What do you do on a rainy day?

Canada
May 6, 2009 8:34pm CST
On a sunny day...we all like to go out when we can, go for walks, work in the garden, go shopping, go to the beach, or even just sit outside. But what about when it rains? They are calling for rain here for the next 3-4 days. Do you do the same activities when its a rainy day? If its warm enough, I like to do the same things as I do on a sunny day..I dont mind getting wet....Its great fun to swim in the rain, the water seems warmer, and I can still sit outside, just under the porch overhang.. We can still BBQ, just open the garage door!!! Dont let the rain stop you from enjoying life..Many of us save chores "for a rainy day"...Do you?
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@sanuanu (11235)
• India
7 May 09
Hi, Sanyo.. Rain, lovely. I hope that I get it very soon at my place Things I would like to do in first rain: 1. Have bath in rain 2. Have bath in rain 3. Have bath in rain. Seems that this is the only thing which I can think of right now. For days when rain will be a daily customer at my town: 1. I will be buying a rain coat. 2. Using an umbrella. 3. I would like to be home and ask my wife to bring some snaks with tea the whole day! LOL
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@sanuanu (11235)
• India
7 May 09
Nah, I would love my wife and she would love me too, hence I will the one who will be getting those snacks for me on rainy day, you know. Because other days, it would be me who is supposed to do that for my wife. I am a caring husband!
@sanuanu (11235)
• India
18 May 09
Oho, you made my day by giving me a BR. Thank you so vrey much Sanyorita.
• Canada
7 May 09
Hi sanadoodoo...Now I am Sanyo..awesome!..Am I a TV? You could switch me off if you get tired of listening to me You have it all wrong...you are supposed to bring your wife snacks and tea all day long! If you are going to have a bath out in the rain, just make sure you arent standing in a mud puddle...or you wont get very clean..and you cant have an umbrella if you are getting a bath!!!
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@mhethess (379)
• Philippines
7 May 09
I love sunny day but I also enjoy the rainny day for so many reasons. There are lots of indoor activities we can do while it is raining outside. We can spend quality time with our family enjoy singing songs with them. We can even have indoor games, like scrable, and uno cards. I can also enjoy doing My lot while it is raining outside. We can have our scrapbook making and many many more. Try to be creative while it is raining outside don't feel boared. Are you enjoying your life now?
• Canada
7 May 09
yUP...I always try to enjoy life no matter what...Yes maybe if it rains, everyone will come on mylot and there will be tons of responses. Its great to spend time with the family and the rain makes a great excuse.
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• United States
7 May 09
Hello, This was very good advice, there are many things you can do in doors, to make the rainy days very enjoyable. I find that doing arts and crafts,playing boards games along with My Lotting are some great indoor enjoyments.
• China
7 May 09
I don't like rain, so if it's a rainy day, I will upset and can do nothing, can't go out for shopping, can't play outside, I can only stay in house, and watch some movie, or have a sleep, rainy day can make me have a good sleep, I don't like the feeling that get wet, it makes me uncomfortable.
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• Canada
7 May 09
I dont let the rain stop me from doing anything..but if its too cold, then I dont like getting wet either. I agree that rainy weather is great for sleeping..Even the sound of raining is soothing. Many people stay indoors when its raining
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@thezone (9394)
• Ireland
7 May 09
Hi Sandymay, I don't mind the rain at all, which is just as well as we get an awful lot of it here I still do my day to day activities and I love that after the rain smell, it is always so fresh. I often asked that question to people, would you go swimming in the rain and they nearly always say, "no", maybe they are afraid of getting wet
@thezone (9394)
• Ireland
7 May 09
Definitely not when in a thunder storm. That could be a little too extreme even for me. Here's to hot AZZs
• Canada
7 May 09
Now ask me if I would go swimming in the rain! Absolutely!!..I love to swim in the rain, as long as its not lightening..now that would be a different story With my luck, it would put new meaning to "hot AZZ"
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@pink_lady (361)
• Philippines
7 May 09
Hi Sandymay. During rainy days, when in week days, I continue to go to work. But on weekends, I stay at our house. Go to sleep until it's lunch time. If I have time in the afternoon I clean our room, arrange my things and cleaning of cabinets as well. In the evening sometimes I do internet surfing and when me & my husband at are home together, we watch DVD movies together while eating some microwavable popcorns and some juice. We watch until we sleep. Sometimes we play PC games and PSP.
• Canada
7 May 09
Hi pink_lady...so you are an indoors person when it rains...I think many are but I was just wondering what most people do...I think we all like to sleep
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@agv0419 (3022)
• Philippines
7 May 09
Today it's raining here in the Philippines we had a typhoon supposedly it is summer during this month because of the global change this is the result. I'm lazy when its raining I can't go outside and it is difficult to dry our washed clothes. I like this season because it is cold and you can sleep anytime you want. Our concern is the flood here in our place during this season.
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• Canada
7 May 09
Yes, I dont think a typhoon would be too much fun to go out in...lol It seems that we all like to sleep when its raining.
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@stahir45 (103)
• Pakistan
7 May 09
Hi Sandymay! It really depends on the place of the world you are living in. We are living in a place that is extremely hot during summer. At that time rain is considered a blessing of Almighty God. We get some respite from the heat and depending on the season and the amount of raing that we are getting (though we immediately involve ourselves in a picknic mood) we have to decide as to what to do. In hot season people would love to enjoy have a bath under the rain, go to public parks with some seasonal fruits like Mangos and other BBQ things. If you are going to be at home only, there is still a lot of fund in the store. You cook delicious things which are liked in the rains only. In our country friend gram flour cookies (called Pakoras) are liked the most.
@stahir45 (103)
• Pakistan
8 May 09
Thanks for your comments to my response of your queries. Yes pakoras are liked very much in our part of the world (India and Pakistan). You may try that. There may be many Indians/Paksitanis around there whom you may be having contact with. Cheers!
• Canada
7 May 09
Pakoras - Pakoras, a fried food loved by people in india, pakistan and several other asian countries
I think if I lived in such a hot climate, I would be out running around in the rain to cool off..I dont like it too hot but I dont like it too cold either..Here in Canada, we get both... My sisterinlaw is from your country and I have heard of Pakoras but never had them..They look really good though, something I should try some day.
• United States
7 May 09
I'm someone who loves a rainy day. I love to sit in front of my window and read while I listen to the rain falling. Sometimes I'll go sit on my front porch and just watch it. A rainy day is a good day to clean up the house as well or watch movies. If there's a thunderstorm going on, I love to watch the lightning from the window. I love storms too...:)
• Canada
7 May 09
Hi Maryanna...I love storms too, I especially like to watch them over the water. We are living in a new house now that has a porch and I would imagine, I will be sitting out there watching many storms this summer. I like to sit in a comfy chair by the window and watch the rain too...if I dont fall asleep doing it
@mzj033y (185)
• United States
7 May 09
It's been raining alot lately in New york city. It's really unusual for the weatehr to be like this. When it's raining, I am usually in a soggy mood. I feel down all of a sudden. I don't like the gloomy weather especially when there's a high precipation, it's just disgusting. On rainy days, it makes me not want to do anything. I guess I stay home and read. Anyway, I still treat it as a normal day.
• Canada
7 May 09
Yes, here in NOva Scotia, it has been raining for the last 2 days straight. Listening to the weather reports, it is supposed to rain for a few more days yet. I think by then, I will be tired of it. When the sun comes out finally, so will all the bugs with it.
@krajibg (11923)
• Guwahati, India
7 May 09
Hi Sands, We are now having the rains but not everyday. And when it starts raining it there is no mentioning of stoppage. Sometime in the summer have 15 days incessant rain and feel like, "ohhhh this rain, why the hell does not stop?" Personally I too enjoy rain. Can have nice sleep and if it is down-pouring I take shower in the rain and it so pleasing. So when we meet we can go for rain shower.lol
• Canada
7 May 09
Hi Rajib, It has been raining here for a few days and is supposed to rain for a few more days. At least its warm where you are so I could enjoy the rain. One time here, I went outside in the rain in February..It was only about 0 celcius out and I took a bottle of shampoo and soap and got a shower under the water dripping from the roof! What a cold refreshing experience that was! My hair was turning to ice afterwards...
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@krajibg (11923)
• Guwahati, India
7 May 09
Huh, this is the height, common at that chill you took shower outside that too with shampoo and soap!!!!!
• India
7 May 09
When it rains, I will watch its beauty by standing and looking through the windows of my room. This is what I do when it rains on a holiday. I have no other job except enjoying rain. Most of the time, I would go out and really enjoy, by escaping from my mom's eye. If it rains on the day on which I am supposed to go out, I will never mind. I will just go out. On a rainy day, I have once attended an interview with wet clothes. They looked and laughed at me. That was a different experience for me.
• Canada
7 May 09
yes, I still go out even if it rains..Things still need to be done and I dont mind getting wet if its not too cold out. If your interview was for a job, you should have told them you need the job to buy some dry clothes..
@cmy1004f (381)
• China
7 May 09
Alghought rainy day let me feel very bored for stay at home all day, but I enjoy the fresh air in rainy day, let me feel very comfortable. I don't like to out in rainy day, everywhere is wet so I should very careful of clothes and shoes, and I am lazy to hold up an umbrella even if I use to carry it. So the most possible thing I will do on a rainy day is sleep at home.
• Canada
7 May 09
Yes, an umbrella is just another thing to carry!..I dont like to get wet if Im out shopping as wet clothes are uncomfortable, but if Im home, I love to go out in the rain!
@zzyw87 (1254)
• Philippines
7 May 09
It is raining for the past few days now here in my country too even if it is summer here. I usually just want to stay home if it is raining. At home, I curl up on my bed and read a good book or magazine. Sometimes, I have a movie marathon at home. I also surf the net. I don't like going out during rainy days even going to the mall to shop which I love to do. It is just not worth it to step out of the house especially if I am commuting.
• Canada
7 May 09
Yes, its not much fun to shop with wet clothes on.. But I like to go out in the rain if im home and can change afterwards..I dont care then if I get soaked...But I dont like getting wet in the cooler times of the year and having to do things with wet clothing
• Philippines
7 May 09
id like to stay at home during rainy day. like to drink cup of coffee while watching the rain fall down. and it really feels great when it rains. feels like somewhat cool. especially im in a tropical country. rain seldom happens here in our country.
• Canada
7 May 09
Yes it must be nice to get rain in the warm tropical countries. But not the monsoon rains.. It must feel cool and refreshing after all the heat..I would be standing right outside in it if I lived there.
@sukumar794 (5040)
• Thiruvananthapuram, India
7 May 09
I would sit back idly and watch the sound of falling rains. Feel it. It is real music to the ears.
• Canada
7 May 09
yes it is all part of natures beauty..Rain is needed for everything to survive. I like the sound of rain on a metal roof..Now thats real music!
@yooray (23)
• Nepal
7 May 09
i just sit on my room and keep surfing the internet...sometime i get out of my house and take some rainybath too..
• Canada
7 May 09
Surfing the net is a great thing to do..I do it too much even when its not raining..
@Shant23 (195)
7 May 09
I love the rain i like just sitting in and listening to it and watching it. I also like being out in the rain sometimes as it can be really refreshing and fun. I make the most of all weather conditions.
• Canada
7 May 09
and so do I!..I used to love to go out in the rain when i was younger, swim, jump in the puddles,..and throw mud everywhere...oops, then I would have to swim again.
• India
7 May 09
hey sandy it is really true that if their is rain after some long time then the smell of that weather is so good...some years back i lived in a village in india.so their must be some farmhouses Whenevr their was a rain i went their for fregrance of weather that how fresh it is it makes me happy..and now i am always crazy to smell that fregrance
• Canada
7 May 09
Yes, A lot of people like the smell of rain..I do, when its a nice fresh smell..I dont like the smell of wet animal fur though or farm manure, after its rained.. But nice grass and fields and the smell of rain, is very pleasant
@yoyozhou (356)
• China
7 May 09
Oh,swimming in the rainy day is really cool! You are so happy girl.I like see horror films in the rainy day.Or cooking by myself at home is also my favor.Or inviting some friends come my home.Sometimes rainning really influences my mood.
• Canada
7 May 09
Yes rainy days are good for watching movies. It would be fun to watch a good horror film in a thunderstorm, especially with someone who love that you can cuddle up to!
@odaduy (25)
• Philippines
7 May 09
Good movies. while sipping a hot chocolate. cleaning my room. reading a good book. or surfing the internet. and the best of all, when I'm child, I used to take a bath on the rain. haha
• Canada
7 May 09
Yes i used to love swimming in the rain..one day I did take out some soap and took a shower under the roof where the water was running off..it was refreshing.