It would be quite accurate to say that I have done nothing for the past four weeks than be at the beach. We've been on several beach holidays mixed in with short trips to the beach near our house & it has been a wonderful tonic! Although my 2y.o doesn't really love water or the waves - he does love being naked and where better than the beach. He spends his time building sandcastles or pretending to be a racing car or building the BatCave. My daughter has turned into quite the body surfer - the waves for some reason have been kind of big - so she loves getting bashed around by the water and surfing into the coast. I love swimming - I find its great for back pain and love walking and fossicking for beach treasure.

We went on a holiday which involved driving to a Ferry and then a 2 hour ride, where my partner and our son suffered from sea sickness. We went to this lovely little town, it was just so picturesque. Although not so great for swimming as there are sharks commonly found in the water. However I did go swimming in the Shark Cage, which while nice I must admit I never truly relaxed enough to enjoy myself.

Some time has also been spent at our beach house which is about a 40 minute drive from our house but like being in a different world. A much slower, more relaxed world. It has been really hot here, so being able to go for a picnic dinner & a swim is great relief. I also got to do some op-shopping and looking around in country town shops. Found a really great shop out near my dads house - and spent more money than I probably should have.

However, no matter what the lyrics "trudging slowly over wet sand" always come to mind & had me thinking that these are probably the best opening lyrics of any song...they have the instant ability of telling a narrative and bring a little bit of melancholy to any beach walk that I am on.

This week I am "home alone" as my partner has gone on a yacht sailing holiday in Queensland. While its nice to spend some time alone...I do miss him too. Which I think is good - as I don't always feel that way!

I've also seen two chilrens movies, Madagascar 2 and Hotel For Dogs...I liked Madagascar but not too keen on the Dog one.

After these holidays I'll have to get back to reality and think about what I'm going to be doing this year. In some ways I feel like 2008 was a kind of lost year, so I'm hoping for more out of 09...fingers crossed x