Oh the weather outside is frightful!

...that might just be the understatement of the year!

I know, I know, I know...people in the Mid West and Northern Atlantic might think DC'ers are whimps...but from a girl from Southern California to be stuck in this weather ALONE (aka I have to shovel out a path for 2 little dogs to go to the bathroom outside) this is a blizzard.  Actually it really is :)

It's coming down HARD now...all I pray is for the power not to go out (although, it rocks to live close to Dominion Power less than 1/2 mile away...hehe). 

But being the over prepared person I am....I did my "Omg it's going to snow" freak out a couple weeks ago (for the light dusting we got).

I have my awesome shovel, my little mitten with built in ice scraper.  Pet Friendly ice melt.  Wood for the wireplace.  Tons of food.
And...I found my snow boots from high school survival camp!!


So I will be stuck in my hilly neighboorhood until Monday.  No cars can make it up these hills and only a few have tried and gotten stuck.  Kids are sledding in the street.

And I am sipping hot chocolate....

Here are a few pictures...very hard to take pictures in the snow and I'm scared to get my camera wet!

How ironic is it my tree has a beach theme and we are getting close to 20 inches of snow?

This is looking outside the front door.  Notice the snow on the mailbox.  And my poor car covered in snow.

Charlotte is in there somewhere

Just realized that snow sticks to dogs fur. Nice....

Jake thinks he is part husky