A small miracle occured last night.
I brought some Christmas lights to the cabin and for the first time in over 50 years, Barney's cabin was lit up at night. Let me tell you, the four cars that passed the house last night slowed down in disbelief.
I also brought water, teabags and teacups, and Randy helped me sort of tidy up the stove and we got it going and after a looooooong time, warmed the little cabin up.
Granted, it has no insulation and the wind blows through the walls a bit, so the poor stove can be forgiven for taking a bit to heat up the place. (that window behind Randy is just nailed over to keep out the draft--that's the wall that will be removed for the 8x8 addition --kitchen and bathroom-- should I live that long.) But we boiled some water and had 2 cups of tea, and hung a little cabinet on the wall to put future tea stuff in so the mice won't get it (they went to town on the bar of soap I left), and stayed there about 3 hours in the 13 degree weather outside so I'd say the experiment was a success. I also know now that I can make the place warm for the electrician when he comes to put in all the wires and outlets and light fixture sockets (not the fixtures themselves--heck, I don't have the money for that), but after that we can see about the insulation. Which will help keep out the creatures. There are some cracks between the chimney and the siding which in the spring will be filled up with cement, but at the moment it's a rodent playground.
We god a bunch of wood in to dry and I have a mountain of kindling.
So now I have a furnace!
Still no engineer though.
I've just got to think of a clever plan . . . but wiring (in addition to my currently one--count 'em--outlet) and insulation seem like a good goal for the winter--and also that's about all I have enough for in the old coffers . . .
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