Thanks again for your support guys. I made it home Friday night. Over an hour late but I made it. I learned a few things.

1. When the snow hits the bottom of your fork it's time to portage the bike! It wasn't even worth trying to push it through because the front wheel just digs in and slides out. I grabbed the top bar and just dragged it (with full panniers).
2. Deep snow with a clean surface underneath isn't that bad, it's when there are ice craters and ruts underneath that make it really tough. You are fighting steering, rear wheel traction, and trying to plow through the snow. Very difficult.
3. If you see a drift and it's not too wide, and if you can accelerate fast enough, even with 35mm tires you can get some float if you're going fast enought and sort of blast throught the drift. That was fun. When it's too wide of a drift, the bike stalls and time to drag the thing out of the drift.
4. People are nicer when weather really blows, just like Daily Commute said, they made room for me, probably out of a combination of pity and laughing at me.
5. Starting with your arse in the saddle really helps while your trying to get going. Even though you don't get much of a push, the pedal stroke is much more effective. Thanks guys.
6. I didn't think it would take me so long to get home and I didn't hear my phone. When I finally walked in the door, my wife had my route map and was going to load the kids up to come look for me. ... Ooops. I should have called.

The nordic track and weights will be getting more use until this snow melts. And yes, I would love a puglsy on days like this. I might need to get one!