Snow -- Winter has begun

I have not left my house for two days.  We have had on and off again lake effect snow bands.  At some points it was a complete white out wherein I could not even see the apple trees, which are only 50 feet or so from my front window.  Due to the high winds it is hard to tell how much snow we have received, but I would guess somewhere around a foot and a half.  This weekend we could get another foot.  Plus it has been cold.  It was a couple of degrees below zero at my house this morning.