maternity leave

So I'm staying home post baby - which means I'm not limited on a certain number of weeks with time off. I was planning on quitting my job at around 35 weeks and when I mentioned it to my boss she thought that was absurd. My husband and I live over 2000 miles from all family and he works full time if not more. We have a puppy who will be like 10 months when I quit plus house projects going. I want to make sure the house is in order as much as possible etc before baby comes. Does anyone think 35 weeks is weird or too early? What are other moms to be doing? I know I could get bored but I wanna prep freezer meals and stuff to so I feel that I'll have a decent amount of tasks to take care of too. Thanks!