Hello April + Goals for April 2017.

Hello April!

Hello Summer!

Hello Iced-Drinks!

Hello Summer Reading!

Hello Hiding from the Sun!

Be Gentle April!

Try not to kill us with your heat!

My April is off to a less than promising start. My sister is down with the flu and a throat infection. So I am busy looking after her and worrying about her well-being.

Plus the month started with a weather warning us of high temperatures!

#FML

I am not a fan of summer.

An Indian Summer is not for the faint of heart.

And since I've only just come back from the hills. The heat is hitting me harder!

Gah!

I can only hope that the rest of the month picks up and is nothing like the beginning.

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Some of my Goals for this month are...

⇢To read some big/fat books!

Something about the beginning of summer reminds me of school holidays when reading was my number one love. I did most of my reading in the summer months and summer inspires me to pick up some heavy/ larger looks.

So this this should a good enough reason to sink my teeth into some classics and modern classics.

⇢I also want to watch some old movies this month.

⇢I have a ton of home based chores I need to accomplish.

Sort out the biggest shelf of my closet!

My shelf of home/lounge clothes needs some serious sorting out and chucking of really old and ratty tee-shirts.

⇢I also really, really want to get back to my dinky arts and crafts. I haven't played around with my paints for months and months and it's high time I changed that.

I hope April treats you well!

My April TBR will be up soon. I am doing my monthly ritual of staring at my shelves till I am inspired to pick my monthly reads!

Happy Reading folks!

Sending some pink and happy flowers your way!

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