1. Buy a snowblower.

2. Buy a snowblower.

3. Stock up on lots of snacks and ingredients to make your favorite meals.

4. Stock up on pain-relieving creams and meds to soothe aching muscles from all that shoveling (in case you didn't do #s 1 & 2)

5. Have plenty of your favorite libation on hand.

more milk and butter than you think you'll need. Also, wine helps. Advil and warm packs.

As if Valentines Day isn't enough to make me lament the lack of a husband, seeing all of the husbands out there in my parking lot shoveling out cars for the wives makes me thing that might be the thing I need to aquire for the next big snow....
Sorry Lissa, so much for being strong and independent...

NO LIE my captcha: MR CHORING...
funny because its true...

Bubbles: Again, buy a snowblower.

7. You're snowblower is too small. Buy a bigger snowblower.

Bubbles, Bucky's right. You get yourself a decent enough snowblower, the men will follow.

My wife hasn't seen her husband leave the chaise lounge since the snow began.

I'm glad I filled my car up too, though I think my most important stop was the liquor store. And to buy yeast and whole wheat flour to make pizzas at home. Yum!

My husband had surgery the day before the first big storm, so he was "useless" by doctor's orders the whole storm. I am fortunate to have wonderful neighbors who kept my steps and sidewalk clear. I also called Casa and hired a couple of guys to dig my car out. So have plenty of cash too! Best money I spent this month. I kept the neighbors happy with cookies.

1) gas
2) liquor
3) cash
4) cookie makings
5) pizza makings

we had a successful snowfinement.

Yeah, go ahead and throw it in our faces RoCK. With your heated sidewalks, shops within walking distance, and climate-controlled garage, this is the moment you've been waiting for.

Bubbles, maybe you could go in with me on a RENT-A-Husband service. For those occasions when it would be nice to have a man around to shovel snow, mow the lawn, supervise the grill in the summer, bring in the Christmas tree, etc.

LL and Bubbles, check with TerrierGirl and see if she may be willing to hire out Jesus the pool boy? Being that he is only here during the warmer weather, that would only help with the mowing, grilling, etc...

Wear a sports bra if you generally wear one. Regular undergarments are a poor choice for strenuous activity.
Hot shower after shoveling keeps not oft used muscles from locking up.
If there's something you *have* to get to, make a path early and often.
Buy heavy on your vices, food for animals and treats to keep children of all ages happy. You'd be surprised how happy a Nathan's hotdog with a toasted bun can placate.
Condiments, condiments, condiments. Double check for the list.. half full may as well be empty.
New movies in case the cable/dish goes out.
captcha: who nightcap.. yeah after this epic snowventure i need one.. guess we're off to "the point"

Bubbles, even I have had moments of feminist failure. Among them is misspelling "feminist" on armbands.

Between the storms my DW gave me a list of things to get. At the top of the list was peanuts for the squirrels and birdseed for the birds. As in a case of 6 5-lb bags of nuts and a 40 lb bag of birdseed at Costco. Now, when people say I'm squirrely and she's for the birds we wholeheartedly agree.

get on a plane for anywhere that snow is not predicted and stay until snow is over and melted.

Barring that, stop at CJ's, and have some crabs, that we joked about having while stuck at the light at Painters Mill Road on the long journey home Tuesday.

peanutbutter crackers

A good book(s)

flashlight(s)

L.L. bean lantern
( the one that recharges so you can see in the dark)

frozen soups/meals if you have a microwave that works when the oven/stove doesn't

nathan's hot dogs.

Really good mustard

board games

deck of cards

Crossword puzzles, soduko, word search books.

Silk underwear ( traps in heat, the silk socks are killer!)

A corded telephone. (you know the "old fashion kind") ;)

A dvd player that doesn't hook into the tv. One of those hand held kind. Charge that baby up and you can watch what you want. Nice when the satellite goes out for day on end. No tv, no news, no jerry springer, (really don't watch that) no old movies...

Great neighbors (we band together to dig out one another) Love the builder dude with the little front end loader

Oh, get an alternative source for energy.

This last snow storm I dealt with losing phone connection for 24 hours. (Cell phones don't work out in the sticks and in a valley)

Losing electricity about 8+ hours

Running out of propane this heats our house and runs the generator when we lose electricity.

My husband is recovering from a broken wrist, so I wouldn't let him shovel; I was vindicated when his therapist said I was right. My neighborhood streets were impassable until the 14th, so that's when I dug out my car. On the 16th, his therapist gave him permission to drive, so I dug out his car on the 17th. I'm POOPED!

Anyhow, before a storm, buy LOTS of muscle rubs, OTC pain relievers, and warming pads. And booze. And have cash in small bills to pay anyone who offers to shovel you out.

Captcha: white haggerty ...yup, that' fits me to a T right about now.

Dottie, I am so sorry to hear about your husband. Did he break his wrist in a fall on the ice? I know of three people who have broken ankles that way this winter (some people will do anything to get out of shoveling!)

The Onion has some nice suggestions for snow emergency supplies.