Hi Sebra,

Thank you so much for house sitting for us. We're both very grateful. Please make yourself at home. Help yourself to anything you find in either apartment (food, detergent, etc). The bedding in both units is fresh, so feel free to crash in either place. First off, here are signed notes for both of us, should anything come up and you require such a thing.

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I, Nicholaus Forrette, declare that Sebra C. Warren has my permission to look after my apartment, vehicle, and cat between the dates of September 4th, 2006 and September 25th, 2006. This permission includes the ability to seek any necessary maintenance or medical care.

Apartment
11685 SW Teal Blvd
Apt G
Beaverton, OR 97007

Vehicle
Silver
2005 Mazda 3
466-CKX

Cat
6 year old, black and white, male, by the name of Berlios

Signed,

Nicholaus Forrette

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I, Holly Ng, declare that Sebra C. Warren has my permission to look after my apartment, vehicle, and plants between the dates of September 4th, 2006 and September 25th, 2006. This permission includes the ability to seek any necessary maintenance or medical care.

Apartment
11685 SW Teal Blvd
Apt L
Beaverton, OR 97007

Vehicle
Black
2001 Honda Civic
XZM-119

Signed,

Holly Ng

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With that out of the way, here are the particulars for what we need you to do....

Nick's Apartment

1. Feed and water the cat. The food is in the closet near the bathroom. He gets about one scoop of food per day. Feel free to give him double or triple rations if you're going to be gone for a couple of days.

2. Clean the litter box. Twice a week keeps him happy, and keeps it from getting too rank. If you're late, don't worry. The only effect will be that the box will be that much more rank when you get around to cleaning it. There will be rubber gloves, plastic bags, a scoop, fresh cat litter, and a bucket available near the patio door.

3. Check the mail. The mail boxes are about half way between our apartments and the office. Nick's mailbox has his apartment number on it. 

4. All of Nick's bills for the month are taken care of. Just stack the mail somewhere and he'll deal with it when he gets back.

5. There is $100 in $20 bills in the drawer next to Nick's stove, in case there are any unforeseen expenses (e.g., vet bills, cat food/litter, light bulbs, etc).

6. Nick's apartment key has a blue plastic ring on it.

Holly's Apartment

1. Water the plant. Check soil for dryness on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Use 1/3 cup of water.

2. Check the mail. Holly's mailbox is in the same bank of mailboxes as Nick's. Nick gets mail in both mail boxes. You don't need to bother sorting it out.

3. Holly's bills are taken care of for the month.

5. Holly's apartment key has a green plastic ring on it.

6. Some extra keys (mail, etc) are in an envelope near this letter.

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Here are a few family contacts for us, should you require them. Feel free to contact J, Cork, or anyone from New Life for more run of the mill issues.

Nick's Mother
Eva Christopher-Weaver
cell: 			541-621-3858
home:		541-826-8297

Nick's Father
Vince Forrette
cell:			503-475-9892

Holly's Father
Tony Ng
home:		503-848-7424

Holly's Aunt
Becky Lee
home:		503-848-7539

Alyssa Sellers
(from New Life)
cell:			503-341-4503

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General

That should cover the important things. Here are a few other odds and ends that you may wish to know.

- Berlios (Nick's cat) can be cranky, so be a little extra careful around him. He may take a swipe at you if he's in a mood (look for dilated eyes).

- Feel free to use the computer in Nick's apartment. It's setup in the dining area next to the kitchen. It's been pre-configured for your use. While it is a laptop, the display hinge is broken, so please don't move it around. Since it is a Mac, and I'm not sure how familiar you are with them, here's a quick crash course (and feel free to play around with it -- you can't do anything to hurt it)...

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This is the icon for the web browser called Safari. Surf the wild web!

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This is another web browser called Firefox. This web browser is also available for Windows PCs. You may want to try using Safari and Firefox and using whichever you find easiest to use.

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This is a chat program called iChat. It's been pre-setup to chat with either Nick or Holly if you happen to catch us online. Keep in mind that Hong Kong is 15 hours ahead. We'll try and send you the winning lotto numbers back in time to you, and we can split the pot. ;-)

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This is TextEdit. It's a basic writing program, should you need to type any notes.

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This is iTunes. It works just like it does on Windows, and is pre-loaded with tons of music.

- Again, we both want to thank you very much for taking care things for us while we're gone, and to encourage you to make yourself at home in either apartment.