s.NO.w. more!

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  Snowpocalypse.
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  Snowmageddon.
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  Snowtorious B.I.G.
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  Snow.M.G (A spin off "OMG")
• Snow-verkill

These are just a few of the names being assigned to what is plain-stakingly "The Blizzard of 2010".

What else is plain-staking about the above mentioned storm? Nearly 30 inches of snow right outside our door. Being stuck. At home. No power. Three toddlers. Three, now healthy, toddlers. Those now healthy toddlers? Well, they have A LOT of energy to burn after eight weeks of being down and out. Oh, and while my hero John shoveled us out, I was sick. Sick, inside, with three healthy, energetic, toddlers. Joy.

(Many thanks to Dad and Daphne who offered to feed us cookies and keep us warm at their house. Fortunately, power was restored before we braved the treacherous roads.)

But we were prepared. Thanks to Peapod, our groceries arrived early on Friday morning with all the essentials - milk, bread, eggs, pantry food, etc. But my snow-prep work was not done so I headed to Target. Shopped. Emptied the contents of my cart on to the belt. That's when the cashier looked at me, as the impending storm shook locals to the core, and asked "is it someone's birthday?" To which I replied, "No. But being snowed in with three toddlers require storm preparation on a different level - - - new toys." With that, I went home, unpacked some goodies, and stashed them away only to be revealed when a distraction was much needed. And I must say, I'm pretty proud of one purchase in particular. See, the kids LOVE cell phones, but they're particular and prefer flip phones, which neither John nor I have. Toy phones don't hold a candle to real ones - think of them as money-down-the-drain-because-they-don't-fool-my-kids. I found Trac-Phones. They were $14.00 flip-phones and come with NO contract; instead it comes with a calling card that you CAN activate (which we of course did not do).What I'm getting at is that we bought each of them a really inexpensive phone with no service, but that still lights up, beeps, and rings. HUGE hit!

So, we're inside. Still. Facing what the meteorologists say are "the coldest temps of the season" and more snow on Tuesday. Fantastic. *Packing bags. Moving to the Keys. Frozen drink(s) in one hand and a shovel in the other - a small, plastic, toy shovel that comes attached to the sand castle shaped bucket.

*We're not really moving, but it sure is tempting.