He'll be fine Cash, but I think the inclination to call and check is very very normal.

Oh, he'll be SUPER FINE. DH is very good with him. I'm just being a nervous nelly. I REALLY need the time away though. Like, really.

Oh Cash, they'll both be fine. And you'll benefit from the time away. But yeah, I hear you on the separation anxiety.

The first time I spent the night away from StE was when I went to the hospital to have StY. Oy. I couldn't enjoy the new baby I was so anxious to get home to "my" baby. Mixed emotions, you betcha. And as for "young brides," I married at 20. DH was army, on the track to officer, and we moved to NJ, DC, and Germany in our first year together. I'd lived away from home for two semesters--at a school in my hometown.

We bought our china in Germany from a door-to-door salesman working for the English firm who made the china. In his demonstration he flipped a dinner plate across the floor like a frisbee. He went and got it, brought it back and threw it back across the floor so it landed on its rim, rolled, and spun to a halt right side up. Sold!

In his demonstration he flipped a dinner plate across the floor like a frisbee. He went and got it, brought it back and threw it back across the floor so it landed on its rim, rolled, and spun to a halt right side up

That's just too cool. Do you do this yourself?

Jilli, I am glad your friend is improving so. How is his wife doing? Has she gotten any rest?

Cashmere, it's hard, that overnight away from home. Call when you get there. Call in the morning. And then, sit there, and realize nobody is whining at you, while you're having breakfast. Then feel guilty. Then enjoy it and have your time with your family. Then race home, and not let let go of him for about a half hour after you get in the door. :) It's all sort of nice, because we seldom get the chance to miss them.

I love seeing everyone's china. Some of these links are so tempting. I am with everyone who says you can't have enough space for china. My mother has scads of tea cups. Some are really mine (they're from my paternal grandmother), but most are from her mother and grandmother. I think she might have a tea cup from brenda's pattern.

This is my china.

This is our everyday set of dishes.

How is his wife doing? Has she gotten any rest?

She's gotten some rest, mostly because of the three of our friends who are taking shifts being with her *made* her lie down, shut her eyes, and concentrate on her breathing.

She's gotten some rest, mostly because of the three of our friends who are taking shifts being with her *made* her lie down, shut her eyes, and concentrate on her breathing.

This is good. I've been worried about her pushing herself too hard and winding up ill, especially given the amount of time she has to spend at the hospital.

No, -t, though I've been tempted. The first piece that broke was the sugar bowl lid (my sugar bowl and creamer are shaped exactly like Cindy's pattern! Just with the seafoam green lace rather than the roses. Royal Albert is also a Doulton subsidiary), which my helpful 2-year-old tried to pick up by the itty-bitty knob on top. It slipped through his little fingers and crashed on the terrazzo kitchen floor. Puir wee mite, he was devastated. I had to comfort him. He has always loved pretty dishes. When he was eight he had a meltdown in the store because DH and I didn't pick his choice for casual dishes. And when he moved out on his own he bought black matte angular moderne pieces for himself. But anyway. Shortly after we lost the sugar bowl lid, one of the coffee cups cracked when we poured coffee in. Turns out there was a tiny, unnoticed void in the side of the cup. We contacted the company, they replaced the pieces with no charge. The rest of the set has seen moderate wear, and is still holding up quite well. There's been no other breakage.

These are my everyday dishes: [link]

Love those beathen.

Mine are these. Wedding gift. I have some of my grandmother's china and am glad to have it but I don't like the pattern enough to use it every day.

This was the dinnerware that I had loved from the first moment I saw it so when there was a chance to get it? I bounced and squeed and clapped my hands.

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Ooohhhh...pretty dishes. I love pretty dishes.

My china is this: [link]

I asked for place settings a few years ago for Christmas. My sister thought I was very strange for being single and asking for china. That's something you're supposed to get as wedding presents! Whatever. She asked me, "Well, what if you get married and your husband doesn't like what you've picked out."

My response? Then I'll just get a second set of china.

Just because I'm single doesn't mean I shouldn't have pretty dishes. And, I eat off my china just about every day.