2012 - No. 5         www.malecek.com

That's Not A Muppet
Ne now has a 6 year old toy poodle which was rescued from a breeding farm. She had no name (Ne decided on “Muppet”) and didn’t respond to any oral commands, whistling or pointing. Very docile and used to just lying and doing nothing. Everything is new to her and she is frightened of any noise or movement. The dog is thrilled to have someone to follow (it is NEVER away from Ne) and Ne is happy to have a companion who loves her so much. So far, after two months, the saying is true – you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. Gail is doing her best to spoil the dog as if it were a “grandchild”.  At the pump:  $2.11/litre  $8.12/gal
	Gail always wanted to have a Bed and Breakfast. We almost bought one in Hawaii in 1997. Well, her wish has come true. Easy really. All we had to do was move to one of New Zealand’s favourite resort spots. We are minutes away from a beach. Malleybu itself is ideally located being equidistant from The Mount (walk around or up it), Papamoa with its isolated beaches and Tauranga (port side night life action). For hikers, bikers and kayakers we are 20 minutes from McLaren Falls Park. Fiji friends, the Breezes, came for an afternoon of catching up on our families. Met their friends Pete and Audrey. That was late August. Early September found my best friend, Ian, here for three days eager to play the latest expansion of Dominion, Dark Ages, and Dogfight. He joined us for petanque and it turned out that fellow petanquer, Anna, had been to his home island of Arran. School term holidays found the Smithers family back for a third time. Which meant playing Alhambra with the boys. Went to Te Puna quarry in search of a waterfall. No signage to the trail though I knew where it was. It appeared that it is no longer maintained and what few signs which existed where rotting away with no words on them. So we ended up doing a loop before turning upwards. We never did see that waterfall. No sooner did they depart than Kathy and Mike arrived. I was happy to just sit and chat the next three days. But we did get out to walk around the Mount followed by a coffee at an outdoor café which is our new tradition with them We have bookings in November for two sets of visitors and a couple more guests are expected in early December.

House That Again?    We bought a two bedroom unit that has a big yard with no trees, so we will be able to plant fruit trees (that is what I miss most of from our last place). Ne and Muppet will live in it. It is ideally located being walking distance to our village and also walking distance to the mall and doctors. And most importantly, it will give me something to do – maintenance and home improvements, yeah right.		Malley Muses      HOITY-TOITY
	Is the phrase derived from “High Tea” or is it the other way around?

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