Winter Weather & Having Fun Indoors!
There are times when you just don’t want to be outdoors - whether that’s because of inclement weather or just wanting to stay home. So how can you enjoy life indoors? Here are some great ideas so you don’t get cabin fever!
Indoor Activities at Home
Turn off the TV and have fun together:
- Play board games. Board games and card games keep you interacting with one another. Find a variety of different games from trivia to strategy to the childhood games of your past to enjoy.
- Cook together. Go online and find recipes for new things that you’ve never tried to make at home before. Shop for groceries and cook in the kitchen without distractions. Cooking and eating together is a timeless activity.
- Video games. It’s a lot more enjoyable if you play together. Choose games where you can team up against other couples or battle each other. It’s all about having fun.
- Indoor exercise. Find exercises that you can do together - such as passing the medicine ball back and forth. You’ll get your heart rate going and feel the endorphins waking up.
- Make art or make music. Being creative together is a great way to really enhance the relationship. Find something that you both like to do whether it’s picking at a guitar or making collages out of old magazine images.
- Home improvements. Couples that live together can come together by finding ways to improve the home they share. Create a list of projects that you would like to work on and start checking things off of the list one by one. Working together to create a home is a great way to spend time with someone else.
- Throw brunches, dinner parties and movie nights. If you want to be social together as a couple but don’t want to leave the house then make your house the setting of all of the fun. Do these weekly or monthly to get a routine going that’s all about fun instead of boring habits.
- Make bucket lists. A bucket list is when you sit down and brainstorm all of the things that you’ve never done that you’d like to do before you die. Things on the list can be as mundane as “make a cake from scratch” or as wild as “visit every national park in the country”. Make your life lists separately and then share them; you’ll be amazed how much you find out about each other.
- Surf the web. The Internet doesn’t have to be something in your home that alienates you from one another. Sit down in front of the computer together and watch funny videos, read interesting articles and share ideas about what you read. It’s far more interactive than just watching TV and keeps both of you from being bored together.
- Picnic indoors. If you’re both feeling like just laying down and watching a movie together, do it with some romance. Put together a wine and cheese picnic basket, spread a blanket out on the floor together and get ready to have a better-than-normal evening of watching the tube.
Indoor Activities Away from Home
When you really want out of the house, you can go to other indoor locations with your partner. Here are some ideas:
- Dress up and go to a movie. Dressing up is important because it makes it more of a real date than when you normally just head out to a movie together.
- Go gaming. If there’s a casino in your local area then you can have some indoor fun together there. (Take a predermined amount of cash and leave your checkbook and ATM card at home!)
- Go to a spa or local hot tubs. Get away together into relaxation and get that chill of the icky weather out of your bones.
- Check out a local museum or art gallery. You can learn something together and share an experience that you don’t take the time to enjoy nearly often enough.
- Visit friends or family. Sometimes hanging out with others is the best way to be together. Ask someone in the family to host a spontaneous potluck on a rainy afternoon.
- Take a class together. An art class, an improv comedy class or a cooking class can bring the two of you closer together even as you meet others and learn something new.
- Go to an event that you’ve never been to before. Seeing something new together can brighten up even the dreariest of days. If you’ve never been to a poetry slam, the local ballet or a Broadway musical then get some tickets and go.
The real goal to keep in mind when trying to find things to do with your significant other is just spending time together relaxing. The activity can be simple, as long as it’s outside the norm for you. Think outside your rut!
by Kathryn Vercillo
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