Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Jul 2011 19:37:56 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>> Jean B. wrote:
>>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>> "Jean B." > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>> "Ranée at Arabian Knits" > wrote in
>>>>>> message
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>> In article
>>>>>>> >,
>>>>>>> Miche > wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Only part of the year. But if there's cloud cover we don't go
>>>>>>>> indoors,
>>>>>>> I grew up in a place where it rained most of the time from the
>>>>>>> end of October through the beginning of April. If we had not
>>>>>>> gone outside then, well, I think life would have been
>>>>>>> miserable. Rich and I used to go on walks in the rain. It was
>>>>>>> fun. We
>>>>>>> didn't need no stinking umbrellas. Where we used to live it
>>>>>>> didn't rain as much, but it was overcast quite a lot and if we
>>>>>>> didn't let our children outside then, they would have spent most
>>>>>>> of their lives indoors. I will admit to their being somewhat
>>>>>>> wimpy about the rain now, but that is because we have moved to a
>>>>>>> desert where the sun is out 300 days a year, so even a little
>>>>>>> rain is weird to them now. Here, it generally comes with wind,
>>>>>>> thunder and lightning, too.
>>>>>> I guess some people like being outdoors. I don't and my daughter
>>>>>> doesn't either. We have a gardener now so no need to do yard
>>>>>> work. Pretty much the only time we go out there and stay out
>>>>>> there is when it is too hot in the house and we are driven out to
>>>>>> the front yard where there is shade and it is cooler. But with
>>>>>> the way this summer is going that's not going to happen any time
>>>>>> soon.
>>>>> BUT... your daughter probably got that dislike from YOU! And
>>>>> that dislike is not healthy. Other than that...
>>>>
>>>> Why do you say that? I don't think being outdoors is a healthy
>>>> thing at all. Yes, we need some sunlight for vitamin D. But I can
>>>> do without all the pollen and pollution and I burn very easily.
>>>>
>>>> My husband loves being outdoors. I don't know why.
>>>>
>>>> My daughter doesn't like it because of the bugs and the dirt. She
>>>> goes around looking for bugs and then complains when she sees
>>>> them. Slugs are also common in this area and she doesn't like them
>>>> either.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> The exercise factor? The aforementioned sunlight? I think
>>> walking is also good for one's mental health, creativity, etc.
>>> Unplug, walk, think, observe. It's all good.
>>
>> I simply can not walk very fast or very far. I do not like being
>> outside and breathing in all the car fumes and pollen. We live on a
>> very busy street and trust me there is nothing interesting to see.
>
> Um, why did you choose to live there?

I didn't really. It was all that we could afford.