It's The Storm of the Century of the Week!

I'm beginning to get a bit jazzed:

... Winter Storm Watch remains in effect from Tuesday morning through Wednesday morning...

A low pressure system moving out of the plains states and
developing off the southeast coast of the United States will
affect the mid Atlantic early next week.

Accumulating wintry precipitation is expected to begin over
northern and central Virginia... central and western Maryland...
eastern West Virginia... and the District of Columbia Monday
afternoon and evening. Over the Shenandoah Valley... central
Virginia foothills and lower southern Maryland... precipitation
may begin as a wintry mix of snow... sleet and freezing rain and
continue through early Tuesday.

The heavier snowfall is still expected to occur Tuesday and
Tuesday night as a coastal low pressure system intensifies off
the mid Atlantic coast. While there is still some uncertainty
with the timing and exact track of the system... a high impact
weather event is likely.

The weather folks are still being coy about predicting possible accumulations, but this is setting up as a classic nor'easter. Round these parts, this can generate anything from a couple inches to a couple feet.

Frankly, we're about due for a heavy fall, the last one having been about three years ago. Plus, I like the sound of "The Valentine's Blizzard of '07."

And in the spirit of optimism, I hauled in an extra large load of firewood this afternoon and stocked up on birdseed and salt. Bring. It. On.