Marcia Fine's Blog, page 6
September 14, 2010
Our Old People Are Missing!
Japan has lost its old people. A recent report states 234,354 centenarians have disappeared. Vaporized into an early rapture? Lost in the neighborhood? Down the drain because they shriveled up? None of the above! A government survey has found that the majority would be over 120 years old (I know Glee says the lack of meat in their diet is why they live so long but with genetically engineered corn, tomatoes, potatoes, alfalfa and now salmon I have my doubts...
September 9, 2010
Salt Therapy during the Monsoon
If it's wacky, Glee's into it. I thought she was was going to be enthused about stress fatigue syndrome, but instead she's all over salt therapy, the newest California rage. She has returned from Encino, California with the notion to open a spot in Scottsdale that will have patrons sitting in rooms of salt. Right now I'm more concerned that our monsoon season is breaking all records for warm nights and muggy days.
Our urban heat island of concrete, asphalt and condos traps the...
September 7, 2010
Stress Fatigue Syndrome for the Undiagnosed Multitasker
There's a new syndrome invading the posh clubs, spas and expansive living rooms in Scottsdale and its environs. It's effecting many women who give their all to their families and communities. It's Stress Fatigue Syndrome and I've had it for years even if I didn't know it. I admit I get exhausted from feeding the troops, taking my mother to her podiatrist appointments, working on Maury's political campaigns (ever since the eco-twit incident I'm not taking any c...
August 30, 2010
Fashion Victims and What's Green
The world is in serious shape and sometimes my frustration at not being able to do anything about it drives me crazy. It's enough that there's war, famine and natural disasters assaulting my senses daily, so I need a diversion. It only takes a little to put me over the edge–like the fact that half of the legislators in our controversial state don't believe in global warming–so sometimes I have to escape into Glee's world.
Glee is back from her glamping trip–everything was f...
August 18, 2010
Laughing Is the Cure and Glampers for Glee
If I don't laugh I'll cry. We've all heard that expression. Ha! If I don't laugh I'll maim Maury. I didn't say kill because that could land me in prison with an angry Bubbie with pencil-thin eyebrows and her girlfriends. I just want him to remember to close doors, turn off lights and put the kosher pickles back in the refrigerator. He totally stressed me out this week when he left early for work and left the front door wide open after he brought in the newspaper...
August 5, 2010
Vacation Stress and Local Talent
Maury took me for a little getaway. Nothing fancy. Just cooler weather and a hotel room with clean floral bedspreads.Vacations are supposed to assist you with breaking your routine, forgetting about technology and lowering your stress…except if your electronics come with you, your husband still watches the invasion of Normandy on the History Channel and talks about the golf game he's playing tomorrow, the one he played today and the ones he hopes to play in t...
My AC Is Broken and My Husband Still Has ADD
Because it's 112 degrees today. And you can't sleep without it. And your clothes stick to your body.
Now I understand it's hot in other places around the country. I have friends in the Deep South who swear it's raining inside their house, a few desperate souls from Iowa who claim they've lost the ability to lift their arms because the air is too heavy and another group of New Yorkers who are baking like pizzas in their oven apartments. But I'll match an...
July 27, 2010
Jean and Maury
. . . are on vacation without her mother, the kids, the dog or anyone else. They just have to remember to take their meds every day.
July 20, 2010
Stress Follows Us Everywhere
Even though I'm officially on vacation I wanted to share with you that some people are always working. Like my friend, April, who doesn't have a job. Her business is everyone else. Ever since she thinks she solved a murder in her neighborhood of a mouthy gossip columnist years ago, she's looking for crime.
"Jean, guess what? I think there's a drop house in my neighborhood!"
April lives in Paradise Valley which is adjacent to Scottsdale and has the highest per capita income of...
July 13, 2010
Stress Makes Us Fat and Airline Food Could Be the Culprit
As if I don't have enough anxiety swirling around me, my glamorous friend, April, calls to inform me that she read a study that says people who are stressed gain weight.
"I'm worried about you, Jean. You under too much pressure and you worry all the time. You could gain ten pounds like that!" I hear the crisp snap of her manicured fingers.
"Honey, I appreciate your concern, but I'm just dealing with life. Your husband's gone all day. Mine hangs around looking in the...
