A collection of hot air and other stuff on a Slow Sunday...

 Hello - as I sit here and write this post on Saturday afternoon it is snowing... it is snowing A LOT... forecast is for 4 to 6 inches ... I hope they are wrong... they were wrong on Friday when they predicted 1 to 3 inches and we got a dusting... and to add insult to injury after the snow the temperature is going to plummet... the high tomorrow is expected to by 17 degrees with a low of zero... brrrrrr... Monday should still be cold but on Tuesday things change again and warm up and by Thursday they are predicting 50 degrees... Welcome to Ohio... if you don't like the weather just wait a bit... it WILL change...

Anyway I'm sitting in my cozy recliner watching the snow fall and I have a pot of Lemon Chicken soup with orzo simmering on the stove... that will make a lovely dinner with some sandwiches ... I have no place I need to go and I do love being home... and like so many of the past weeks I was in and out and in and out of the house a whole lot last week. Only have one little crafty thing to show which I will get to but I'm going to start off with my outdoor winter decor obsession... inflatables... now I know a lot of people do not like them... but I DO!!  They make me smile... and several of my neighbors are into them too... right across the street Angie has a huge inflatable gnome wearing a Christmas tree as a hat with a star at the top that blinks... and next to her Mimi has a Christmas tree inflatable that lights up and spins along with a small Bluey inflatable her grandkids love. Across the street from Mimi those neighbors are into Minions and the one they have out now is dressed as Santa... and then my other neighbor Bill put this out in his yard... 

OMG!! I LOVE THIS GUY!!  I looked online and found out he's 10 ft long... and he is happy!! 

And that led me to thinking about my side yard ... I had one small sad inflatable gingerbread man but he sprang a leak and just layed there on the ground... may he rest in peace... so I checked out Amazon for a replacement and  boy did I find some great gingerbread men inflatables... so I put one in my cart, and then there was a little boy and girl set they were too cute to leave behind, and then another one jumped into the cart and in the end I got 4 new inflatables... a Gingerbread gang!!

Here is the side yard at night... the cute gingerbread kids...

and I love the big headed guy and his skinny friend...

In the front yard I have a large candle, a small angel and a little gnome... 

And the star of the show... Henrietta has returned from her unfortunate accident last year when she was stabbed by some ne'er do well...  should have brushed the snow off her face but I couldn't reach it... Henrietta is a BIG girl... 8 ft tall dontcha know...

and here she is at night...

I'm hoping that my Ring doorbell will deter anyone from touching her... I got the original Henrietta from Tractor Supply last year... this year I was able to find a replacement on eBay... but for twice the price... sigh... this year's version is a Christmas present from my son and it makes me very very happy! And that is my collection of hot air for this Christmas...LOL

As for indoor decor my little tray of Merry Mini Santas is on the dining room table... they are from Prairie Schooler's No. 215...

Around the corner on the small wall ...

I bought a few new reproduction Shiny Brites ornaments for the display rack...

On the  top of the shelf unit I have a reproduction ceramic Christmas tree... I wish I knew what happened to the one my Mom made back in the late 60s... 

and on the other side J'Arrive by Tournicoton with some little reproduction Gurley candle choir girls... I remember my Mom having some of these too...

Below I have my Santa head mug collection... I have a couple more that wouldn't fit here... I think I'm up to 14... I'd love to have more but I don't know where I could display them... gotta think about that... I've tucked in some little cross stitched Santas... I'd like to add more... a project for next year... 

At the bottom I have The Drawn Thread's Little Bits of Christmas and a little pillow that's a snippet from another Prairie Schooler but I don't remember which one...

And the bigger pillow is from With Thy Needle & Thread, The Best Time of the Year. 

I don't want to leave out the prettiest wreath I've ever made....

I made this back in 2017 and it has held up beautifully... I store it in one of those large round plastic wreath boxes ... I followed a video on how to make one that you can see here... when we were cleaning out the storage area under the steps I found a bunch of ornaments I bought to make another one of these... and I might just do that this year... we shall see. 

As for crafty stuff I am sticking to my pronouncement of doing what I want when I want to do it and I've been knitting socks... it is mindless and right now that's all I'm up for... I finished the second sock and now this pair is done...

and I started another pair ... this one is a mix of purple and turquoise and that one ball has a tiny bit of yellow and lime green in it...

the perfect project for today when I can sit here and look out the window, watch the snow fall and try to keep count of how many times the salt truck has blown past my house... he is really booking it... in the time I've taken to write this post he's buzzed past 3 times...  I will say my local little town does a good job on snow... 

So plans for next week... I have to take a family member for a medical appointment on Monday and a dentist appointment on Thursday... Tuesday I'll hang out with Elliott for a while... it is his last week of school this year... Wednesday and Friday look quiet... but somehow I'm sure something will come up... I might do a little sewing this week... I do need to make a pillow case for Elliott's Christmas gift... I always put his big gift in a pillow case ... this year it is a large Lego set... and I'd like to get that Momo quilt I started back in January of 2024 finished ... and there are plenty of UFOs I could also play with... I'm thinking of what I want to work on in 2026 but as is my behavior, NO New Year's resolutions will be made... just some positive thoughts for stuff I'd like to play with. 

Hope your week ahead is a good one... I think I'm done with my Christmas shopping, just have to wrap some stuff up... I'll link up with Kathy's Quilts today... I'm sure there are posts with plenty of craftyness to read about there...

happy stitching-

carol fun