It's Raining, It's Pouring...and I LOVE IT! :)

There's just something about a good rainy day that I find so relaxing. It's almost as if you're being given permission to take a few steps back and relax a bit. In fact, sometimes I actually feel disappointed when the rain stops and I see a hint of the weather clearing up and the sun coming out. Drats! LOL

There are just days when you're in the mood for a good, old-fashioned, rainy day. It seems to give us permission to curl up on the couch with a nice blanket and read a good book, have some comfort food, watch a favorite tv show or even just enjoy watching the rain delicately fall to the ground forming dancing puddles. In some ways, it gives us permission to go back to our childhoods...building blanket forts, watching cartoons.

If you need some great ideas on how to truly enjoy a rainy day, here are some wonderful articles I've found for you:

101 Things to Do on a Rainy Day

Twenty Things to Do on a Rainy Day

This article (below) has some really unique ideas for making down time on a rainy day, home improvement/wardrobe improvement time :)

Good Housekeeping Magazine Rainy Day Projects

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