Author Archives: beeconcise

42 years ago today I gave birth to my little daughter, Allison Jo, by hypnosis. My OG-GYN was Dr. Nelson Baccus, Ft. Collins, Colorado, & offered hypnosis as an alternative birth method. His pg. moms were given strengthening exercises, which … Continue reading →

Who knew having a photo account with Flickr could be such fun? I am having a grand time with it! Will be designating ‘groups’ from the photos my daughter and I have uploaded alreadyl And while I’m at it, I … Continue reading →

Today’s message is about southern cooks – those people in my family of origin who really do not use recipes, including me. Every now and then I ‘think’ I am going to follow a recipe. LOL. My husband says that … Continue reading →

Dental insurance.  When you have it, you think it’s great. When you don’t have it, it’s not so great.  But it’s really irritating when you do have dental insurance and get a denial for a cleaning (and ex-rays, too, I … Continue reading →

Recently my daughter reminded me of an excellent article by Martha Beck in Oprah’s latest magazine (the Jan. 2011 issue).  It’s about setting three goals for the year. At first I thought my three goals would be – Lose weight, finish my … Continue reading →

This morning I went to my yoga class and afterwards weighed. I’d signed up to ‘commit to not gaining weight over the holidays’ and lo & behold … on their ‘tell all’ scale I had not gained one single ounce. … Continue reading →

So far, so good 2011. Knitting project underway, new phone, new texting capabilities and my daughter put “Spokane Summer trip” on her 2011 wish list. This is going to be a good year.

Trees outside this morning look like they’ve been basted with thick confectioner’s sugar cake frosting. It’s only 6 degrees here, with mounds of crystal white snow all over the place … topping fences, bird feeders, shrubs. I ask myself – … Continue reading →

My blog 12-11-2010 I’ve begun to stress about Christmas Cookies, and capitalize those words now because they are of great importance to me this time of year. As I sit here with a really bad burn on my left hand … Continue reading →

Funny that I’ve named my new WordPress blog toomanywords, because anyone who knows me knows I do use too many words! My goal here is to learn to be concise. I told my husband my ‘blog title’ and he actually … Continue reading →