Snowpalooza 2010 lived up to its promise! From Friday mid-morning until Saturday mid-evening, it snowed pretty steadily dropping between 20-30″ of snow around the DC metro area. Thankfully, we were prepared.
Anticipating that we were going to be stuck in the house for at least the weekend, we stocked up on supplies and goodies, so we were more than ready for Snowpalooza and still plenty hooked up for the second wave of snow that’s set to hit in a couple of day. Even though the boys have dug out the driveway and the car, there’s about 2 feet of snow in the roadways, and we haven’t seen a snowplow since Friday evening when the driver probably figured out that he wasn’t supposed to be plowing our street and went on his merry way. So there you have it, no one’s going anywhere soon. School’s already been cancelled for tomorrow, the Federal Government’s shut down and with another potential storm on tap for Tuesday, we may be stuck indoors for a few more days. So, is it sad to admit that I’m enjoying being shut in with the hubs, the boy and the pooch?
The days are starting to meld together, but I’m loving it! We cycle between throwing in laundry, doing a little shoveling, play time outside for everyone (including the pooch who has the entire street to play in with no one driving on the roads), onDemand movies and trying out some new recipes, because yes, we do have 3 hours to spare waiting for dinner to finish cooking. I know it’ll be a totally different story if we end up losing electricity, but right now, I’m enjoying this forced family bonding time….nothing like a little snowpalooza to jump start that post-deployment reintegration!
Here are some pictures from the storm in case you haven’t seen enough snow pics from DC area…..
