A year ago today we were wandering around Shanghai, China after a whirlwind tour of mainland China that included a stroll through The Great Wall at -20C and various tromping through snow and ice and below 0 weather. But today is different. Last night we spent a quiet evening just the two of us just relaxing and reflecting on the year past where we were before and where we are today. 2006 probably has alot in store for us but right now we're taking it slow.

There's been a bad storm here in the SF Bay Area with lots of flooding in various areas. It's still a bit scarey for us being out there after what happened Christmas night. So hot cocoa in hand, in my sweats and easy rock music playing it's definitely a quiet start...heck I think I want to take a nap.