Excited to share that after much deliberation, GW thread reading, and sale price watching, my new everyday dishes have arrived. I decided to go with bone china, in the hopes that they would prove chip resistant, and grey cutlery mark resistant. I am so sick of those gray lines. I was also inspired that my two sets of pfaltzgraff dishes combined were down to 5 plates and 3 bowls. Comments from the family peanut gallery like 'why dont we ever have plates' pushed me to decision making 'code red'. I got a great deal at Macy's with a buy 1, get one place setting offer. I got 5 place settings of Lenox, Tin Can Alley 4 and five of Tin Can Alley 7. It also seriously considered Wedgewood Nantucket Basket but it is made in China and the Lenox is made in the US- clincher! The in-store price was less than the on-line price, and in-store still honored the bogo. Plus I got my 15% of macy's card discount. All told the 10 4 piece place settings delivered to my house came in at less than $350- I thought that was awesome. Now I can serve Thanksgiving in style! Last night we used the new dishes at dinner and it was lovely. The thinness of the china is a delight after heavy stoneware. It looks so pretty, even when dirty and loaded in the dishwasher. Thanks GW for inspiring, and educating.

You are welcome Carol, Gotta make things easier ya know? "lol" After MANY years of using things in my kitchen or other parts of the house, I just came up with a more handier idea wondering WHY????? I haven't thought of it before? Little things like moving my paper towel holder to a certain spot or using "tin foil" pie tins to cover my burners instead of spending $$ on the burner covers that get scratched up in time. Mind you, I like to cover my burners to keep me from splashing on them while cooking on one and I lay my cover on it while I stop to stir. They really are clean so I am not trying to hide them. "LOL" ~Urlee~

YES! Elaine, That is exactly what happened to me with PSPX when I first got it so I uninstalled it and went back to PSP8. Then I reinstalled it and it worked fine BUT------------------- Now I found out something is wrong with the ROTATE feature! When I have all layers hidden, and one highlighted to be rotated, they ALL ROTATE! I am in the process of e-mailing Corel about it. ~Urlee!

Corelle might not be the coolest kid in town but I happily ate off of them for 20 years. The only reason I gave them up was when I got into blogging and acquired a bedroom and half a garage full of dishes and such. So it's definitely not the money part; I'm looking for something that is light enough for me to move around by myself and that will fit into a compact space. I'm moving from a large house to a two bedroom condo where I will no outside storage or attic or any of that. Really that's what got me thinking about Corelle again. And I figured getting the white ones would be classic and go with everything. I went with the Corelle and went out today and got settings for eight for less than $100. I actually kind of feel like I'm "coming home again." I was never a dish snob until I got in to blogging. And what I ended up with are tons and tons of heavy dishes that take up a lot of space and are chipping left and right after only a couple years' use.