Snowed In...again.

When Trent and I were looking for our first apartment as a married couple, we came across the basement that has become our home. We were excited about the fireplace, mature trees, and deer that would walk in front of window as we eat breakfast in the morning.  There were two drawbacks - 1. it was further from the metro so I would need to drive Trent every morning and 2. it was situated on a steep hill with an even steeper driveway.  We agreed and said "this won't really be a problem because D.C. does not get much snow."  It was true.  In the five years I have lived here, we would get a few snow flurries a year that did not amount to more than 2 inches. 

This year has been very unusual. This past weekend we had 25 inches of snow.  In DC, that is a big deal.  It shut down the city, shut us in the house, and shut off our power... for 18 hours.  The next day came the digging out.  Then the next day brought digging out the Alero. In a few days we are supposed to get five inches more. 

Scraping of the Alero while standing on the packed snow

Compare this to the last post abou snow...so much snow.

Luckily, we have a neighbor who owns his own bobcat and shovelled our snow throughout the day. 

So what did we do to keep the cabin fever away?  We ate chocolate trifle, played games, watched movies, read books when the power was out, and went outside when we could stand the cold.  I also made treats for the beginning of LOST.  To top it off, I decorated for Valentine's Day.