Parley vinfo summer22

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

• in the evening, once it is cooler outside than in, turn off the ac and open all the windows
• in the morning when it starts to be warm outside, close the windows on the first floor and first stairway, close the front door, put the AC on/eco-mode/77degrees and the ceiling fan in the TV room (control hanging on wall near door)
• we leave the windows open on the second and third floor, it doesn't seem to make a difference. (if there is a thunderstorm they might need to be closed)

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

TV is Verizon Fios, one of the black remotes. You can access our Netflix account by pressing the +(widgets) button. There is a chromecast connected. You can get to it by pressing the a/v(tv input) button to (5)HDMI2. You can find it on your phone/laptop as '2nd Floor TV'. You just need to be on the wifi. Fios runs on a/v(tv input) (4) HDMI1

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.

Trash and recycling get put out Monday evening for Tuesday pickup. You can dump the small blue bins into the big blue bin and roll it down.

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

tasks

plants/garden

If the garden or plants look particularly unhappy please give them a drink. Please feel free to eat anything from the garden.

dog/cat

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, one scoop dry dogfood (in the back hall) 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

On the dirt road Uli is usually off leash. On paved streets/sidewalks he can be on a leash. Sometimes he will test a new person by wanting to pull them. A flick of the leash while saying "Don't Pull" should work. 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". Generally, we let him explore/sniff/pee/visit_other_dogs where the sidewalks aren't crowded but once we get to the commercial areas of Center Street we tell him "Uli No Sniffing, no peeing, Walk with me, good dog" and have him walk along your right side. Uli loves Jamaica Pond and if it is hot, loves swimming and fetching sticks thrown in the water. We usually walk left(south) from the boat house and once we get 1/4 of the way around we let him go to the water.