Thanks, SRS. We did use them, but neither of us likes to wash dishes and they would pile up. I do believe in getting the "good stuff" out and using it, but these days, as I said, we use paper mostly and really don't have the room to store lots of stuff even if we use it. We do have some nice old heavy, not fancy, china plates in the top cupboard which I kept for special dinners. I also have my grandmother's china which is too fragile to have out much. I don't know if any of my daughters or nieces will want it. No one needed or wanted it when my mom passed on, so I took it.

I am really feeling a need to go almost minimal in the house, these days. Morgan asked me to keep a couple of special bowls, which I did, but he also went to his toy box, on his own, and picked out three toys to donate. Made me proud.:-)

I have two items listed on ebay with watchers for both!