Welcome Daria, I skulked all January on that thread invisibly - sorry to hear it's gone quiet. I must check it out.
Smiling at the references to warmth and sun - I love snow and winter - went to Florida once - nearly died of the heat. This was 1993 - being from UK, I asked the hotel receptionist for directions to walk to the shopping mall - she looked at me perplexed and offered to call a cab. Never saw a building or car more than 3 years old all the time we were there.
