With the year already off to a cracking start, I am feeling an overwhelming sense of positivity amongst my friends and family about what 2012 will bring. It helps that the summer holidays have hit town in a big way, with tourists abound and the sun basking on our shoulders - Coolum is flourishing. It seems that everyone who crosses our path seems only too eager to brush off the constraints of 2011. 2012 seems to hold a renewed and invigorating energy that the year ahead can see us all breathe a little easier and achieve some of those much needed goals that got stuck at the bottom of the pile last year! Personally, I've got a list a mile long of achievements I'd like to knock over, not least the construction of our new pool at home. Although a modest structure, our swimming hole will be the piece de resistance to our renovations so I'm hastily pulling together some ideas of how this little gem can complete the back yard hopefully in time for Easter! Here's a little inspirational ideas board I've collected.