Wine	Always keep a large supply of wine on hand. I recommend the wine that comes in a box, like Franzia. You can keep many boxes of this stored safely in a pantry, keeping just the one or two chilled in the fridge. I prefer Zinfandel, White Grenache, and the Chillable Red in case you decide to send me some :-))
Food	It's a blizzard. No one is going to come to your house to catch you doing this. Eat everything you desire. Shove the chocolate and cookies in just as fast as you can swallow. All the extra calories will keep you warm when your power goes out and you have no central heating.
Heat	If you don't have a wood stove as a back-up when the heat goes out, you're probably screwed. Never fear, gather all your hounds into bed w/ you. They are considered portable heat sources, and can be transferred to the couch.
Critter Care	When the North wall blows off the pole barn, and the roof is ripped from the goat house during the 60-70 m.p.h. gale force gusts, go outside and spend 40 minutes rounding up the damn goats that you just HAD to have. Transfer goats into your basement. You were thinking of remodeling down there eventually, right? You will need to sweep incessantly, as goats shit just as frequently as they inhale. You will need to transfer dogs to other areas of the house to prevent them from killing your goats. If your poodle falls into a 4' snow drift, do NOT, I repeat, DO NOT!! send a Bloodhound in after the poodle. Bloodhounds weigh a lot, and will only succeed in burying your little ball of fluff further into the snow pack.
Handy Items To Keep On Hand	If you haven't bought them by now, you should consider yourself housebound until Hell thaws out. Snowshoes!! I'm not talking about warm boots, although they're nice, too. I'm talking about the cumbersome, sperm-shaped apparel for your feet that allow you to walk w/ greater ease in 4 feet of snow. This is only if you don't own Bloodhounds with a sense of humor. They will do their best to walk on the backs of the snowshoes, causing you to fall flat on your face. Then they will stand on you, pushing you further into the snow, until you finally die.
Putting Your Dog To Work	If you find yourself in a true emergency, such as running out of wine, use your larger breed dogs to help you get to the store. Attach a sled to the dogs, then spend 2 hours trying to convince the dogs to pull the sled. Give up and pull the damn sled yourself, while the damn dog stands on the back of your damn snowshoes. When you get to the store that is closed (you forgot to call first, didn't you!), simply break the window, and get your box of wine. In times of true emergencies, the store owners will understand your desperation (especially if they can see how you're living).
Music	Keep on hand Reggae and Jimmy Buffett selections to listen to as you drink your wine with the dogs. Crank up the woodstove with as much wood as it will hold. Make the dogs pant from the heat. Strip down to your thermal skivvies, and dance around your living room (the only warm room in the house) like a wild person. No one can see you through the swirling sheets of snow, so let it all out of your system. Visualize a beach of pebbly sand (the goat shit you're actually dancing on), dancing by the light of the moon. Get your hounds to sing with you. Bloodhounds really enjoy Jimmy Cliff, Bob and Ziggy Marley, and Jimmy Buffett.