A little more on the cabin

Chrissy has been wanting me to write a bit more about the cabin on here.
As I said before, its a smaller building, 16'x20', two floors with a ladder in the middle. The upstairs is the same size as the downstairs, but the roof has a northward slant to it so one side slopes in. Were keeping the upstairs as an office for computers, bookshelves and clothes. The downstairs is our living area, with room for our (soon to be) bed, the toyo stove heater, and some chairs. We have lots of windows in here, probably about 15. We have a nice porch on the front of the place that looks out to lots of woods. Thats the best part, woods all around. The spot we live on is technically about 1 acre, but with woods all around us, you'd never know any better.
The outhouse sits about 20 paces away from the front door and is generally clean and free of bad smells. Our landlord seems to know a little bit about proper outhouse construction and this one is free of that smell that you might associate with outhouses in some of the National Parks in the Western US.
The walk to the outhouse will be cold in the wintertime, I can see this already, but I think that like hauling our water, we'll get used to it fast enough.
I am currently reading a book called Better Off, Flipping the Switch on Technology. Its an interesting book for sure, but as I live without some of the regular amenities that I was used to, I can see that living with out electricity and fully off the grid would be a far greater undertaking that what it might seem at first.
Not that I am considering this move, reading this book just makes me think about it. On the topic of hauling our water, we have been getting water from a spring nearby in the town of Fox. Its about 4 miles north of where we live and is undeniably the best water around. Its free too. We have 4 5 gallon jugs that we have been using to bring it home, but as soon as we get some money flowing in we'll up the ante to 10 jugs. This will save considerably in the long run. We have a gravity fed grey water system in the house for the kitchen sink, and have talked with the landlord about possiblying drilling a hole in the ceiling for a similar system for a shower. Currently we have only the sink to use for showering. Its not so bad once you get used to it. The grey water system is really nice, but it does require hauling all that water up the ladder to the holding tank on the second floor.
Enough writing for now, this counter is uncomfortable to type at without a stool.
Overcast and 57°
Justin

P.S. Chrissy promises that some photos are coming for the inside of the cabin.