September 4th

I am thankful for:
- My Dad
- Daniel's Dad
- Fathers everywhere
- Big Brekky at Scarborough
- Seeing a wonderful house again and putting an offer on it
- Spending time with Daniel's family in the afternoon at his pares house
- the house offer being verbally accepted
- Daniel
- God

September 3rd

I am thankful for:
- The excitement of house hunting and actually looking at properties
- Renovated Queenslanders :)
- Opportunities for 'nesting'
- Celebrating the birthdays of MIV and Jules at a lovely lunchtime barbecue
- Watching spectacular fireworks off the story bridge from an amazing vantage point on a rpivate balcony at the Bavarian Beer Cafe
- Getting through a big day
- Daniel
- God
- ZZZZzzzzz

September 2nd

I am thankful for:
- Fridays
- An interesting performance about the haka by a 'storyteller' for book week.
- The school day flying by
- The marvels of modern medical technology
- Finding out we're having a baby girl!!!
- Watching the socceroos win against Thailand (only just!) at Suncorp stadium
- Sleep
- Daniel
- God

September 1st

I am thankful for:
- The first day of Spring!
- Well-behaved students
- Kind colleagues
- The keen girls of the Firebirds Cup netball squad
- The Shailer girls having a great win against Goodna for the last round before finals
- Daniel
- God

August 31st

I am thankful for:
- House hunting online at lunchtime
- Being more than halfway through the week
- Lots of quiet time in class
- A fun netball break-up party
- Daniel
- God

August 30th

I am thankful for:
- Cruskits
- Warmer weather
- Daniel

August 29th

I am thankful for:
- the looming end of term
- friendly colleagues
- teaching my students
- their excitement at watching my tummy grow
- Daniel

August 28th

I am thankful for:
- God
- Sundays
- Beautiful sunshine (although it would have been better yesterday!)
- Daniel

August 27th

I am thankful for:
- Sleeping in
- Daniel making me coffee
- The JPC netty girls trying their best in their Grand Final and coming back from 12 goals down to only lose by 3 goals.
- Supportive netball parents
- A night in
- Relaxing with Daniel at home
- Daniel

August 26th

I am thankful for:
- 18 weeks today
- Student-Led conferences being over
- Relaxing at the staff morning tea
- Interesting conversations about personalities and leanring styles
- Fridays
- Feeling nauseous less often
- God
- Daniel

August 25th

I am thankful for:
- progress shown at before-school Maths Club
- independent work to take a few deep breaths
- A hard fought game by the Shailer girls against Wynnum (getting away with a draw)
- Falling asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow
- Daniel

August 24th

I am thankful for:
- A good netty training session in the lead up to their Grand Final
- A smooth pack-up after Day One of Studetn-Led Conferences
- Progress with process writing
- Smooth conferences and positive feedback from parents
- Daniel

August 23rd

I am thankful for:
- A slight sleep-in (no staff briefing this morning)
- My growing belly
- The excitement for the Students at the Conferences
- Daniel

August 22nd

I am thankful for:
- A new week
- Lightbulb moments in Maths
- Getting organised for Student-Led conferences this week
- An early night

August 21st

I am thankful for:
- Sundays
- Sleeping in
- Catching up with the Fannings at their house instead of Roma St Parklands (because of the rain)
- A birthday dinner for Lachlan at the Crome's
- Daniel

August 20th

I am thankful for:
- Sleeping in
- A week off netty coaching after making the GF next weekend
- Catching up with the awesome Fio and Dave at our house
- Daniel

August 19th

I am thankful for:
- The end of a super-short week!
- A lovely dinner with Jacqui, Rob, Kaely and Gary at Libertine at The Barracks, Paddington
- A great apple donut dessert at The Lark, Paddington
- Freindship and laughter
- Hearing about Kaely and Gary's South American travel plans
- Daniel

August 18th

I am thankful for:
- Time to prepare for Student-led conferences
- a small class with so many away doing recreational activities
- The start of a super-short week!
- Daniel

August 17th

I am thankful for:
- Having such a lovely sister-in-law - Happy Birthday Maria!
- Another day off!
- Relaxing
- house hunting online and dreaming about the possibilities!
- Catching up with awesome friends Julie and Rory and seeing gorgeous Laura
- watching Daniel play with Laura
- Daniel

August 16th

I am thankful for:
- a mini holiday
- going out for brekky
- Daniel having a day off
- Talking to a bank manager about options for buying a house
- Daniel