Thanks, April! I sew for fun, and also make quilts...but I never use a pattern. Can't read the things! Which is why I don't crochet much. I'm pretty good at knitting a simple afghan, though! :O) (meaning: if you like a single color, boring stitch!) lol Selling on Ebay is OK, but I've found it's only worth it with bigger ticket items, like over $10. Because there are list fees, ending value fees, and paypal fees too....so unless you charge an extra $2-3 on top of regular shipping charges (which most sellers do, it costs around $7 to ship a SHIRT! Geeze!). Anyway, I don't Ebay much anymore, only with things I KNOW will sell fairly well, because it just takes too much time...and it's not worth it in the end, to me. But I hope you make a good go of it, if you decide to try! Wishing you lots of luck!! :O) I forgot to show ya'll Aubeni's "cupcake". OhMyGoodness, I don't know WHAT I was thinking when I got this for her! (well, OK...it's pretty. That's what I was thinking!) :O) It's an 8" round Rose, chocolate cupcake in the middle (about the size of a mini muffin!!) and the rest is sugar icing. Big DUH here....I let her eat it for breakfast this morning!!!! I'm gonna be peeling her off the ceiling in about 30 minutes. (countdown begins....NOW......) LOL

I can't imagine treating an in-law like that - it does hurt. Some of these replies brought back some hurts that I had long buried. My MIL did that to me and it made me feel like I wasn't quite welcomed into the family. At first I thought she didn't care for me but after a few years I realized that I wasn't the only one to be slighted. My MIL played favorites - she favored her daughter over her son (my DH), she favored her DD's children over mine. She favored my first born over his siblings. It was obvious and the children caught on at a young age. She gave expensive presents or paid for home repairs for her DD even though her DD and her husband had a decent income. She never gave us a wedding present because she had just moved and 'didn't have time.' She would visit her DD and take her grandchildren on shopping trips. She'd come to visit us and give the kids a $10.00 bill - except she gave my eldest who was her favorite $20.00. I finally asked her about showing favoritism to the grand kids once when she was visiting. Her answer was that she was the Grandmother and was entitled. None of my adult children are married yet but when they do I hope to treat them equally and help them feel like part of the family.

I have decided to get the royal Albert lady Carlyle mainly because the tea cup is so cute and a lot more feminine looking than the noritake one plus the pattern is so beautiful! I had my eyes on this pattern for a while now and i thought it was discontinued but to my surprise it was still sold on the royal Albert website for even cheaper than ebay!! thank you for all your help! I can't wait to have tea parties with my girlfriends:))

Thank you all. It is also Henry Ford's birthday! We are celebrating tomorrow when the kids can come down for dinner that Mom cooks! With the two little grandsons in tow, dinner out is not doable these days.