Hi Annie, darn it!!  Okay phase two, the vertex room.   Thats the little puppy (meshie thing) next to the Cylinder Icon.  Click and drag (meaning click and hold down the left mouse button).  Get used to Click and drag, its how things get done in Carrara.  That will open ye olde vertex room.  Then explore the various menus while I work on the tut for a goblet in that room.  A little more involved--give me a screen shot of the vertex room so that we will be on the same page as it were.  Jan