Hello spring and happy Easter!
I hope you all had a nice Easter weekend. We don’t really celebrate Easter, but I did bake a delicious sweet yeast bread this weekend (as I traditionally do for Easter!) and we had a fun time. My MIL is still here and we played Super-Scrabble (the board game) a few times and now I am contemplating getting on Words with Friends again (as if I need another thing to take up my time). Does anyone still play?
The weather has been really nice and warm and spring-like for the last week and I am not complaining. If I can’t be in the snow, this will totally do.
So, what is going on in April?
+ April shapes up to be a busy month at work. It looks like I will have a couple of fields trips this month, although nothing has been planned out yet. I will probably find out soon though.
+ I am tentatively thinking about running another half marathon at the end of the month. I haven’t made up my mind yet, because my training has been thrown off a little bit in the last few weeks and I also don’t know what my work schedule will look like, so I am probably going to make a spontaneous decision on that one.
+ Since my reading goal for March fell through (more on that tomorrow), I am hoping to pick up my reading pace a little bit again in April (wish me luck!). I have a few interesting reads lined up and can’t wait to get on it.
+ I’m hoping to do a little bit of spring cleaning. I have the itch to get rid off a few things.
+ March went a little bit different than I thought it would and I neglected a few things, and one of them was my bullet journal. I’ll be trying to pick up new momentum in April. Its not that I didn’t need to write stuff down, and I did, but I got behind on setting up my weekly layouts, so I have to “fill in” the gaps a little bit (being the ever-perfectionist that I am).
+ I’ll be starting a new knitting project. Because it calms me, because I like doing something with my hands, because I want to use that pretty yarn.
What’s up with you in April? Anything exciting happening?
Beth
April 2, 2018 at 7:18 amApril is a good month to start fresh! March wasn’t everything I thought it would be either. I can relate to the feeling of getting back on track! If you want some snow, just come visit me in MN. We’re getting some more tonight.
san
April 3, 2018 at 5:19 pmUgh. More snow? I am sending you some sunshine…
Charlotte
April 2, 2018 at 9:11 amI love that you’re into knitting! I think it must be incredibly therapeutic to have that kind of exercise for the hands, and pattern making is wonderful for the brain!
Also your bread sounds delicious. I didn’t do much this year for Easter either; typically we celebrate Passover as well, but we decided to skip it this year (I’m kind of glad we did because it would have been 5+ hours in the car!).
I kind of fell off the wagon this past month, too. That’s okay. New month, new US, right? :) Here’s a great kickass April! XOXO
san
April 3, 2018 at 5:20 pmKnitting is so therapeutic! I keep the patterns simple these days, so I can do it while doing other things (like watching sports or movies)… I love doing things with my hands!
Heike
April 2, 2018 at 9:20 amHa, your Easter breakfast table looked almost like ours. I did sweet yeast bread with raisins in it.
I had all white china and on the napkins I had small Lindt Easter bunnies.
Happy “Easter Monday” from work.
:)
san
April 3, 2018 at 5:20 pmOur Easter tables did look very similar indeed. Very German :P
Eli@coachdaddy
April 2, 2018 at 11:16 amMy April is packed with soccer matches to end the season! It’ll be an exciting finish. It will also involve a little (or a lot!) of writing in the #AtoZChallenge.
I like your idea of running the half marathon, San. Spring’s the perfect time to get in a race, isn’t it? That and fall.
san
April 3, 2018 at 5:20 pmSpring is awesome for all sports :) Good luck with the soccer matches!
ShootingStarsMag
April 2, 2018 at 2:57 pmI hope you get to read lots of fab books this month! Even if you don’t read a ton, as long as they are enjoyable. That’s the main thing, right? Good luck with your bullet journal. I’m using mine, but I really want to be more creative/have more fun with it so we’ll see. You should come link up for Keep It Together (third Thursday of the month). :)
-lauren
san
April 3, 2018 at 5:21 pmTotally agree: reading should be fun, not a competition! ;) And thanks for the reminder about the link-up!
Akaleistar
April 2, 2018 at 4:39 pmI’m hoping to do a little spring cleaning, too :)
san
April 3, 2018 at 5:21 pm*high five* :)
Megan @ Meg Go Run
April 3, 2018 at 1:53 amWe did a huge spring cleaning/purge 2 years ago so I don’t have much to purge BUT the other day I did get rid of a few nick nacks and that just felt so good! I am sooooo glad it is April. I go back to work today after a long Easter Break and I am not looking forward to it. But I tell myself June is right around the corner. Once it starts to actually get warm out I think I will be happier. :)
san
April 3, 2018 at 5:22 pmGetting rid off things is always a good idea. So freeing!
Stephany
April 3, 2018 at 4:20 amI hope April is much kinder to you than March was! <3 April is the month I leave for my cruise (not until the last weekend, though), so it's all I'm thinking about right now!
san
April 3, 2018 at 5:22 pmThanks friend <3 I can only imagine how excited you are about the cruise!
Lecy | A Simpler Grace
April 4, 2018 at 5:44 pmI’ve been wanting to get back into knitting, but I need to clear some time to do that. Hope you are able to find some good books to read this month. Happy April! :)
terra
April 5, 2018 at 8:31 amI’m on the spring cleaning training too. I keep opening closets and thinking that it’s about time I pulled everything out of them and organized things. I’ve also been craving a purge, so hopefully I get my life together enough to actually good rid of things this spring season.
Lisa of Lisa's Yarns
April 8, 2018 at 8:57 amApril has been such a crappy weather month for us but I am hoping that the 2nd half of the month is better. It’s been so cold and snowy so we have yet to get out for a stroller walk but it will be in the 50s a couple of days this week so I am planning to get out both of those days!
I didn’t set any goals for 2018 but now that Paul is here and I sort of have an idea of what life will be like, I’m ready to set a few goals. One thing I’ve already accomplished this month is cleaning out our fridge. I did that yesterday morning while Phil took care of Paul. It felt so good to do a deep clean – it badly needed it!!
TObia| craftaliciousme
April 9, 2018 at 8:46 pmHey San,
Right now I am all excited for my little vacation next week. So needed!
And when I get back I have to do some deep cleaning in the apartment- just drives me crazy.
Happy April to you