This woman who is also a horse trainer has been living in a drafty, abandoned barn, through -20 degrees Celsius temperatures for the past six months. She has chosen to do so as she is renovating a $610k ranch which she bought intending to create a horse training facility. To fund the $56k barn renovation, the woman rents out the main house, making do with minimal comforts, including blankets and a hot bag to survive the cold. Despite the discomfort, she’s determined to make her dream a reality, having also lived in a horse trailer for a year.
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00:00As someone who lives full-time in a barn in the winter in Canada, here are a few things I can't
00:05live without. I do have a furnace, so there is some heat. However, it is very poorly insulated,
00:11so I keep the heat very low because it costs a fortune, but it is above freezing. When it's
00:17minus 25 outside, it sure doesn't feel warm. A microwavable rice bag that you can chuck in
00:23your bed with you when you go to sleep. Trust me, your tootsies will thank you. These twinkly patio
00:28lights improve my will to live probably more than anything else. A drape cloth to throw over
00:33your bed during the day to keep all the dust and animal grime off of it. One of these water pumps
00:40to go on a blue jog, since I don't have running water. This crown cap, and if I want to get real
00:47cozy, this blanket star. And lastly, livestock panels as room dividers and closet space is an
00:52absolute lifesaver. Spoiler alert, second question was also why, and this is my most asked
01:08question. Why do I live in a barn? My last video reached a shocking amount of people that are not
01:13my followers, so here's the colesnose version. Back in July, I bought a dairy barn on some land
01:17and had a vision of it fulfilling all my dreams. There were over 120 days of 12 to 16 hour days
01:21straight put in by myself and a significant financial investment, along with hard work from
01:25all our contractors. There is a main residence on the property that I have a tenant in, so because
01:29I believe in financial freedom, delayed gratification, and being able to be comfortable
01:32in uncomfortable situations, I chose to live in a barn and I get paid over $2,000 a month to do so.
01:37As my home and my dream training facility continue to be worked on, I don't mind being a little bit
01:42uncomfortable because instead of having one cookie now, I'd rather have two cookies later.
01:46If you learn to be okay being uncomfortable and have a little resilience, you can do anything
01:50you put your mind to, which means no bathroom. And I'm feeling like a freaking genius for coming
01:54up with this shower contraption, so I just wanted to show you. So back of the trailer,
01:57have both doors open and a shower curtain up. And you just go in here. One of them black hot
02:02water camping bags for the shower, nozzle, shampoo and stuff. And like, look how spacious this is.
02:09This is like five-star resort-style shower here. Come feed 35 horses with me in a snowstorm.
02:15I've already lost my good pair of mittens this year. This fall, now I have two left-handed mittens.
02:37In this first pen, Mama Jersey looks after my stud colt yearlings and my weaned baby.
02:42There's also a connected small catch pen where we're currently keeping the hard-to-catch horses,
02:49and then the pen with a big herd where the majority of horses run together.
02:53Now I will tell you my most favorite thing that's on this property is the heated automatic waterer
03:00that is connected to all three pens. The fact that I do not have to water all these horses
03:05this winter is the biggest blessing. The big herd is normally out on pasture,
03:10but since this is our first big dump of snow, now they are on hay. They still get kicked out at night
03:16though to be horses because there's a couple woodchewers in here. Another thing I love about
03:20this pen is what I call my gravity gate, and that is an intentionally hung crooked gate that shuts
03:26automatically and I don't have to chain. So these guys are all taken care of, and we've got one more
03:32pen to feed. This back pen does not have an automatic waterer, so I do have to string out a hose to fill
03:38it, but I don't have that many horses out here, and it is pretty easy to string out because most
03:44of it runs through the barn and arena. And then I just have a heater with an extension cord running
03:49out there to keep the water thawed. So that's not too bad, and I definitely can't complain
03:53because last winter I was running a hose for all 25 horses that I had at the time.
03:59So that takes care of all the ponies. Stay warm, and have a good week!