What Do You Do?

Winters here are cold, but not cold enough to stop us going out. On the coldest days it is still only a few degrees below freezing, nice enough to go out for a walk if you have warm clothes and boots. Another issue is the short days, here in December it gets dark about 4 pm and light about 8 am. Not so good for doing things outdoors. We amuse ourselves with theatre, music events, cinema etc and at home it's a good time for crafts of all sorts. I often get to my sewing projects in the winter, while in the summer when it's light until 10 pm I'm too busy in the garden! I lived for three years in Minnesota where winters are much colder, down to -20C or even colder with lots of snow. It's too cold to spend much time hanging about outside but even so I couldn't bear to be in all the time, I would go out to walk to the shops or go cross-country skiing which was a lot of fun. People there seemed to be roughly divided into two groups - those who drove into their attached garage (with remote-controlled doors) then went straight into the house and never ventured outside (it's almost possible to avoid going outdoors at all, if your workplace has an attached covered car park, the shopping area has a covered car park and all is enclosed, there are drive-through food places and cash machines... probably more now than when I was there over 20 years ago!) - and those who embrace winter and make the most of that snowy wonderland by going skiing, snowmobiling, dog-sledding, ice-fishing, skating and the like.

We live in a cold country, but not extremely cold. We have the habit, we wear warm clothing, a coat and we go out during the warmest hours of the day. At home we always have plenty of things to do.

Well I get time to be online more when I am home all the time in the cold weather. My little one and I get to spend more time reading and playing. I hate the cold I go out once a week for groceries and otherwise stay inside.

Our winters here are generally mild although we have a cold snap right now. They don't prevent us from doing most outdoor activities.

I enjoyed reading the responses. We don't have terribly cold winters here - not when compared to other places.

I watch movies on Netflix, I try to learn different things. But I feel trapped inside because of other reasons. Here winter lasts for 6 months and I dislike it a lot. Now it's snowing.

I have so many surveys and money making sites to get to that I rarely get bored. My winters aren’t more than a few months, but the last week was so cold I didn’t get out more than just to walk my dog.

Well I go out no matter what is in store outside Kandase. I am a lover of nature. The seasons here are not what I am used to..it is variable here to extremes. Where I grew up, there were clear separations of seasons.

It is 49F here right now and I do not even think that is cold.

I am home most days. I do housework and cooking. I read, listen to music, exercise and do yard work. I enjoy just being outdoors too. I enjoy my husband’s company when he is home . I rarely get bored.

Thankfully I'm retired and don't have to worry about going to work when winter weather is bad. On days when I'm stuck in the house I occupy my time with reading, crocheting, watching tv and chatting here on myLot (not to mention the daily household chores that need to be done). What I hate most are the dreary, cold days when the sun doesn't shine.