cela ne me dérange pas et c’était un choix de ma part de vivre ainsi.
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Hey everyone, I will be doing another Q&A video so if you all have some questions for me, that would be great!
Thank you all for your kindness my sweet friends and I will have another video for Sunday 😉🤗🎄❄️💙🐾🐕
How you going to come for me in person.? 🤗😉
(💝🕯🙏❤️Thanks fore all those gordious videos)
Do you like cooking pasta?
Might you be in big problems, could you get help soon? Sometimes i worry fore you and miss Snow.
Greetings Lisette. Love your channel and content. Question. How is your Mother doing? Have not heard you speak of her in a long time. Love it when she joins you. Merry Christmas to ya'll. God Bless 🙏
I couldn't help but notice that it appears you shutdown the upper floor during the winter months, do you burn less wood this way?
this guy
I don’t know why, but all your videos are like letters from home, always have been, and always will be… Réchauffement du cœur ♥️
Try a low F or B flat harmonica. Always play softly slowly when dealing with animals✍🏼🦉🐝🐾😎
I also wanted to say thank you for entertaining an old disabled man. You help bring smiles to someone in chronic pain ❤
That makes 2 of us, disabled that is and I love your videos, miss Snow and you! My question is, how do you light your cabin so when it's dark outside, you can still see when moving about your cabin? I worry about your stairs not having a rail on the open side. That it for me. BTW I'm 72 and I admire you so much!
Appropriate? You're doing great Lisette! Love all your videos. Stay safe! God bless!✝️👍❤
My question is, "How did you get so pretty?"
I love the outhouse tour. That vent makes a big difference for sure. You do have a great wood stove. My house is 170 years old and I too need to warm it up a bit to get the dampness out. Thank you again for sharing your wonderful life with me. I just realize I've lived alone for 30 years now and don't regret even one minute of that time. Thirty years and seven dogs have given me happiness. Have a great day Honey, Barefoot John. xx
I'm 63 and remember my grandparents having a outhouse. Yours is a luxury outhouse compared to theirs tho. They're fine to use unless the doo-dee man gets you in the middle of the night. Can't like that. LOL...Great video and have a Merry Christmas.
She's like a raindrop from a rainbow 🌈... huh ?
Definitely one of a kind
Do you ever get lonely out there? Do you have electricity? Do you have to bathe outside in the winter? What made you decide to live as you do! Do you ever date? You seem too young to not want a partner.
When I went to Japan one of the most interesting things was the heated toilet seats. They keep your buns warm for those late night visits. A solar powered one would be great for your outhouse. Bun maintenance is important.🙂
A Christmas Poem for Lisette:
In the woods of Ontario, where pines stand tall,
Lisette resides, a ravishing beauty to us all.
With golden hair that dances in the breeze,
She exudes strength and talent with such ease.
In English and French, her words take flight,
A linguistic expert, pure delight.
Off-grid she dwells, a resilient soul,
In nature's embrace, she's reached her goal.
A source of inspiration, a guiding light,
Lisette's spirit, shining bright.
Through woods and snow, her path unfolds,
A tale of courage, as winter's story is told.
Her resourcefulness, a skill so keen,
A portrait of strength, a sight unseen.
Ontario's wilderness, her chosen stage,
Where she thrives and inspires, page by page.
So here's to Lisette, a Christmas cheer,
In the heart of the forest, far and near.
May joy surround her, as snowflakes gently fall,
Merry Christmas to Lisette, the most beautiful of them all.
I love that woodstove, and your aunt & uncles double one they are amazing to cook on!🥘
Q…
What are some of your favorite things to do at the cabin …living alone?
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How often do you fill the propane for the fridge/freezer- what is that tank capacity?
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Do you let Miss Snow hog the bed? 🤍
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What do you want for your birthday? 🎁
Much love to you both!! I look forward to the Q&A!!! Can’t wait to hear the questions you choose from everyone!! 🩷🐕🌲🔥☕️🐴🐴🎁🥘🐈😘
Merry Christmas ida . Just getting that in if you don’t post a video on Christmas Eve .
Coucou Lysette 🥰🥰🥰 passes de très belles fêtes gros bisous et poutous à Mrs Snow 🥰🥰🥰🐾🐾🐾😍😍😍🧑🎄🧑🎄🧑🎄
Hi Lisette, always nice to watch a video that you make. They are always fun and tasteful especially the cooking and baking videos, lol. I also have a foam toilet seat, you just have to, living like we do. Next Spring, I am going to replace the outhouse that came with the property for a nicer one. Tonight, I had to for the first time, remove a questionable comment from a new video I put out today. Take care, my friend.
Lisette, thank you again for letting us have vignettes of your life.
You are precious.
So funny about the outhouse.
I grew up with one down the sidewalk from the house.
Visitors asked if it was a potting shed, & I would reply with,
"No, it's more like a "potty shed"😅
Grew up with woodstoves,.& currently sitting in front of mine...drives away the cold & dampness, warms to your bones.
Happy cat lounging nearby.
when I was a little boy we had a summer house in the country in Stensätra outside Sandviken in Sweden. there we also had an outdoor terrace and, like you, we had styrofoam to sit on so we didn't get cold on the bum. You are a real woman who is wise and clever and can do a lot of good.
Good morning, Lisette. I don't have any questions for you at this time. But you should do a Q and A video for your newer viewers. Loved the opening song for this video. You are not odd or weird. You are living the lifestyle that makes you happy, and that is what is important. Love to see you and Miss Snow in your daily adventures. Merry Christmas and much love and big hugs to all. ❤️😊☃️🎅🎄
Well, thank you so much Dale and a good morning to you too ☕️😊 I will do this for sure and I wish you a Merry Christmas too 🤗🎄❄️🐾💙🐕
Beautiful
Magnifique vidéo , lisette et miss snow je vous souhaite un joyeux Noël 🎅 🤶 que dieu vous protège bisous de la France. ❤❤❤❤❤.
that trick of cleaning the glass with the wood ash is WONDERFUL....Thanks for sharing it.
Your homestead reminds me of our family farm. Had a great time spending many summers working and playing there. You seem so happy in your little corner of the world. Peace be with you and hope you spend many more happy years with miss snow.
Another butiful video woodsy woman ❤️🙂❤️🙂❤️have a great day
Young lady, You are a real "trooper"! I know that my wife could/would never live like you do. Growing up in NYC, survival was avoiding thugs and paying big bills!😂
And we know what you mean about indiscreet questions ! I know men who behave as such, and I do not frequent their company! God bless and stay warm! You're a CREDIT to the female gender!
Have a blessed Christmas! 🎄✝️🎄
Good morning ☕️☕️ Lisette- thank you for sharing all that you share, personally it’s great to see such a resourceful lady doing what she loves and wants to do. Any questions you get I’ll personally see on your QA. I’ll think hard on the validity of my questions before I ask. It doesn’t matter on a lot of what people think, say or ask. I’m just glad to know that you not freezing in the out house 😊 your so kind, beautiful & quite a lady. Thanks for every thing
You have the prettiest outhouse I’ve ever seen & I grew up very country in the 70’s and 80’s and I’ve used several
nice scenery. your dog seems like a good buddy.
I remember having a wood stove in a old house and it's always keeping you busy cleaning it and making sure wood is burning and just make sure your butt is warm in the outhouse ❤❤❤
I just want to tell you how inspirational you've been. I've lived alone now for almost 2 years (which isn't something I'm used to). I don't live off-grid but your circumstances are encouraging to me. Your positive attitude and out look are so great. This time I want to Thank You. Merci beaucoup! I feel like you could be a friend.
We all freeze out behinds in winter
Never fun but the warmth always stays around
It’ll always be in your heart to fill us with joy
Very cool informal tutorial on your heat source and your outhouse and their use. Lisette, your spoken English language is excellent, and one could not tell that your 1st language is French as you speak English clearly and with no accent.
A Q & A session would be cool, especially for newer viewers, and we all totally get it if you don't care to answer any inappropriée(Inappropriate)questions from anyone!
Sending hugs/love to you & Miss Snow, and enjoy your weekend! Merci beaucoup for this wonderful video!😘😎❤
Best looking and designed out house i have ever seen
Good morning. I hope you, Miss Snow, and the Chickadee's have a wonderful weekend.
Lisette I think you should make a full length movie about your transition from former life over into the wilderness women.
Your stories keep me uplifted and hopeful that other gals step out like you have…
Your a breath of fresh air
Many thanks
Monoleeto 🙏
Grouse are beautiful, they remind me of little turkeys with that tail. Excellent table fare (don't mean to offend anyone).
I am 64 so I get up to tinkle frequently. Having an outhouse wouldn't work for me. I would be stumbling in the woods several times a night and I would fall on my derriere. Catastrophe! My bathroom is safely located outside my bedroom door.
You have great personal style. It's amazing. Apporter de la magie aux masses.*
*All french thanks to Google french translator. I was forced to take French in high school but being a rebellious type of person who doesn't like to be told what to do I never tried very hard to learn the language.
Yes they do those fans works great that’s a beautiful fireplace stove love it
Its been such a long journey watching you at your highs and lows,even as an outdoors man myself ,you always have a tip or to that is very valuable. The fireplace door was interesting. Also appreciated the pictures of the grouse or maybe you call it a partridge..your a beautiful soul and just want to say thank you and merry Xmas.
My landlords dog was hanging around all day yesterday.She is the spitting image of miss snow and her name is kimber.She is a good companion. Wishing I was there!!
Joyeux Noël Lisette à tous ceux qui liront ce post joyeux Noël prenez soin de vous
😂😂😂 you need a heated seat. Good life up there. I love the solitude and clean way of life. You are blessed. Good job. Thank you 😊
I had two COBRA stoves made in Goodwood, Ontario. Excellent stoves with amazing variable speed fan system, which helped keep my solid fieldstone house warm & toasty. In terms of cleaning the creosote off the glass, I used a razor blade or when cool, Windex & paper towel. I would use between 5 - 7 bush cords as the stoves were going 24/7 during the winter months. Now as far as peeling eggs, that's another chat. Merry Christmas
Great video Lisette. Thanks for getting into some of the details of your homestead. You can understand the curiosity factor. Also looking forward to the Q&A. Understand you not wanting to answer certain questions. You have every right to your privacy and being comfortable in it.
Missed last week…😢…appreciate being part of that world…takes me out of mine for a minute…thank you!
I have an Elmira Stove Works cookstove I’ve had for 45 years now. I use 1 to 1 and 1/2 whole, 4 feet by 4 feet by 8 feet, cords per year. Mostly for cooking, because I utilize passive solar heating. Which takes care of 70 to 80 percent of my heating needs.
I took care of my out house cold butt problem by using a regular wooden or wood composite seat and keeping it behind my wood cookstove which is also in the sun in the winter and I just carry it out with me. Sometimes it was surprisingly warm. After many years I had the money to put in a septic system and a flushy. But if the water pump fails, the out house is always ready for use. The gravity here is pretty reliable.
Another great/beautiful video! Lisette you’re one in a million! Thanks for sharing!
HI Lisette, As you know we always enjoy your videos. They truly show case your life style.
Wood heat can't beat it. You're woodstove is great.
We want to get something similar for cottage in future. Havingvthe warming oven is so nice. Our stove struggles at times in really cold weather. Just not quiet biggenough.
Your out house is top of the line. Using styrafoam is a great idea.
Look forward to your future Q&A
Love Ro and Dave
❤😊🙂😺😾
Well I just learned something new about how to clean the glass on my wood stove. Thank you for sharing that with all of us, chere Lisette!
I so enjoy watching Miss Snow and you frolicking about. The fun and the love you share together always brings a smile to my face.
You’re smart to share what is appropriate and comfortable for you to share. I wouldn’t expect you to do anything less. We should all show respect for who you are and the life you lead.
If you should not post another video before Christmas, I wish you, Miss Snow and your family a very Merry Christmas! May God’s blessings some upon you and your loved ones. 🙏🐕🔥❄️🎄🤗💖
Nice cozy video on this cold morning ! Always look forward to seeing more of you and your videos ! Have a wonderful Christmas Sweetie !❤
You and miss snow have a wonderful holiday
I have a wonderful time watching your video
I'm just happy for you and Snow. Bless you two. Merry Christmas!
Lisette,wow sure appreciate you sharing all about that beautiful woodstove I just love ♡ it! I built a "mini" cabin with a tiny tiny wood stove it's on the wall ('Cubic mini'. Its made in Montreal used originally for Sailboats. )I have a few shorts on it in use.
Lol glad you & Snow are toasty! I sure love your home and watching you build your dream Lisette! Lol & especially that stove seeing all you make with it too! : ) Luv&Peace ✌🏼💛⚘💫
Thanks beautiful Lisette. I always enjoy your videos.
I just wanted to wish you and Miss Snow a very Merry Christmas!!! I so enjoy your podcasts and wish you many great new adventures!!!
You outhouse is brilliant .The vent great idea .I sit watching you light your fire as I sit by mine .You inspired me to get one and fan .Best thing I did in the house .
You do such an amazing job with your videos . They just get better . Very professional .
I'm sooo happy that she beautyful woman and your dog going good 🙃🥰🙃
Always love your informative videos. Thank you so very much for sharing your experiences with us. Another Q&A is a great idea. Looking forward to your next video 😊
Thank you Robert, I sure appreciate that 😊❄️💙🐾🐕
Always fantastic cinematography. Thank you!
Great video...keep warm...Thanks for sharing
I love your little place. It so cozy .homey. And you did this. You have to be so proud of yourself
Hi Lisette
Lovely video ❤
Totally your choice on what questions you deem as valid by your own personal criterion. You're not a commodity. But you are a one-off and that surely fascinates and intrigues many who tune in to your channel.
Thanks for what you do share🙏 I love catching up with your adventures and your positivity is a gift for us, in my opinion.
And Miss Snow is so gorgeous and cute!
Merry Christmas to you both and your family 🍁☘💕🐾🐕🎅🎄
Merry Christmas to you and Snow. Thank you for this past years videos . Something I love to look forward too. Love the partridge today . Take care , Shirley
Good morning Lisette ! Thanks for sharing another awesome video and i hope you are feeling the holiday spirit.I'm so glad you are screening your questions,haha! God Bless you and Miss Snow.❤🎉
Wow! House looks so great now!!!!
Another great year of videos. I throughly enjoy all your content. Wishing you and Miss snow a Merry Christmas 🎄
Merry Christmas Lisette! May the holiday season bring you and Miss Snow happiness and joy.🎄
Love your video's!! You are so down to earth. Life is easier off grid. Just living life.
Those grouse are so much fun to watch!
......... thank you for all the poopy details , brilliant.
Another great video,you’re so down to earth!
My dad had black bear come in his cabin, he stayed in Alabama for winters and in home country Canada Nova Scotia during summers. They had a fancy antique wood stove with nickel trim with oven and bread warmer she baked bread did all her cooking on that thing even though they had a modern stove. I loved that stoved loved going up there to visit them.
So they came to Alabama for the winter and on their return to Nova Scotia that spring found that a black bear broke in drank all the can milk cream, peanut butter, jam, and send all the rice sailing across the floor! My dad thought it was funny, my mom not so much. The cabin was build on a slope, so the back side was about 12 -15 feet off the ground!
My dad made a wrap around porch which was nice to sit that high off the ground with a nice view overlooking a brook down the slope a ways. So later that summer, ole bear came back and was making a mess in the garbage can outside. My dad took a 12 x12x12 stuck it out over the corner railing with a small counter weigh on the porch side and the garbage can out on the other end. So from the can to the ground was around 12-15 feet drop!
The front of the cabin was closer to the ground about 3-4 steps so ole bear he comes back that night comes up the steps round back climbs up on the 12x12x12 and proceeded to the can which his weigh over took the counter weigh and down a howling he when with can clacking the God awfulness noise after the bear tumbling down the slope with 12x12x12 shortly behind banging the tree limbs as it fell. My dad said thaT ole bear jumped the brook in two leaps and never stopped. I like you talking about your wood stove brought back good memories of my dad and his adventures he was 65 at the time moma will be a hundred years old this Jan 14 so yeah was fine memories when they where in their young Sixties thanks
An average of 8 "face cords" a year? that's not bad. You must have your cabin snuggly insulated. I use about 5 full cords in a cold winter, but my cabin is 1800 Sq.Ft and I'm a bit further South than you. As you know a full cord measures 4ftX4FTX8Ft stacked and that's tightly stacked. As the old saying goes, stacked close enough for a mouse to get into the cracks but not the cat chasing it. I keep about 20 cords in the woodsheds by the time the snow flies. I am in awe of your resourcefulness and ingenuity. You have a lovely life by your own making, that's something to be very proud of.
Where were you when i was younger. I aways loved the way you live. Stay warm kiddo!
I love having clean glass on my fireplace, way better than anything on TV. Thanks for the tip, Lisette.
Just a little food for thought, you could put a 100 watt (upto 5 amp) solar panel on your outhouse roof, connect it to a Kettle element via a charge controller, then put the kettle element in a bucket of sand. Hence creating a Sand Battery. The resistance across the heating element stays the same and they work on AC or DC, a 2.5kw kettle at 240 volts ac would have the resistance of 24 ohms at 10 amps, so at 12 volt d.c the element will draw 2 amps. Free energy charging a Sand Battery that you can then put one of your heat fans on top of to dissipate the heat!
Sorry, Sand batteries are my thing at the moment, you could heat a small metal bucket of dry sand on your stove and take to the outhouse first thing, this simple Sand battery would hold the heat for several hours.
Lisette ❤ thankyou ,have a great Christmas and a great new year x
Ah, the eternal question all off gridders must face., how to prevent... exposure , as it were. . Back in the day I think they used to hang the , uh - seat , over the wood stove to keep it warm so the initial seating, was not so frosty. Styrofoam also is a great ... comfort, on cold days The eco fans are great, I have one as well. They really help circulate the warm air. If you can find them, they make heat disapators that go around the stove pipe to help recapture some of the heat that otherwise goes up the chimney. Great to see you settling in for the season and happy first day of winter my dear🍸
Thanks, Lisette, for the cute video. Merry Christmas to you and Miss Snow
Merry Christmas to you and snow have a great week love your videos 😊
Merry Christmas Lisette🎄♥️🤗🌹love watching your journey. You make me laugh
Good Morning Lisette, It's a wonderful wood stove. Great outhouse too. Love seeing the grouse. My question is How is your Mom doing? Very well I hope. Hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas. 💖💖😊😊
I’d like to see you do an episode in all French! I don’t speak French but I do understand bits and pieces of the language! It’s your native language so go for it! It’s a beautiful language especially coming from you! George!
Merry Christmas and a very happy new year.
Mush love lisette❤
🎶It's not Sunday yet🎶 😊and I'm smiling already 😊
You're such a cool person ♥.
Very interesting. 6:27 sooo cool.
"He definitely threw away the mold" after making you...
7:20 lol 😅 "let's go to the outhouse ".
Have a WONDERFUL HOLIDAY
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What is your sign ? I'm thinking a Leo or an Aquarius 🤔
Thank you for sharing! God Bless you and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Happy Friday Lisette 😃 Thank you for another lovely video and answering some more questions, funny I had to use an outhouse this morning and it was -13 I was thinking geez there must be a way of adding some kind of solar heater in here. 🤔 anyway always a pleasure learning more about your life, have a very Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 and here's wishing you the best in 2024 💝🐾 😊
Merry Christmas Lisette, another good video; thank you. That Miss Snow is a great companion for you. Stay warm .
I'm impressed with every video about how you have managed living off grid. Love watching you cook except I get really really hungry during... Merry Christmas
Hi Lisette. A pleasure as always. That window cleaning lesson with ash is brilliant. I had no idea that would work. Look at that ash......clean. Sorry. LOL! Thankyou for your videos, lessons and more.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Lisette! All the best in 2024!
OMG I never ever before in my life have seen an outhouse I’d call ‘beautiful.’ And the wood on both the exterior and interior of your cabin is gorgeous. As is your wonderful pup. And you… well I’ll shut up now and wish you a very happy Christmas and New Year filled with warmth, happiness and peace. 🎄✨💝🕊️🎉🥂
Hello Lisette! Another beautiful video. Thank you for the insight into your life. So beautiful! Merry Christmas!!
Hello Lisette, thank you for sharing your daily life with us. Merry Christmas Lisette 🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💋
Perfect sized wood stove.
Have a good weekend my friend and stay warm up there!
Bonjour Lisette and Miss Snow. Absolutely never change. Your originality is what makes you so beautiful. I used to do metal work and had to work iron parts for wood stoves. Hard work but fun! God Bless and carry on precious Soul.🙌❤🌲💯
Thanks for going over the stove. I'm looking to replace my 30 year old stove and will be looking into JA Roby stoves. We used to have an outhouse when I was smaller, wished we still had it.
Merry Christmas Lisette. Wishing you a fantastic New Year.
Love the wood stove ❤
Hi beautiful Lisette, I am happy seeing you and Miss Snow are doing well. I miss my wood stove, it always gives you a cozy feeling. It must be cold upstairs? You have so many birds but I don't see any squirrels. You don't have much snow either, but I always love watching you having fun with your furbaby she is such a beauty. Wishing you Happy Holidays. Please take care, love send your way 🎄☃️❄❤🥂 lots of hugs for Miss Snow❤❤❤
You have really done a great job on your cabin. I'm planning one to build in the Missouri Ozarks and your videos have been very inspirational. Thank you
Wishing you a wonderful weekend. And a Merry Christmas to you and your family. ❤
Living alone and happy is Fantastic ❤❤❤
This video speaks to me. I have 2 cabins in Downeast Maine with no running water. What I do is to hang the toilet seat over the woodstove. When it's time to go it's toasry warm! Keep up the great content. xo
Merry Christmas 🎄 🎅 Lisette 🌞
Merry Christmas Lisette and Miss Snow. 🎄🎄🎁🎁 🎅🏻🤶🏻
Good morning, Lisette. Beautiful video. The answers to peoples' questions were great. I used to have a similar stove, different manufacturer and 2x the size, had an oven in it plus the outlet warmer, and yes used to defrost in it. You and Miss Snow have a wonder full day, and a great Christmas.