Back In Action!!!!

Hello All! Fall is in the air and I am gearing up for the big fall sale in two weeks and have been in a pricing and finishing up odds and ends frenzy. Also, the new website www.theprimmerchant.weebly.com is up and running. I'm still adding some things, but for the most part is it completely usable now. Also, if you want the September free cross stitch pattern, get over there before Saturday, because the pattern will change for October. Scroll down the home page, look at the bottom on the right side and download the pattern.

Great Recipe for Autumn - Pumpkin Spice Cookies

This recipe is so easy - no one will ever need to know it took only minutes to prepare!

1 package spice cake mix

1 can (15oz) can solid pack pumpkin (NOT pumpkin pie mix)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease cookie sheets and set aside.

Combine together the cake mix and pumpkin until well blended. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the cookie sheets. Bake for 8-10 minutes. Allow to cool for about 5 minutes before moving to a wire rack to cool.

This is a Thanksgiving favorite in my house with the grandchildren. For a little added "sweet" add a little vanilla frosting to the cookie tops. Enjoy!

Till next time,

Alisa

I don't understand what's going on with this X$%@#*&% Blogger Site! I just posted not five minutes ago and it showed up as a new blog with no followers, no nothing! ZILCH! ARGGGGHHHH!

One more time - go to my NEW website http:\\theprimmerchant.weebly.com and get the September free pattern. It should be listed on the right side of the home page.

One more time...............

September is here!

Okay, I know I promised a new pattern and here it is! Enjoy and send me your pictures when you complete it. I love to see what others have done to my original concept! Everyone have a happy Wednesday!

Alisa

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My Computer Has Been Sick!

Gee whiz! Sorry I've been missing for the past week or more, but got a nasty virus on the office computer and it blocked me out of Blogger, Etsy, everything! Took three days to clean up the mess and restore all 14,000+ registry files it had altered. Word of advice - BE CAREFUL AND DON'T GET A VIRUS! Still not sure exactly where it came from, but neither my firewall nor my internet security caught it before it could do its damage.

But, I am back now and no, I haven't forgotten the pattern for September. I will post it here on Wednesday. And as promised, it is a cutie!

Until then, hope everyone has a good day and the beginning of a fantastic week.

Alisa

It's Monday, again.

Well, the past week has been anything but boring. Everyone pretty much knows I cleaned out my fabric room and my sewing room. I still have to get Hubby's computer out to the barn and clean out the various and sundry office junk, and then I start on the closet in the bedroom and the laundry room. Don't know why I've been on such a cleaning frenzy lately, but I guess it's always better to do it now than procrastinate and do it later.

Tomorrow is my Mom's birthday, so today I am driving back to Gastonia (North Carolina) to meet her and Pop and my sister and some of their friends from church at Olive Garden for lunch. I'd tell you how old she is, but she'd probably disown me or worse.

Sitting here in staring at the computer is not going to get me where I need to get going today, so until later,

saattaa päivä olla täynnä onnea ja hyviä asioita, (may your day be filled with happiness and good things)

Alisa

Good Friday Evening.

It is almost done! I have worked for the past five days cleaning out my sewing room and my fabric/stock room. I hauled out 9 boxes of fabric, two odd chairs, various and sundry bits and pieces of this and that, two trash bags of quilt scraps I had saved up, the list goes on and on and on.... I feel like the Energizer Bunny, not stopping. But, now that I have it all cleaned out the fun really begins with getting everything back in its proper place. I also put two new shelving units inside the closet (bi-fold doors on the closet which is wide and long) and am working to get everything situated on the new shelving. Just wanted to let you know that I've made a lot of progress. Throwing out 30 years of sewing was a task I wasn't looking forward to, but now that I've done it, I feel much better and know I'm going to be more organized.

I'm going to try to rest for a day before I dive back in again. But knowing myself as well as I do, I'll be back at it first thing tomorrow morning.

I hope each and every one of you has a fantastic and wonderful weekend!

Alisa

Happy Monday.

Sorry I've been MIA the past week. Had a lot going on and not feeling well at the same time, had to attend a funeral Friday a.m. and met with dear friends up from the coast on Saturday and Sunday. Not to mention, buying a new sofa and chair, new serger sewing machine, two sewing tables... Now I've got to completely clean out my sewing room and my fabric/stock room to make room for the new stuff. Right now the garage holds nothing but the new stuff and my car is sitting in the ell of the driveway. Sometimes you have to make sacrifices and my Honda is making the ultimate sacrifice. I don't like leaving my car out in the sun and weather.

Once I get my rooms set back up I'm going to list all my Halloween stuff on Etsy. I've already taken all the pictures, now I've just got to make myself sit down and do the dirty work. I probably won't post again, till toward the end of the week, so be patient with me!

I've decided on the freebie pattern for September - a real cutie for Halloween! And no, I'm not telling you what it is just yet. You'll have to wait for it!

může být vaše týdne bude naplněný bohatý dobré věci, (may your week be filled with bountiful good things)

Alisa