Parley vinfo winter24

12 Parley Vale Info fall 24

contacts

• Tim (857)498-2574
• Peri (617)817-8501
• Noah (857)498-2732
• John and Sue Clippinger (nextdoor)

staying comfortable in the winter

• When we are away we usually turn the upstairs heat down, but are happy to adjust it if you prefer to sleep upstairs. For the downstairs there is a schedule that I can adapt to when you will be there. I can also change the schedule anytime remotely. Just text me 857-498-2574

general + food/towels/linens/paper

• living on a dirt road, we find leaving our shoes in the entry makes for a more clean and comfortable house.
• help yourself to any food or drink
• the first floor bed is made and there are towels on the bed, but you can sleep anywhere.
• extra linens/towels are in the 2nd floor hall closet
• paper towels/toilet paper in the back hall
• we usually use placemats on the dining room table. They are in the drawers under the little sink. Dirty placemats and dishtowels can go in the hamper in the bathroom.
• there is a washing machine and dryer on the second floor. There is a clothes line outside on the second floor back porch
• there is charcoal in the back hall and a chimney that starts with paper by the grill. We share the grill with John and Sue It is in the yard near the pond

WIFI

Wifi SSID is street_no_vale2 or street_no_vale5 and the passwords for both is jjjjjjjj (8js)

tv/stereo

The two buttons on the top of the black remote turn on the TV and cable box. TV-input is the bottom left button of the black remote. The ones that matter are:

• HDMI1: Verizon Fios (no pay channels)
• HDMI2: Chromecast (Netflix, Prime, Disney+ and Peacock are subscribed to)

You can also just use the little white remote to turn on the TV and go to HDMI2

You can find The chromecast on your phone/laptop as '2nd Floor TV'. You just need to be on the wifi.

For the stereo please turn down the volume before switching anything, some inputs are way louder than others. Output A is living room speakers, B is bathroom speakers, the black amp below that controls kitchen and tvroom speakers. The second floor TV also has a black remote with a netflix button and it has a chromecast on one of the inputs.

The fan and light in the TVroom runs from a little remote hanging on the wall on the right side as you are leaving the room. Its a little flaky but it works. (the left electric switch on the window wall needs to be up.)

garbage/recycling

There are recycling bins behind the doors to the right of the refrigerator. There is a compost bin out the back door toward the high stone wall.

parking

The driveway should be kept clear. Up back, the left spot is for John and Sue. You can park to the right. Down below it doesn't matter.

kitchen

Please don't set any raw meat packaging on the butcher block. We use it for chopping, the right side is the only place we chop garlic and onions.

We don't usually leave wooden utensils or chopping knives in the dishwasher or soaking in the sink

The coffee grinder is set up to grind right into the expresso coffee holder. One press wakes it up, the next start it grinding, the next stops grinding. There is a coffee cone somewhere in the second draw near the fridge and filters in the top right drawer there. But we usually just heat a little milk in the microwave for 30 sec, grind the beans into the expresso container, tamp them a little then put the cup under the expresso machine.

The coffee machine turns on with the left button and is ready to brew when the buttons light. The far right button just about fills a cup, the 3rd button is a double shot. When it runs out of water the container can be removed by lifting straight up. We clean the filter into the compost after brewing a cup then rinse it.

There is also a stove-top expresso maker in the cabinet to right of and below the coffee machine

animules

Ulysses

When you are home during the day the dog door can be open. We close it at night. Uli will then go out on the porch or in the yard and come back in at will. Uli is not allowed on any furniture and is discouraged from being in the kitchen while we cook lest he resort to begging. Mabibi is allowed in and out during the day but we try to keep her in once it gets dark.

food

Uli: twice a day, two cups dry dogfood (in the back hall bin) and fresh water

Mabibi: twice a day, wet food packet on the counter in the morning, scoop of dry food (in the back hall) in the evening.

walking Uli

Ulysses can just be walked on the leash, though he never is on a leash with us. Sometimes he will test a new person by wanting to pull them. A flick of the leash while saying "Uli, Don't Pull" should work.

For us, on the dirt road, Uli is usually off leash. On streets/sidewalks he knows to stay on the sidewalk and wait for you at the corner. When we are on a busy sidewalk (downtown JP) we tell him "Good Dog, Walk with me, No sniffing, No peeing, No visiting other dogs" and he stays by our side. If we see someone walking their dog and pulling tight on their dog's leash we tell Ulysses: "They don't want to play. Keep walking"

The hierarchy of discipline commands is "Good Dog, Walk with me", "Uli Stop/Don't Pull", "Uli Sit", "Uli Stay", and then if he still is obsessing... "Uli No", and finally "Bad Dog".

Uli loves Jamaica Pond and the park at the Southwest Corridor Park. There is a public way shortcut through a driveway with the gazebo on Rockview