IPhoto 9.5.1 not exporting edits

I have used iPhoto for 4 yrs and purchased a new macbook over the holidays which runs Mavericks and iphoto 9.5.1.
On my new system everything worked fine for a few days but now suddenly when I edit a photo then file/export the edits are not exporting, just the original file. I have tried exporting as 'current', 'jpeg', etc....nothing is working.
Here is the kicker, it has randomly worked a couple times. I have yet to figure out what I am doing to trigger the edits to export. I have tried restarting iphoto, adjusting different edit items (crop + an adjustment as I saw in another thread), but I can't figure out the trigger.
HELP, I am pulling out my hair trying to get simple work done!
(note, I went back and also noticed edits are not saving in iphoto in general, if I go between photos in the event it reverts back to the original again)

Still not working...still completely random. I have run through all the suggested solutions multiple times. 
Sometimes I import/edit/export no problems. Sometimes import/edit, and it doesn't export edits the first time, but if I go back adjust again it saves the second time (with no change in my process). Sometimes I can't get the edits to export at all after playing with the photo multiple times, reimporting, etc.
Even odder, sometimes the thumbnail in iPhoto adjust to the edits I have made and sometimes it doesn't. As in the thumbnail will change but it still won't export the edits. 
I am trying to find a pattern so I can track the cause but seriously there is no consistancy. Most of the time I am just editing thumbnails for a video.
Process goes as follows:
-take a screenshot
-file/import to the library
-crop (and hit done)
-go to file/export
Pretty simple process. About 2 out of every 3 imports doesn't save the edits. Sometimes when I hit 'export' it says 'saving changes' before asking how I want to save, other times it doesn't. Whether it says 'saving changes' or not doesn't seem to effect if it actually saves the edits.
Today I pulled a screen shot in and it took 3 imports and half a dozen edits and suddenly it exported the cropped version. I didn't change anything I was running in the background, I worked on the same screenshot, same process. Finally on the 6th crop it exported the edit.
Off to find another program that is simple for these quick edits (I always used iphoto for simple crops and edits just because it was quick...ha!). If anyone has any other suggestions please let me know!

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