April 29th

I am thankful for:
- Fridays
- 29 cute ducks outside my classroom
- Daniel

April 28th

I am thankful for:
- A three day week
- Lunch in the boardroom with Mr Peat
- Netball training
- Daniel

April 27th

I am thankful for:
- employment
- a new start - the first day of Term 2
- a fitness circuit in my classroom for netball coaching in the wet weather
- Daniel

April 26th

I am thankful for:
- public holidays - an extra day to recharge
- Kim, Damien, Kai and Ava
- Daniel's moroccan, preserved lemon chicken tagine dish
- Daniel

April 25th

I am thankful for:
- Peace
- ANZACs
- Straddie
- God
- Daniel

April 24th

I am thankful for:
- Easter Sunday - Jesus' resurrection
- Straddie
- Staying dry overnight
- Sunshine
- Chocolate eggs
- Daniel

April 23rd

I am thankful for:
- Straddie
- Sand and Sunshine
- The Gorge Walk
- Dolphins and turtles in turquoise waters and brilliant sunshine
- Gelati
- Easter
- Daniel

April 22nd

I am thankful for:
- Good Friday - Jesus' sacrifice
- Sunshine
- The sound of calm waves on the beach
- Refreshing water
- Sunscreen
- Fresh fish caught by Cherie
- Cylinder Beach
- Daniel

April 21st

I am thankful for:
- Catching up with gorgeous Petra at Anouk in Paddington
- Having spatial awareness and packing the car for Straddie
- Big Red Cat
- The Andersens and Cromes putting up our tent for us
- North Stradbroke Island
- Daniel

April 20th

I am thankful for:
- Getting my hair done
- Catching up with lovely Fio
- Availability of food and having money to buy treats
- Daniel

April 19th

I am thankful for:
- Sleeping in
- Catching up with beautiful Julie and Laura
- A tough netball game for pre-season training
- Daniel

April 18th

I am thankful for:
- Mondays while on holidays
- Getting some work done
- Netball on TV
- Daniel

April 17th

I am thankful for:
- shopping at DFO not being too painful!
- sewing and making Bonds baby clothes look prettier
- Feeling better after being sick with a cold
- Spending a long weekend with the Munro's
- Daniel

April 16th

I am thankful for:
- Spending time with the Munro's at Dad's house
- Kim and Damo being able to catch up with friends
- Daniel

April 15th

I am thankful for:
- Gorgeous Kai and Ava
- Kimmy and Damo
- Daniel

April 14th

I am thankful for:
- family
- for Kimmy, Damien, Kai and Ava coming to visit from KL
- how much Ava has grown
- Kai's gorgeous smile
- catching up with Kim and Damien
- playing at the local park
- for Kim and Damien getting excited about steak and sausages
- watching Daniel meet Ava for the first time
- Daniel

April 13th

I am thankful for:
- it almost being holidays
- laughing with colleagues
- the PD presenter, Kathleen Kryza,'s passion for teaching and learning
- A good game of netty with Magic
- Daniel

April 12th

I am thankful for:
- Sunny weather
- Some interesting learnings from Professional development
- having a warm scarf and cardigan to save me from freezing air conditioning
- my car getting me from a to b
- netball training and a good team win at our game
- Daniel

April 11th

I am thankful for:
- Professional development that is engaging
- Morning tea and lunch being provided
- the 'Learning commons' area
- A break from students to recharge
- Daniel

April 10th

I am thankful for:
- Sundays
- God
- Daniel

April 9th

I am thankful for:
- Weekends
- My netty girls playing well and having fun (and winning convincingly)
- buying some beautiful wooden coffee tables, (just in time!) from my favourite shop, 'Kim and Judi'
- D1 and Karlee being back in the country after getting married
- Going out for tapas at a bar/restaurant called Peasant at 'The Barracks', Paddington for Karlee's birthday
- Fun at the karaoke bar at Casablanca's
- being the designated driver
- Daniel

April 8th

I am thankful for:
- a productive last day of term
- Friday
- Catching up with lovely Julie and Rory for a delicious dinner at their house
- Daniel

April 7th

I am thankful for:
- my students successfully creating a record of their learning journey through 'Learning Journals'
- getting the last piece of assessment done for the term
- students becoming 'Experts' about a particular souce of energy and how much they loved doing it
- Buying a beautiful MIMCO handbag half price!
- Daniel

April 6th

I am thankful for:
- The senior Primary Easter service
- charity and generosity
- the children dressing as the 'Mud Army' for the school 'Hike for a house' fundraising walkathon
- the walkathon raising $30,000
- being given release time to catch up on some Team Leader jobs by a caring staff member
- feeling a little less panicky and anxious and almost refreshed
- Daniel

April 5th

I am thankful for:
- flowering frangipani's in deep pink - beautiful
- the school cross country and being the 'barcode scanner person' to record their place and score
- the weather staying sunny for almost the whole cross country
- netball training and feeling fitter
- winning a hard-fouhgt game of netball against very physical players
- Daniel

April 4th

I am thankful for:
- finishing my 3-way conferences and finding them valuable
- excitable children
- getting through a mountain of catch-up
- having good seats to the Firebirds v Magic netball game
- A great game and the Firebirds winning
- Daniel dropping me off and picking me up

April 3rd

I am thankful for:
- God
- sleeping in
- getting some marking done
- watching netball on TV
- buying a Firebirds match ticket
- Daniel

April 2nd

I am thankful for:
- a yummy brekkie at 'in a pickle'
- a great win by my little netty team
- Troy and Caroline's engagement - what a great couple
- a fun time at the JPC trivia night
- Daniel

April 1st

I am thankful for:
- a new month
- funny April fool's tricks with the students
- understanding colleagues and friends after losing the plot at a planning meeting
- playing SET online with Jan Mac
- my gorgeous hubby, Daniel
- God