My favourite thing about a rainy day is how it makes lazing around and doing nothing seem like perfectly legitimate behaviour.

If the weather is warm, I always feel like I’m somehow wasting all that sunshine and being a spoil sport if I sit at home in my pyjamas, watching TV show reruns while eating mini muffins. But when it rains, I feel like the clouds are saying, “you’re really not missing much out here, so you may as well get back into bed”.

Right you are, clouds. Tonight’s activities include making a dessert for friends who are coming over tomorrow night, reading The Book of Rapture by Nikki Gemmel and watching a DVD while eating last night’s beef, pumpkin and beer stew. What’s your favourite thing to do in the rain?