Wow, January is already almost half over! Where do the days go? This week started out about as winter-like as one could get in California. The weather was bleak and grey, and every day was cold, cold, cold!! But on Thursday, just to give us a taste of spring, the sun came out and the weather immediately flipped 180 degrees. On Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, I was in shorts and a t-shirt! Weird, weird weather, but I'm not complaining. (Well, we need rain, so actually I *am* complaining, but...