Blizzard of 2010

Welcome to coverage of the blizzard of 2010! This weekend was an historic snowstorm for the Washington, D.C. area -- the fourth most snowfall in D.C.'s history and the most in nearly my entire lifetime. When it was all said and done, the Herndon tally was somewhere between 27 and 30 inches. You know it's a big storm when the snow measurement is a bigger number than the temperature! Here's how the weekend played out.

Schools closed on Friday in anticipation of the storm hitting intensity by noon. While the snow started early, it didn't really start sticking until the early evening. But when it did, there was no stopping it. Snow covered the snow that was already on the ground from last weekend and another small storm on Tuesday/Wednesday. All through Friday night until late Saturday afternoon, the snow kept coming and coming.

The good news is that our neighborhood was plowed regularly throughout the storm. From Friday night to this afternoon, Eric shoveled the driveway at least six times.

You probably expected a blogathon from me yesterday as the storm raged, but we lost power for most of the day. How did we survive without power? We used our camping stove to make oatmeal, coffee and tea for breakfast and grilled cheese and tomato soup for lunch. And, we did our best to keep Anna nice and toasty, even though our house got down to 63 degrees before the power was restored around 2:30.

When the snow stopped falling, it looked beautiful against the sunset.Emilia and mommy ended the day making mint brownies... yum!The scene was a lot more peaceful this morning, so both girls got out to enjoy the snow.Emilia and Eric even climbed Mt. Herndon in our cul-de-sac...

We'll definitely remember this storm for many years to come! Now we need to restock our supply of milk, eggs and camping fuel before the next storm which is expected to arrive on Tuesday.