Hi everyone on this cloudy and chilly but dry Tuesday evening. Today’s prompt for the #5Things challenge is to share our favorite activities for rainy days. It hasn’t been raining much here at all lately – I guess we’re making up for a rather wet summer. However, the fall and winter usually are our rainy seasons here. I thought I’d participate and share some activities I love to do when it’s raining outside.
1. Listen to music. Contrary to some of the other participants in the challenge, I don’t like watching or listening to the rain. In fact, the sound of heavy rainstorms scares me. To drown out this noise, I like to listen to music, particularly upbeat songs.
Interestingly, I do occasionally love to listen to water sounds on my iPhone, but not specifically rain.
2. Read. When I can’t go outside because of the rain, it’s the perfect time to pick up a book and read. I read a wide variety of books, but, as regular readers of my blog will know, I mostly enjoy memoirs and realistic young adult fiction.
3. Craft. Rainy days are also the perfect time for crafting. Now that it’s not raining as much anymore, I can totally see my creative juices drying up a bit.
4. Chill out. I look forward to relaxing in my recliner, which my husband cleared of most of the stuffed animals and other things that were cluttering it last Sunday. I also love to take extra naps or just chill out under my weighted blanket. Since the day center reopened, lastly, the snoezelen® room is also now available to me at times. All of these activities are especially great for rainy days.
5. Enjoy a hot drink. Particularly hot cocoa, but coffee or green tea will do as well.
What do you like to do when it’s raining?
A Multitude of Musings 
That’s a really good list and we’ve had lots of rainy days here lately.
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Oh, that sucks that you’ve had so many rainy days. However, I bet you found something to do indoors and so did the cats hopefully.
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Sleeping in on a rainy morning or taking naps is the best. So soothing under a thick comforter!
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I agree completely. I am so happy I have my weighted blanket now, because here at the care facility we don’t have thick comforters otherwise.
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Great list Astrid
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Thank you!
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You’re welcome
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great list, astrid! I like a lot of the same things as you. I do all of these activities when it rains also!
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Awesome! I’m glad you like many of these activities too.
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I am so glad someone else enjoys snoozing on a rainy day too !
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Haha yes, snoozing, that is, lying in bed past my alarm in the morning, is definitely enjoyable. However, I said snoezelen®, which is a Dutch word for relaxing with all kinds of sensorially soothing materials around.
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Ah!
In my ignorance, I thought it might be a typo.
Is it a term like hygge?
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No, it’s probably not. Hygge as far as I’m aware is used more universally for relaxation or happiness, whereas snoezelen® was originally developed as a method of helping people with severe to profound intellectual or multiple disabilities. At my care facility’s day center, we have a specially-designed snoezelen® room, where the entire sensory environment can be controlled to help calm or stimulate the person using the room. I understand you thought it was a typeo indeed. This term is not widely-known among the general public even in the Netherlands. In fact, even my husband had no clue what I was talking about when I first mentioned wanting to try this several years ago.
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Thanks for the info.
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