Parley vinfo winter

12 Parley Vale Info (winter)

contacts

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

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 beer
• beds are made and there are towels on the bed.
• extra linens/towels are in the 2nd floor hall closet
• paper towels/toilet paper in the back hall

WIFI

Wifi SSID is street_no_vale2 or street_no_vale5 or uli_fence(porch and yard) and the passwords for all is jjjjjjjj (8js)

tv/stereo

TV has chromecast on HDMI3 input. (is in the process of changing to fios). 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.

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 bue 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 cofee holder. One press wakes it up, the next start it grinding, the next stops grinding. There is a coffe 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, grid the beans into the exprosso container, tamp them a little then put the cup under the expresso machine and hit the left upper button.

The coffee machine turns on with the right button and is ready to brew when the left button lights. We don't use the left lower button. When it runs out of water the container can be removed once you take off the filter thing. Or you can fill it from above. If it runs out of water it needs to be primed. You do that by putting a container under the frothing arm and open the knob on the left side. Once air spits out it will be primed.

tasks

plants/garden

If the plants look particularly unhappy please give them a drink.

dog/cat

Ulysses(Uli) has some friends who sometimes come to the door and ask him to go out and play in the yard. That's cool. They bring him back.

When you are home the dog door can be open. Uli will then go out on the porch or in the yard and come back in at will. When it is dark we put on his led collar which is charging under the cookbook area of the kitchen. 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.

Even though he is free hang in the yard, Uli still needs 2/3 walks a day. He has been trained not to "shit where he lives"

food

Uli: twice a day, one scoop dry dogfood and fresh water

Mabibi: twice a day, 1/2 can + fresh water (cover or saran wrap and refrigerate remainder)

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. If he obsesses on wanting to smelll some dogs butt or something, 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". If we are paying attention then we see the next dog coming before he does and can keep his attention. 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, Walk with me" and have him walk along your right side. Uli loves Jamaica Pond.