Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Do Dreams Come true?



I say it depends on the dream. In this case, it has always been one of mine to have a set of china for my hope chest. Not just teacups, teapot etc., but the whole shabang.



So, as you can imagine, when my grandma called and said that my great-aunt Shirley had a full set of china she didn't have room for any longer, she heart did a little skip. But there were questions to be answered.


What was the pattern? Was it pretty? Was it chipped? Or pieces missing? And the big one, I have two other sisters that also have an interest in the china, and no guarantees that I'll even get it.

So it turn out the china is beautiful, it's a set for eight, with dinner plates, and dessert plates, and soup bowls, and dessert/ice cream bowls, and eight teacups + saucers, and a sugar and creamer, and veggie bowl and gravy boat, and we'd all like to have it.


Only fair way to see who gets it? Roll a dice.



Which we did. After dinner. So who got the china?

















Me. So, like I said, do dreams come true? This one did.

12 comments:

Nancy said...

Oh how exciting! What is the name of the pattern? It's beautiful!

Krissy said...

What a beautiful set! You must have been happy! <3

Emily said...

Hmmm... I'm not sure what the name is, I looked at one point but I can't remember, and now it's all boxed up and put away! I think I'll call it "Dreamy." :-)

A Country Girl At Heart said...

Mine didn't... :-)

Katlin Nicole said...

Very, very, fun Em! The china is beautiful! Now you need to find a set of silver...
Hopefully you can find some matching plates somewhere. It would be sad if your future brood had to be limited six. Wait! I had an idea! Double up and share the plates! Then you can have fourteen!

~My typical self

Emily said...
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Emily said...

Kate,
Whoa. Umm. That's alot of kiddos.

Sarah said...

Fun post Em'! :-) How exciting that you are the blessed one who ended up with the lovely china!

Laura Earl said...

*Shivers* HOW EXCITING!!! What a crazy-fun story!!! I couldn't have done the dice... I would have been too nervous :-P

Em, bringing up 14 darling cherubs for heaven isn't too many!!! :-D

Laura Earl said...

P.S. When I first saw the title of this post, I thought you were going to say that you were courting... and after you made me promise that you wouldn't find out that I was courting that way :-P

Hannah Criss said...

haha, you are so funny, Em! =)

~Susi

Emily said...

No, no, no Laura dear! Remember? We promised we wouldn't do that to each other!! :)
And I didn't say 14 is too many silly! I said it as alot! lol.
Ps,
I was nervous to roll those dice!