Welcome to the first full week of February. Now, if you take advice from Pennsylvania's Punxsutawney Phil) we have six weeks more of winter to endure. If New York's Staten Island Chuck is the groundhog of your heart, we only have  six weeks until spring. Let's fall on the side of optimism and precaution. The positive news: Winter or spring, we can make each day a good one. And to be careful, we prepare in advance. This 5 Things list is a step in that direction for this week. When it comes to weather, this week is one to watch. The National Weather Service's seven-day forecast calls for sunny …

Another Monday morning, another weekend gone by much too quickly and another new week for which to prepare. Get yourself ready with this recounting of information and events to help get you to the next weekend. The National Weather Service says the next week of winter will be, well, weird: According to NWS meteorologists, Monday will have a frosty start and should be a chilly day. After that, a milder midweek with possible rain and temperatures in the low 50s is forecast. Just in time for Saturday and Sunday, the chill is predicted to return. (My mother would call this pneumonia weather. …