Monday, March 26, 2012

The Sisters of the 70s met at Teddy’s Restaurant on Monday, March 26^th. In attendance were Karen, Debbie Calandra, Joanne, Denise and Deb Nash. We celebrated the big 60 for Debbie C. and Karen. Debbie Pugliese was not able to attend due to the death of her brother. Our sincere sympathy and condolences to her and her family.

Karen brought a balloon on which she had written “Over the Hill” with a 60 on it and tied it to Debbie C.’s chair. We all shared our thoughts and horror at turning 60 this year. We discussed how much longer we have to live. After that dinner, I went home and got drunk.

Debbie C’s son cooks at Teddy’s so he made us two huge appetizers on him: Italian Nachos which were outstanding (his own creation, I might add) and a sampler platter. By the time our meals came, we were so stuffed we could barely eat!

Conversation was varied. We talked about Denise’s dad who is in the hospital and recovering nicely from his episode, thank God. It was a close call for him so keep him in your prayers. Deb C’s house is coming along nicely. I went to see it the other day as it is only right down the road from me. Looks really nice and I can’t wait to see the inside. She is packing and preparing to move. Her old house is on the market which is a pain in the rump because you always have to be prepared for strangers walking through your house, opening closets and cupboards…been there, done that many times. We wish her good luck in selling her old house and best wishes for good times in the new one.

The next dinner is on April 17^th at Bella Mia’s in Utica. Rome sisters will meet at Staples parking lot at 5:30.

Hope you all have a wonderful and blessed Easter! Love to all.

Deb Nash

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

The Sisters of the 70s met Wednesday night for their monthly dinner at CPJ’s in Rome. Full house except for Deb Pugliese who was greatly missed. In attendance were Dianne Bartolotti, Debbie Calandra, Denise Desimone, Joanne Rostato, Karen Facciolo and me. It was great to have Joanne and Dianne with us.

Conversation covered a lot of different topics. Deb Calandra recommended the new Caribbean Connection restaurant on W. Dominick Street. She and her family had lunch there and she said it was delicious, so that’s where the sisters are going for our next dinner in February.

Dianne brought up the old TV shows we used to watch when we were kids and/or young adults, ones that she has been watching lately. Everybody Loves Raymond was mentioned and I told the girls how my daughter-in-law calls me Marie because of the way I do and say things to her. Joanne brought up her Raymond story about the episode where Frank is sitting in his chair in the living room in his boxers. She was saying that when her husband was coming over to meet the family, her dad was sitting in his chair in his boxers despite knowing Frank was coming over to meet him. She said geez dad, don’t you think you should put some pants on? Needless to say, if any of you knew Mr. Long, he didn’t, so Frank met him in his boxers and related the story to that episode of Raymond.

Karen told us about the life-size poster of Justin Beaver that her son’s girlfriend’s little girl got for Christmas. Seems Justin is stalking Karen and scaring the crap out of her every time she goes down to their apartment in the cellar where the kids and the poster reside. She knows he’s there waiting for her, but she is startled every time none the less. Seems somebody is moving Justin around so Karen never knows exactly where he is. Last time she scared him too and he fell right off the wall.

Denise told us about the new restaurant near the Stanley that she and Larry dined at the other night when they went to see Mama Mia. Forgot what the name of it is but she said it was good and the two of them killed a bottle of wine at dinner so Mama Mia was exceptionally enjoyable for those two. Larry stood up on the chair singing Dancing Queen while Denise danced in the aisle, so they had a good time (just kidding). So, for anybody taking in a show at the Stanley, it’s the restaurant behind the Stanley that used to be called (or still may be called) 257 Steakhouse.

I told the girls about my trip to California in December to visit sister Judi. She and her husband Danny shared their anniversary with me by taking me to the Peppermill in Reno, getting me my own suite and treating me to the experience of the Peppermill. It was amazing and I felt like I was a movie star or something. The room was AMAZING…all styled in Tuscany motif including mahogany wood and marble floors and counters. I ended up winning like $80 besides, so needless to say it was a great trip for me. On the way home they took me to Lake Tahoe for lunch. Beautiful country out there, absolutely beautiful. A few days later Judi and I, along with her neighbor (and her husband as chauffeur), went to San Francisco. We went to China Town and while there, I asked to go into one of the shops to buy a knock off purse. So, Judi and Patty waited outside for me. I went in and looked around but didn’t see any knockoffs and asked the salesperson if she had any. She waved me back into a room hidden by a curtain. Back there was a huge variety of all kinds of designer knockoffs, so in my usual style, I had to check them all out which had me in the store for quite a while. Judi, wondering where the hell I was, came in looking for me and of course didn’t see me so immediately thought somebody had kidnapped me to sell me as a sex slave. She went back out and summoned the troops to come in and find out what had happened to me. Luckily I heard her out there and realized she had no idea I was in the hidden room so called out to her. She wanted to beat me but was cool about it. LOL! Then we went to Fisherman’s Wharf. I could spend days there. LOVED IT!!

On my last day there, she took me out to Folsom Prison. We drove onto the grounds, with me snapping pictures and asking her to drive in further. I have a very adventurous nature and wanted to see more. We drove past the guard’s shack and then she decided we better not go any further, but I, all nerve and no brains, said try going up that road. She said I don’t think we can, I better turn around and see if we can get there another way. So, we made a U-turn and drove back past the guard shack. As we were leaving the driveway, a guard ran after us and looked in the car and asked where we were doing there. I slid my camera under my leg thinking it may be confiscated and Ethel (Judi) busts out with "well this is my friend from New York and I was showing her Folsom Prison and she's taking pictures..." So much for hiding the camera. So the guard looks at us like we are from another planet, and asks again what we were doing there and did we drive on the grounds. We said no and the guard said are you absolutely sure you didn't drive onto the grounds. We tell her no and she lets us go after realizing we are way too stupid to be doing anything sneaky. We left and that night as we had dinner, she proceeded to tell her husband about the adventure at Folsom. He looks up at us and says, “They had a riot there today. A prisoner was murdered and they were on lock down. It was all over the news…did you not hear that? Now I get it, Lucy and Ethel….!”

Had a WONDERFUL time with her and her family, her son and husband are the best and her dog, a big stocky English bulldog named Capone, fell in love me with me and barked every night down the hall for me. I spoiled him while I was there and got scolded for it. She has a great group of friends who entertained me and went out of their way to be nice. I loved them all. It was great. Can’t wait for my visit.

Debbie Calandra was pretty quiet this time, which she usually is but does bust out with some stories on occasion. She and Joanne discussed colors for her bathroom in the new house. Deb did say her Open House went well and many people seemed interested, so we are hoping she is able to sell her house. It is a really nice house in a great location.

Our next meeting is February 22^nd, Wednesday night, 6 pm at Caribbean Connection on W. Dominick St.

Respectfully submitted,

Deb Nash

The four amigos met last night for their monthly gathering. In attendance were the die-hards: Deb Calandra, Deb Nash, Karen Facciolo and Denise Desimone. Pretty uneventful evening but very nice and enjoyable.

The day started out at Denise's house where Deb C. wanted to get some ideas about room sizes for the new house she is going to build on Gifford Road. She will be my neighbor, which is pretty cool. So Denise makes up Malibu and Pineapple for her and Karen, because I'm on a diet and can't drink it right now...Larry called me Ms. Anorexic...I'm not though.

Anyway, Denise mixes it all up and puts it in a picture and loads up her little cooler and off we go. The half gallon pitcher was at least half full. So, we get to the boat and get all settled in...Captain Larry at the helm. Denise asks Karen, do you want a drink? Karen says yes. Well, Denise pulls out the pitcher with like an inch left in it...it had all spilled out into the cooler but Karen said she'd drink it out of there if need be...

Captain Larry may have felt like the odd "man" out, but he was cool. Denise asked him if he would like a drink, and I wondered if she was going to scoop it up from the bottom of the cooler but luckily he declined. We did feed him cheese and crackers to keep him occupied while we talked.

We had a leisurely ride; gorgeous night to be out on the lake. Deb C. brought snacks so we ate and chatted. Now we are all looking forward to the great food and the great view at Sea Shell Inn. We dock the boat, get everything settled down and Larry departs for Bike Night at the Beach and we climb into Deb C's Explorer. Of course, we had to fill the back with Denise's cooler and whatever else we had, and Deb C. is saying how much she loves the truck except for when it's parked on a hill and she has to try to reach the overhead back door to close it, as she's standing on her tip toes trying to grab it...LOL!

So we pull into Sea Shell Inn and alas, they are closed. We are all like "ohhhh darn it." Deb C. says "Geezzz I already knew what I was having!" So we decided to go to Canal View, where we did have a pretty decent meal. I was complaining that I had to loose weight and could only get salad while the three of them just kind of looked at me with disgusting looks on their faces...LOL! Deb C. said if she weighed what I did she'd have a party..ha ha ha! I explained that they are all set with their spouses but I have to keep myself up to par to land a new mate! LOL!

Our next outing will be August 18th when our sister Judi is here. We are going to Bucky's Wednesday night for Meet and Greet...all are welcome to come. That is not our sisterhood outing, but for our brothers as well. The 18th we are going to see a play Deb C. told us about...Deb C., Karen, Denise, me and Judi. It should be fun. It's two guys who dress up as Italian women and the play takes place in the kitchen I guess, sounds funny. Deb said it's hysterical but even more funny if you grew up in an Italian household. If any other sisters are interested you need to contact Deb C. asap as she will be ordering the tickets any day now. The more the merrier!

Respectfully submitted,

Deb Nash 

We're walking down looking at the poker machines, nope. Can't find them. So I call Denise. She says "Well, remember where we were playing? Leave there go straight and then turn right...we're by the fountain in the hall." As if there is only one fountain in the whole casino. So we do that and now we are out by the buffet and she says "we are where opal's is. i'm standing in the aisle watching for you." So I ask does she see us yet? She says no. So now Karen and I are freaking exhausted because we've walked almost the whole perimeter...wishing we had a gps with us. Come to find out, they were down past the Emerald Room, past the coffee shop by that fountain. Denise, you should have told us to turn around from where we were playing and go straight and then right. Remind us to never ask you for directions again.

So we finally reconnect and now I'm playing, Deb and Denise are playing, but money bags is hanging on to her winnings...she's not spending a freaking dime of those winnings. No luck there, although Deb did win back some of hers. So then Denise says are we ready to go? So we follow her lead out to go to the cashier so money bags and Deb can cash in their cards. Lo and behold, the FRUIT WHEEL! Wow, what a coincidence Denise! Without a word, Denise sits down and I thought, hmmmm, took us the FRUIT WHEEL route eehhhh. Withough a word Denise sits down and pulls out money to buy some chips. So, Deb and Karen come back and Denise is playing so Deb decides she'll try her luck here. I lost my $20 so I'm not donating another dime. Karen has her $35 she won tucked into her bra for safe keeping so she's watching those two play, like me. Deb ended up winning a little and she tries to give her chips back to the table guy to cash in. Denise tells her no, he can't take them you have to go to the cashier. Deb says well he took my money now why can't he give it back? Oh Lord..bless her heart. You win some, you loose some...

Walks right into the closing elevator door and it smashes her in the arm. Now we get in the car and she's rubbing her arm saying it hurts and she should sue them..."the elevator doors are supposed to open right back up when they feel somebody." Oh yeah Karen, let's sue them. It must be on tape. Then Denise or Deb, can't remember which one, says you can't sue the Indians and Karen says why and I pop up with "well, they are a sovereign nation." Hey, it sounded good.

Next escapade is June 7th at 6:00 pm on the deck of Delta Inn. All sisters are welcome to attend.

Respectfully submitted,

Deb Nash

S70SS met tonight at a location I will not disclose. Karen picked it for us...she is not allowed to pick anymore places. She's done now.

The usual four people were in attendance: me, Denise, Deb C. and Karen. It was sort of quiet there...I think we were all in shock. We talked about the rough time Deb's daughter had to bring little Michael into the world. So sorry that poor girl had so much trouble but she has a beautiful and healthy baby boy to show for it!

We were all sort of quiet...I think we were all in shock and didn't know what to say or do so we ate what was put in front of us. We were so hungry it tasted good till we started to get full. Some of the dishes they brought were scary looking and the one that looked like a bowl of little skinny twigs was disgusting. I had to moan and literally spew it out of my mouth. Have no idea what it was and I didn't care...just wanted to get it the hell out of there! We celebrated Debbie's birthday and she got a grandparent's frame from Denise, yummy gourmet chocolate and lottery scratch offs. Debbie was very appreciative and we enjoy doing for each other. Oh yeah, and Karen brought her roses too, so that was a nice touch...good job Karen, way to show us up!

We played it safe and went to Teddy's for dessert and coffee. We talked about some women's issues which I am not allowed to repeat, but we basically all agreed that some parts of a woman's anatomy are best used ornamentally (not sure if that is a word but you get my drift) as opposed to what they were originally intended for. Can't say anymore. Somebody, not mentioning any names, related stories of her elongated trips to the corner store with Wrong Way Peach Fuzz while another glorified her Magellan about his uncanny sense of direction. Good for some laughs. Owner of Teddy's, Brian, came over and, much to our chagrin, knew we had gone to xxxx for dinner, and that was a little uncomfortable. We did have dessert there though and we did tell him, not in so many words, that he had nothing to worry about. LOL!

All in all, pretty quiet night and not much I am allowed to divulge, so this is it. Next outing is Monday, May 9th (Deb Pugliese, hope you can make it....this one is for you again). We are meeting in the Staples parking lot at 5:30 and then will car pool to the Casino. Dinner in the Emerald Room and then a little playing on the floor. Should be a fun night! Hope more can attend!

The sisters met last night for their monthly dinner meeting at Coalyard's. In attendance were the usual die-hards: Debbie Calandra, Denise DeSimone, Karen Facciolo and me. We celebrated Karen's birthday and decided I was the baby of the group (he he he he).

 

We got some pretty funny news from Deb Calandra. Seems they have been preparing for a girl all these months and much to their surprise, an ultrasound done yesterday showed there was a stem on the apple!! Now the baby is due April 1st and they have EVERYTHING PINK! Bob had taken Debbie's car to their daughter's house to load her car up with all the pink items that had to be returned. No idea what they will do about the pink room...! So we know what Deb was going to be doing today, returning all that stuff. Now they have a Michael on the way instead of Miranda. What a fun story that will be to tell him in the future!

So we all order our food, starting with Deb Calandra. She orders her meal, I order my meal, Denise orders Prime Rib with garlic mashed and asked for horseradish sauce. So now it's Karen's turn to order...she orders the cordon blue like Deb and I ordered, and then tells the waitress she wants the potatoes like Denise is having. Now I know what Karen is thinking...she wants her mashed with horseradish sauce. So, the waitress looks at her with a puzzled look and says "she's having mashed potatoes" and Karen says yeah and she says she wants it like Denise's potatoes. The waitress is still looking at her with a puzzled look and I'm laughing and Karen says to the waitress, "Why, mine doesn't come with potatoes?" I couldn't hold it any more, I said, "Karen, the horseradish sauce is for the Prime Rib, not the potatoes!" LOL!

 

Debbie Calandra brought us all Happy Birthday lottery tickets and Denise won $2 and gave it to Karen for her birthday. Denise also brought a small carrot cake for dessert there. I gave Karen a bottle of Chocolate Raspberry Wine...my new drink of choice...yummm. As usual we had a nice time and a few laughs.

Our next dinner will be on Monday (for you Deb Pugliese so you can come) April 11th at 6:00 to celebrate Deb Calandra's birthday. We will be going to Tracy's, the old Johnny Bravos by the cemetery on E. Dominick St. All are invited and encouraged to attend.

Respectfully submitted,
Deb Nash

February 2011

S70SS met today for brunch at the Beeches. We sat in the beautiful Michelina room and it was so nice.  In attendance were the loyal and faithful die-hards: Karen Facciolo, Denise Desimone, Deb Nash and Deb Calandra.

This was a pretty uneventful get together. Mainly we discussed Denise's trip to Florida and Deb Calandra's trip to St. Thomas. Wanting to keep up with the Joneses, I mentioned I had made a trip to Utica. LOL! Karen shared her experience this past week or two with her very sick husband and we are so thankful he pulled out of it and is home now. We now call Karen Florence (Nightingale,get it ? LOL).

Oh yes, we talked about Corey Parrish's beautiful poem writing...Karen talked about how talented and amazing he was.  Karen said she found her poem she had written as a senior in high school as an assignment...she got an A- on it, stick figures and all.  Amazing how little they expected from us back then....

Debbie Calandra's daughter is due to have her baby the first of April, so we are all looking forward to hearing that news when the time comes.  On another note, Denise was and is very angry with the United States Postal Service.  She bought her little granddaughter a ballerina outfit and packaged it up and sent it to her in Albany. The package never arrived and apparently it was "lost", but my guess is there's a postal employee secretly cross dressing in a tu tu and ballerina slippers. 

We talked about possibly doing a weekend trip, just us girls, to do wine tasting and perhaps the outlet stores at Waterloo. I suggested Boston but nobody bit on that. We also discussed possibly planning a cruise at some point, just the sisters of course. Karen asked if we should do a picnic this summer...not a reunion, just an informal picnic, bring your own food and drinks type of thing. We are going to come up with some possible dates to see who is available and when. We may have to do a few of these in order to catch those who live out of town and are coming into town at one time or another this summer. If anybody has any ideas or suggestions, feel free to share them.

Our next dinner is on March 15th  at the old Johnny Bravo's on East Dominick Street, across from the Toccolana Club. It will be at 6:00. We will be celebrating the birth of our little sweetheart, Karen. She will be 59...  Hopefully more of the sisters will be able to make it to help us celebrate Karen's birthday!

Till next time..
Respectfully submitted, 
Deb Nash

S70SS met last night at Bucky’s for their monthly dinner meeting. In attendance were Karen Facciolo, Denise Desimone, Deb Nash, Deb Pugliese, Deb Calandra and Joanne Rosato. All were donned in their Christmas attire, except for Joanne who asked that the Christmas music be turned down, bah humbug. Kidding Joanne.

 

The confectinary sugar frosting recipe requested on the RCR was discussed. Some for the butter and others not. Christmas cookies were discussed and Deb Calandra said she had been up since 4:30 baking. Go Deb! Karen let out a dark secret from the past: she and Barb Flaver used to go to Barb’s grandmother’s house and raid the cookies in the freezer and then the poor old lady wondered where all her cookies went. Shame on you two! Karen also disclosed how she had worked with Joanne’s son, sitting side by side with him and how, with her coulee pressed against the glass, how fogged it up. Shame on you again you little cougar. Karen also told us about driving herself to the ER a few weeks ago...having had a horrible headache and thinking she may be having some kind of aneurism or stroke or something...didn't bother to wake the hubby up or call anybody so as not to disturb anyone. What a trooper! She finally called her husband after she knew he was up to tell him where she was. Thankfully ended up being a terrible migraine but nothing life threatening and she is doing well. Thanks be to God...we don't want anything to happen to our little "cougar."

Dinner was absolutely delicious, but then Bucky always provides good food. Karen and I always seem to order the same EXACT meals, right down to the dressing on our salads. Gifts were exchanged. Karen opened her gift, held it up and said, “Oh how pretty…” Debbie Pugliese looked up at the gift (as she had brought it) and looked at Karen and said, “It’s upside down.”

 

I was fortunate to draw the gift that Denise had brought and had made herself. I will always think of her when I look at it year after year. Karen brought little green glass balls for our trees with "RCR Sisterhood 2010" hand written on them. That was an awesome idea Karen. Deb Calandra brought us all jelly candy in a variety of Christmas figures on a stick.. It is adorable…too adorable to eat! Thanks to all for such a nice night. We laughed and laughed and laughed and I have to say, the sistas who choose not to attend are missing out on so much. I myself feel very blessed to have these women in my life.

In lieu of our monthly dinner meeting in January, we will plan on a happy hour at Buckys on January 14^th, Friday night. We will plan on meeting between 5 and 5:30 that evening, and all classmates are welcomed and encouraged to attend, men and women alike.

At Debbie Hall’s request, our February monthly meeting for the sistas will be on February 27^th at the Beeches for brunch. We will plan on meeting there at 12:00 noon. We are hoping that some of our sistas from out of town will be able to attend. Please let us know as we will make sure we have a table set aside for us.  All female members of RCR are invited to attend.

Respectfully submitted,
Deb Nash
 

The Sistas of the 70s Social Society met at Michalina's last night, November 10th. In attendance were Karen, Debbie Calandra and me, myself and I. Luckily we had made reservations for six, otherwise, we would have had to be crowded at the table as only five of us gave us room to sit our purses and coats. 

Many topics were discussed; lots of personal issues brought up and talked about. That's one consolation of a small gathering...everybody has time to spill their guts. Local Sistas who don't attend our meetings are really missing out on some good times and some real bonding. I, for one, have grown to love these girls like sisters.

 
Birthday Princess Debbie Nash

Karen brought a beautiful jeweled Princess Tiara for me to wear: it was my birthday as most of you MUST know from all the emails yesterday. The waitresses called me Princess and it was pretty cool. Karen is one of the nicest people you will ever meet (smile). We discovered we think alike and in fact ordered the same exact meal and dessert. Debbie C. went and sat at another table because she felt like she didn't fit in with us...kidding.

We talked about how our memory is going fast...and...hmmmmmmmm

 
Karen Facciolo, Debbie Calandra, Debbie Nash

Karen and I kept watching people at the bar so we could rent some people to be in our party and take pictures so it looked like we had a bunch of people. Unfortunately, the only ones at the bar were younger women and we didn't think we'd look to good in a picture with them. As we got up to leave, suddenly, in walked three people: two guys and a girl. Karen and I looked at each other and you could see two great minds at work as we both conjured up the same idea: GET THE CAMERA! So, we went over laughing and asked if they could be our rentals and they were good sports, loved being our rental party attendees and wished me Happy Birthday as they posed for pictures.

 
Group Picture (people we rented to join the party)

A Christmas get together Happy Hour was discussed for everybody, not just the Sistas. We talked about perhaps December 17 for Happy Hour but then it was brought up that that's around the time people attend work Christmas parties so we discussed having a New Year get together happy hour after the holidays for all members of RCR. More on that to follow next month.

The next dinner meeting of the S70SS will be held on Tuesday, December 7th at Bucky's at 5:30 pm. Please bring a $10 gift to exchange. We figured then we are set for the month when we have to exchange at work and other places...we just keep regifting and it only cost us $10.  Hope to see lots more Sistas there! Till next time...

Fondly,
Deb Nash

Sisterhood's night out Oct 2010

S70SS met last night for their monthly dinner meeting. In attendance were Karen Facciolo,  Denise Desimone, Deb Nash, Deb Pugliese, Deb Durgan and Deb Calandra. Denise drove the group so she could use the gas left in her car before she traded it in today. Sausage and the difference in the size of sausage links was discussed. Deb Calandra told us about the dinner she made for her family and how she brought Joy to the table. The possiblity of having a covered dish picnic next summer was suggested.

 
Birthday Dance

Dinner was at Sumos in the Hibachi Room in celebration of the birthday of our beloved Dennis, who could not be there. Karen stood in for him. The group wore party hats and had their pictures taken while the rest of the adults in the room looked on wondering what the hell was going on.

 
cake for Dennis

Dinner was amazingingly delicious. There wasn't much conversation due to the entertainment provided by the chef, so not much to report as far as that goes. Deb Publiese told about how she has ventured into a new business: laundry/stain removal. Denise got a new Lincoln; in fact, picked it up today. We talked about Deb Hall's new edition, Elvis...congratulations Deb!

 
Happy Birthday Dennis

Karen, a/k/a Dennis, was the guest of honor and got a little more food than the rest of us. She also got alot more saki. At the end of our meal, two of the cooks came out of the back room with birthday cake, wearing hats and playing drums. One of them put the big black hat on Karen (a/k/a Dennis) and tilted her head backwards and tried to drown her with saki. She sucked it all down (said it was either that or get it all over her shirt, he he he). The whole room was clapping and yelling for more, but Karen had her fill of saki and that was that.

Let's Dance

 
Me Saki You

Saki Bath

Respectfully submitted,
Deb Nash
 

The Sisterhood of 70 Social Society (a/k/a S70SS) was held last night at Sammy G's in Rome. The meeting was held earlier than the usual monthly meeting in honor of Deb Durgan, who is leaving this week to go back home to North Carolina, and who didn't surface despite efforts to contact her with place and time. Have a safe trip Deb.

In attendance were Deb Nash, Debbie Calandra DiCaprio (wife of Rich who gets mistaken for Leonardo and gets tons of porn offerings on his computer), Debbie Pugliese, Dianne Bartolotti and Karen Facciolo.

 
Dianne Bartolotti - Deb Nash - Deb Calandra - Karen Facciolo - Deb Pugliese

While Deb N. fought off the single fly that was tormenting the group, trying to end its' life with the menu, several topics were discussed.

Death and the afterlife were discussed and Karen shared the horriffic story of her dog who ate her mother, the Cardinal. Everyone gasped as she shared that experience.

Childhood experiences with friends and family were shared. Karen asked Deb C. if she remembered signing up for Christmas gifts at the Salvation Army. Seems Deb C. blocked it from her psyche.

 
  standing - Deb Hall - Deb Calandra - Deb Nash - Karen Facciolo
seated at what appears to be a table - Deb Durgan - Denise DeSimone

Karen showed us her "gangy?" and Debbie P. told Karen it runs in the family and that it's a fatty tumor that moves, just smash it with a book and it will disperse.

Happy pills were discussed. Seems Cymbalta is the pill of choice, but paxil and lexapro got honorable mention.

The waitress brought the bill and Deb N. got her cell phone out and used the "tools" feature to figure out how much each owed with the tip. Debbie C. did it in her head and shouted out $14 each. Deb N. continued on and a minute later looked up and said $14 each. Everyone laughed and Debbie P. leaned into Deb N. and said "you just wanted to see it in print, that's ok."

After a group picture the girls dispersed. The next meeting will be held on October 6th at Sumo's in Utica for a fun night of hibachi. Time to be determined at a later date. All female members of RCR are invited to attend.