Is It Springtime Yet? – April 2022 Overview

*This is a collaborative post but my April 2022 overview post is all my own words

It makes me laugh a little looking back at the title of my March overview as ‘the start of Springtime’ as even now it doesn’t properly feel like Spring has kicked in even in April 2022.. Yes we’ve had slightly nicer weather, but not what I’d associate with this time of the year.

Easter itself was quite late this year, but I was very happy with the extra days off work as I’m sure everyone was. Especially as the bank holiday we’ve just had was just a few weeks later.

How April 2022 has been going

Since the very start of the year Luke has been working away for half the week. He’ll go away on a Monday morning and come home on Thursday evening. And it’s been tough the longer it’s gone on. This continued throughout April 2022, but as I write this Luke should be on his final week of working away *fingers crossed*

Blog wise I have been keeping busy. I’ve been starting to plan for Father’s Day with blog products for my guide. But also sorting out my own dads card and presents as it’s going to come around quick enough. If you want to be prepared and order a card now head over to Boomf.com

During the month I took the boys to their 6 monthly health check up and it was good to hear that they were all healthy. The nurse seemed to think they won’t grow much more which makes me happy as they’re small enough to pick up and cuddle. But I still think they’ll get a bit bigger.

Something very exciting to happen in April 2022 was that we got solar fitted to our house. In just two days the team managed to fit everything and get us up and running. I’m constantly looking at our smart metre or the app to see how much we’re generating. And we have arranged to get the battery very soon as well so we can store energy for when we need it during the night etc. I did a post on why we chose to get solar now, but there will be more coming up about it.

All the socialising

It’s been so nice as I’ve managed to see quite a few friends in April 2022, and eat some really good food.

My friend came round my house as she still hadn’t seen it, or met the cats. I also headed to my favourite Lebanese place with my best friend and a little group of girls which was lovely.

April 2022 saw my dads birthday and it was nice to see all the family together. Over Easter weekend I had an untraditional meal with my family where we ordered Nando’s because who needs a roast dinner?! And on Easter Sunday my friend was in the country after moving away a few months ago and it was great to see her again.

Entertainment in April 2022

I managed to get to the cinema three times last month which was pretty good going. Me and Luke saw the new Fantastic Beasts movie which I really enjoyed. It does help that I’m a big Jude Law fan!

Then I went to see Morbius because I was intrigued after all the bad reviews. I get some of the bad reviews about the pacing and things not being explained. But at face value I thought it was alright. Then finally I took my nan to see the new Downton Abbey movie as she loves Downton. The movie was alright but I’ve never seen the show or previous movie before, but nan loved it which made me very happy.

As a belated birthday outing I took Luke to the Silverstone interactive museum over Easter weekend which was pretty great. We got to see loads of old racing cars and bikes, helmets, trophies and formula 1 car components. As we’re both big F1 fans this was a massive treat.

Theatre and TV

Before it finished in the West End me and my friend went to see Death Drop which is a drag murder mystery. Our showing featured the queen Latrice Royale and one of my favs from season 3 Kitty Scott Claus. The show was stupid and ridiculous, but I loved it.

With Luke being away I have watched quite a lot of TV in April 2022 including:

• Bridgerton Season 2 – it wasn’t as strong as season 1 but I still loved it
• Selling Sunset Season 5- it had to be done! I do feel this season feels even more scripted, but I mainly watch it for the made up drama, outfits and the cool houses so three ticks there
• Heartstopper- this was full of all the feels and I loved it. I’ve already put reservations on the graphic novels at the library
• Love Life- what can I say I love Anna Kendrick! Although I need to find out where I can watch Season 2!
• All of Derry Girls- I only discovered this in April but I blooming love it. It’s such an easy watch and I love the Irish accents. I’m up to date and watching the final season as it comes out
• Moonknight- we’ve been watching this as it comes out and I really like it. Oscar Isaac plays such a great role and it’s really cool to find out more about some of the lesser known Marvel characters
• Human Resources- this is an animated show featuring some of the monsters from Big Mouth. It’s a bit silly and a bit rude, but I really enjoyed it as something I didn’t need to concentrate too much on
• One of us is lying- this is the show I am currently watching and really enjoying. It follows four teenagers who witness the death of another student and the blame is pinned on them. And they spend the series trying to figure out who did it. Although I do want to read the book so I’m not sure I want to know who did it yet!

Wedding planning continues

It’s almost hit the year mark before our 2023 wedding which is mad as we booked it last summer. We sorted out some of the decor and things this month which was good.

The big thing we ticked off in April 2022 was our flowers. We went to a local florist by our venue and have ordered my bouquet and all of the buttonholes/ corsages and they were really reasonably priced which I was very happy about. Later in May we’re going there to see a sample of them as the flowers will be in season like it will be for our actual wedding.

How was your April 2022?

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