Question: What follows two days of rain? Monday.

The cold damp weather we’ve been experiencing on the west coast has a lot of cottagers rolling their eyes. ‘Not again,’ we’re silently thinking to ourselves. Cold, rainy summers spell disaster for cottagers, especially those who are renting seasonal properties.

Heather Bayer, a fellow cottage blogger, has some great tips on stocking your cottage for the rainy weather. I know the last thing I want is to be cooped up inside my cabin for the weekend, but sometimes the best offense is a good defense.

Here are some things you might want to do to rain proof your cottage. It may also preserve your sanity.

Rain Proof Ideas:

Board Games

Monopoly, Scrabble (Jr. Scrabble is great too), Labyrinth, Pictionary, Checkers, Luck of the Draw

Puzzles - Ravensburger make great puzzles - I find the ones for ages 9+ to be enough of a challenge for everyone

Activity Books - Sudoko, Cross-Word Puzzles, Word Searches, sticker books for the younger crowd, and colouring books these soft cover books are available at any chapters and provide a good mental workout as well

Projects Kits - Solar kits, bird houses, models - ships, cars, airplanes, knitting, and stitching are all great activities to work on with kids

Chick Lit - There is nothing worse than finishing a good book early in the holiday and then have nothing else to read. Here are some of my recommended summer reads:

• The Friday Night Knitting Club
• Lullabies for Little Criminals
• Glass Castles
• Are You There Vodka, It’s Me Chelsea
• Something Borrowed

DVD’s - a must for any cabin and with Rogers and Blockbuster selling off recent releases for a fraction of the price, owning is much cheaper than dragging the whole family to the theatre. Here are some of our favourites:

• Devil Wears Prada
• Enchanted
• Indiana Jones Series
• Star Wars
• Weeds Season 3 (Start at season one if you haven’t seen it and make sure the kids are asleep before you start watching it)
• Planet Earth
• P.S. I Love You
• Anne of Green Gables

Hopefully the weather will break and the prediction of this being the hottest summer in North America will come true. But just in case they’re wrong, I will be stocking up for the rainy season a.k.a. summer.

Cheers,

Julie

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