Even MORE STUFF!

Along with flatware, I also collect dishes. I have the nice Centura by Corning dishes we got when I got married. We also got a nice set of real china (Lexington by Oxford) of which I have 12 place settings. I got a new set of blue and yellow painted dishes from Pier One when I moved into this house. (I don''t remember whether I have a set of 8 or 12 place settings.) They were replaced a couple of years ago with 12 place settings from WalMart in a modern design that matches my new kitchen decor. I bought a set of 16 place settings of Christmas dishes at Brendle's (remember that store?) a number of years ago. Of course I have to drag them out every year for the holidays. When Aunt Tony went into Assisted Living I got her china--8 place settings, more or less. When Mother and Herb replaced her everyday Wedgewood dishes they (the dishes, not M and H) went into storage in my attic. (Cathy has Mother's old china.) When former mother-in-law Phid gave up her apartment, her dishes were stored here, too. On a whim a couple of years ago I bought a 4 place setting set of yellow Fiestaware but one of the cups was missing so I have only 3 of those. It doesn't fit well into my dishwasher so it's going to either find a new home or go into the attic too.

I have enough dishes of various styles to serve more than 60 people. And, with the flatware sets I wrote about earlier, enough knives, forks and spoons to go with them. Oh, such an estate sale my family is going to have when I'm gone!