The Brod Abode ~~ Where life's a hoot!

I am putting together a list of some of my favorite blogs. These include FREE patterns, FREE tutorials for sewing, knitting, cross stitching and quilting! I LOVE Pinterest and that is where i was able to find most of them. Don't ya just love "pinning"? I sure do; it's very addictive and doesn't put any weight on me.  www.pinterest.com/debintex/  to see what I have been up to. One of my all time favorite blogs is Lindsay Wilkes's site, The Cottage Home. Known on the web as The Cottage Mama her blog is so cozy and relaxing. She has great tutorials, recipes, tips.....and her little cottage near Chicago is to die for. She has a line of children's clothes and patterns that you simply must check out. They are so, sew sweet. www.thecottagehome.blogspot.com We have been so busy this summer in the two Hoarder groups I moderate on Facebook. We have just opened our very own de-hoard shop on Facebook called The Little Shop of Hoarders. Please stop by and check o...

Happy Labor Day everyone! Just a quick post on my newly designed blog my friend Marta H. set up for me. We are being low key today, no where to go but we are going for some Tex Mex shortly. I am so excited to tell you about our new shop on Facebook called The Little Shop of Hoarders! Some of you know I moderate two Hoarder groups on Facebook, we love all things crafty and together we could stock an enormous warehouse with crafting tools, all types and then some. We will be setting our shop up in tandem with our groups and will sell a variety of supplies in one convenient place. SO excited. I'm am purging my crafting/sewing/whatever hoard and we will be offering fast ship and quality merchandise unused or slightly used. I will keep everyone up to date but stay tuned! Again, happy holiday and stay safe today. A great deal of bad stuff happening out in the world. Till later...... :Deb

  Can't believe it has been so long since I have posted. So many wonderful things have happened since November and so many new things in the works that I will be sharing. Still busy busy crafting and reading. Many new crafting ideas and new projects. I'm not sure my life is interesting enough to post every day but I will be on here as much as possible I am reworking my Etsy store and a friend and I are currently working on a new site and group on Facebook for destashing everything crafty. This will include new or gently used crafting items of all types and will be the perfect place to shop for supplies that are priced very reasonably. I can't wait to get this all launched and share with you. I continue to admin. 3 pages on Facebook. Two are Extremely Crafty Hoarders and Extremely Crafty Hoarder Holidays. The one fan page on Facebook I co admin. is for Steve Piacenza and Cathie Filian of Creative Juice, Craft Wars and the new Podgeable collection for Mod Podge. We f...

Today is the 1 year anniversary of my scoliosis surgery and my back is doing great!! Just a few problems with my left foot but we are working on that still. I am thankful for my surgery. As promised, I am clearing out my TV DVD collection and listing them here on my blog rather than putting them on eBay. Each season is $20.00 unless otherwise stated. I will notify you of the final shipping cost. Cashiers check and money orders only. Ships only in the United States. Law and Order SVU Seasons 1 and 3 C.S.I. New York Seasons 1 and 2 Veronica Mars Seasons 1-3 Without A Trace Seasons 1-2 Ghost Whisperer Seasons 1-2 Medium Seasons 1-3 24 Seasons 1-3 Whose The Boss? Season 1 ($10.00) Missing Season Season 1. ($10.00) Alias Seasons Seasons 1-4 Just email me , leave me a message here or catch me on one of my Facebook pages. Thanks.

I have not kept up as promised. So, I won't promise anymore but promise to try to be better. There is so much going on, so many things to post. This year has been extremely eventful and I will blog about it later. It's time to get ready for Christmas. Can't believe it's only 6 weeks from today and I have nothing done which I will blog about later, LOL. I have three great groups I started on Facebook: The official Cathie Filian and Steve Piacenza fan page, Extremely Crafty Hoarders and Extremely Crafty Hoarders Holidays. Tons of DIY on Cath and Steve's various pages, lots of fun, swaps, recipes and just good old visiting on my other two pages. If you are interested in joining either, please give me a shout. I have a Facebook page of my own as well. That's it for today. Am busy working on slipper sox for my Etsy shop and for gifts and need to photo and post. I'll be adding more favorite Christmas recipes this week and will be trying new gluten free ones as w...

Went to the doctor today. Good news and bad news. Back is looking great, I've met two new patients and had my picture taken for the newspaper article. My foot and leg are no better so it's back to testing, CT scan, MRI and another blasted myelogram which I dread worse than surgery. If they can determine what is going on, hopefully it can corrected by surgery. Hopefully. Otherwise I'll be wearing flip flops all year long. Not a happy thought. My prayer is that this will be easily diagnosed and easily repaired. Really need everyone's positive thoughts and prayers. Pretty down today. I've tried for nine months to be positive but it has finally worn me down. Thanks everyone.

I haven't gotten much better about blogging. Exciting new things. My back is doing so well and I participated in an article for the Dallas Morning News about scoliosis.  I have an appointment on Thursday for my 9 month check-up!!! Yay! And the photographer from the DMN will be there as well as a new patient for me to meet. We've visited on-line but now get to meet in person. I have had the wonderful opportunity to counsel prospective patients on the phone and the Southwest Scoliosis Institute has a super Facebook page to help us keep connected.  My friend Molly had her scoli surgery yesterday and since the SSI is right across the street from Baylor Regional Medical Center Plano, I'll be able to check in on her as well. Busy, busy Thursday. But so worth it. I've started two new Facebook pages in addition to the Fan Page I help moderate for Cathie Filian and Steve Piacenza. My new pages are Extremely Crafty Hoarders and Extremely Crafty Hoarders Holidays. We are off to...