Swim.
I finally went for a swim on Sunday morning. The water was still a little cold, but the sun was warm and shining directly on the pool. Ty had fun squirting me with the water shooter, Jay hosed off the patio, and Lily watched from her swing in the living room. I bet in a few more weeks the water will be perfect.

For those of you who think that I need more sun to soften up my pasty white complexion, you would be happy to know that I have a tan line where my watch goes (not much, but something!), and freckles are appearing on my legs. And, we have all avoided getting fried – we don’t go outside for more than 5 minutes without loading up the sunscreen and putting on a hat.

Food.
Sunday night we drove Tiger (the buggy) to the grocery store, fulfilling Ty’s lifelong dream. It is quicker to drive the buggy than to drive a car, more of a direct route, less traffic, and easier parking.
We are getting smarter about our grocery shopping. Food spoils faster here, must be less preservatives, so we have made a weekly menu of sorts. Pasta Monday, Taco Tuesday, Asian Wednesday, BBQ Thursday, and Pizza Friday. Weekends are TBD. Hopefully this schedule will make the weekday evenings run a little smoother. We also created a list of food that we need for lunches. On Sunday nights, we just check the menu to find out what food we need to buy for the week and pull out meat from the freezer to thaw. I am pretty sure this is what most people do, but we got used to take-out back home. We could do the same here, but then we would be broke… When we checked out at the store tonight, we had our cheapest bill yet. And we should have less wasted food. Elementary, I know, but we are being “forced/encouraged” to adjust our lifestyle. This change is for the better, and is one that I can see us continuing when we get back to the US.
One random observation. Since 90% of the packaged food in Australia is a non-recognizable brand, we have gravitated to what is familiar – more fruits and veggies. The freezer aisle at the store is very small – definitely not an entire aisle full of frozen pizzas. Fresh is best here. Back home we made a lot of frozen breakfast foods (cinnamon rolls, etc). Now we will drive the buggy to the bakery at the marina on the weekends for fresh cinnamon rolls. This should be an interesting marketing experiment to see what brands we end up buying. So far I know I like Cadbury. :).

Critters.
Every night a couple lizards hang out on the ceiling of our patio. Ty gets a kick out of them. It is fun to watch them. They are very light colored, very different looking.

Words.
Maccers (McDonalds)