Today, I was driving the girls to school and navigating the narrow streets that are down to one lane due to snow pileups. After I backed up a few times to let oncoming cars pass by, M said, out of…

The girls are going back to school tomorrow. We are ready. We are hoping that school won't be canceled or made to open late. It will be very difficult to get to the front door, but we're ready for the…

In contrast to yesterday, we had a busy Sunday. This morning, the girls woke up early at 6:30 because A had a bad dream. I came in to soothe her, then M wanted to go to the bathroom. When she…

Given that we had the freedom to leave the house today, we didn't take great advantage of it. We took the girls to a puppet show at Glen Echo – Rapunzel – which kinda sucked, and then ran some errands,…

I can't even keep track of which snowstorm this is. We got another foot or so Tuesday night and Wednesday. Yesterday was a true snow day – no work for me or Daddy, and Imogene didn't come. (My office has…

We are in the midst of snowstorm #2. It started late this afternoon, and now it's really coming down. School has already been canceled for tomorrow. Daddy didn't have work the last two days, but Mommy's office was open. Girls…

Snow day today. Girls were home with Imogene and Daddy and I went to work. They had a playdate with Lolly, and they built a very cute snowman in the backyard. I have a photo but will upload it tomorrow.…

Amount of snow that fell between Friday and Saturday: 23 inches Days until our street was plowed: 1 1/2 Numbers of bags of trash currently sitting in our house: 2 Food cooked: smothered lamb, turkey chili, lentil soup, Mediterranean chicken,…

It's the kind of snowstorm that merits a nickname. (Or so says the media.) 9:48 and I'd guess we have about 8 inches on the ground so far. But it's starting to come down more heavily now, so all bets…