It’s a wet blustery Tuesday here in San Francisco.  According to the weather report, we are in the midst of a series of winter storms which will be drenching the city through the weekend.  When the rain started yesterday, both kids were off school celebrating  Martin Luther King’s Birthday.  I had made a gazillion plans to entertain them – a morning playgroup, a cafe lunch and an excursion to party playhouse. Once I received the winter storm advisory over the radio, we wiped the calendar clean - using the rain as an excuse to languish around in sweats, drink tea and host a small visit with a girlfriend and her adorable baby.  After a spell of twitchy restlessness, both kids slid comfortably into the slow pace of the day, watching videos, reading and working on puzzles.  It was a cozy, quiet, unstructured day.  Complete indulgence.  In San Francisco, we don’t see many rainy days like this and when we do they don't last long.  And so I do my best to set aside the checklist and treasure them.  Here are my ten reasons for loving rainy days:

1.         Woolly Scarves 

2.         Reading “In The Night Kitchen”

3.         Furry loving pets

4.         Unapologetically messy hair

5.         Lady Bug Galoshes

6.         Inside-out umbrellas

7.         Brisk soggy dog walks

8.         Tomato soup and grilled cheeses

9.         Scooby Doo cartoons

10.       Long hot baths

What are yours?