June Currently

Response blog post to http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.ca/2014/06/june-currently.html

 

listening: to our chocolate poodle snooze contentedly on the couch

 loving: loving watching live shows in the evenings on iTunes from our cosy home with my hubby

thinking: what can I do to prepare more TpT products for end of year and back to school seasons

wanting: to see my Mum for her birthday - next Adelaide trip will be in July

needing: to pace myself for time and energy - enjoying the pregnancy highs and taking the lows in my stride (where possible)

winter bucket list: prepare nursery, and support my husband as the bread winner in our family

listening: Charlie the poodle is not thrilled that in each trimester my lap is shrinking

 loving:we are enjoying comedy like Wayne Brady and performers like Darren Brown.  A perk for modern times when we live in 5 hours from metropolitan Adelaide

thinking: will fine tune end of year reflective TpT products and brainstorming tasks for Back to School, as well as some teacher organisation products for the new year

needing: needing my pedometer in a new way - used to try to beat my personal best of 10,000 steps daily or more, now pace myself and rest at 10,000 steps to take the best care I can of our growing baby

winter bucket list: looking for the cot and baby capsule soon in our nursery preparations and enjoying visiting my husband at his school in his lunch break to help with classroom tasks and lighten his task load a little.  It was nice to share a classroom last year, helps me know better what he needs in his busy year 3/4 classroom.

Australian Winter 2014 Bucket List

This is a blog post linking up with Deanna Jump: http://mrsjumpsclass.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/top-ten-things-i-want-to-do-this-summer.html

Top Ten Things I Want to Do This Winter

Hello from Australia,

Ten Things I Want to do THIS winter {in no particular order}

1.  I want to read a few books that have nothing to do with teaching.  I love reading Jodi Picoult, but I am also interested in parenting books with our baby due in October.  At 19 weeks, we are almost halfway :-)        

2.   I want to spend some time just hanging with our fur babies:  Charlie (toy poodle) and Jody (Malmute X Husky).  They are loyal companions, but I am not sure how they will feel when Baby arrives.

3.  I want to spend time with my niece as the arrival of her new cousin approaches.  At ten years old, she is so excited to be included in making a fuss of the new baby.

4.  Spend time in our July trip to Adelaide (4 hours by car) to see my parents and sister's family.

5.  I need to keep on top of the baby stuff we have already bought, and what we still need.  We have just been amazed at the generosity of friends and family already.  And I haven't even thought about having a baby shower yet!

6.  I want and {need} to spend ome quality time with my Mum in Adelaide.  It is great to share your pregnancy with your Mum after years of hearing about her two premature babies back in the 1980s.

7.  I really want to spend time with my hubby shopping in Adelaide for baby stuff (he loves shopping, the opposite of me), looking forward to the June long weekend together and maybe evening going to the Drive In for a date before 2 become 3 :-)

8.  I m enjoying episodes of The Voice.  I never saw it in Season One.  Better late than never to start watching in Season Three (Australian).

9.  My husband and I are both teachers and are both keen fans of The Big Bang Theory.  

Between watching this and now Derren Brown's performances on TV and recordings live in the theatre, we will have a serious amount of TV watching to do :-)

10.  Next month, we have our 20 week scan to meet Baby again.  Husband has been prioritising the music to introduce to baby: from Blink 182 to John Mayer to Jack Black and many more.

  We are both enjoying every little milestone, counting down until we can meet Baby soon.