Is What You’re Eating Giving You Stress? One of the problems of having a mother who reads the newspaper is that she calls you to give you a distilled report of current events. Since she’s in her later years (she still will not allow me to tell anyone her age), most of her concerns focus [...]
Cheesecake is delicious. It’s a known fact in case you were wondering. The taste, the smell, the texture, the…calories? Okay, scratch that last one out. As I was enjoying my fantasy of dessert at The Cheesecake Factory, Glee called with some unpleasant news. It seems with all these health and diet crazes, The Cheesecake Factory is going to [...]
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“Jean I’m going to get taller.” Oh, not again. My mother has been having a hard time dealing with the fact that she’s getting old and shrinking. She doesn’t understand how it’s possible. “Okay Mom, whatever you say.” “Jean, we can get taller together. I saw it on that morning show. This very nice [...]
“What is all of this?” These are the first words out of my mouth when I walk into what was once my clean kitchen. Newspapers are scattered all over the counter and chairs and pieces of cut up papers are on the floor. I hear a rustle and turn to see my daughter, Lara, sifting [...]
Scottsdale is usually known for luxurious golf resorts, Botox Babes, and perfect weather—nine months out of the year. The summers are hot and the city is often a ghost town between June and September. Scottsdalians often complain of the heat as if they don’t know that they live in a desert and act surprised when [...]
I adore Maury but sometimes I think my husband with the heartbeat of a snail gets too absorbed with technology. I’m overwhelmed with life so I don’t need any more distractions. After Rivka drops the little ones off for me to babysit this afternoon because Pucci Salon, a prestigious hair salon, has a sudden cancellation and a one year waiting list, [...]
My parting news gift from CNN is the report about women and stress. They ranked women in 29 countries and guess who’s #1? The women in India. Why? Because they’re an emerging nation creating jobs. The women are going to work and coming home to men who lift their feet so they can vacuum under them. And [...]
It’s funny how vacations were originally designed for relaxation. Oh, how things have changed. Lara and Gus announce a surprise family vacation. She informs me she’s rented a van and I should buy a warm sleeping bag. From that point on I knew this vacation could mean stress! Lara insists the whole family to be ready by 6:00 [...]
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One hundred seventeen degrees and walls of monsoon dust motivate a soul to do strange things. Lara and Gus think it would be a great idea to take a surprise family vacation. (Yes, that includes my mother and the grandchildren.) She won’t tell us where we’re going. She said, “Pack light for day and bring jackets for night. And don’t [...]
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Glee says she and her new boyfriend, Roberto, a sleek Nuyorican who’s a dead ringer for Bruno Mars, are going to try out for a new reality show being filmed here. She dumped the last cougar-snatched-from-the-cradle when the marijuana dispensary idea got pushed into pot purgatory. “Jean! I’m going to be on TV!” Glee’s enthusiastic [...]
