Regarding Wed. - no idea. Regarding Thurs. - no idea. Prob. a bowl of soup, prob. with cheese on toast, then microwaved to melt. Maybe applesauce or piece of pie, coffee, milk. ole joyful ... whom some claim may be losing a little weight

Suthin Fried Chicken, Mashed potato's...canned green beans from the garden and Kings Hawaiian sweet rolls...so much for our diet around here...but it sure was nice and we'll have leftovers for tomorrow!! It's hard to have two oldies on a diet and a 19 year old skinny as a rail who can eat anything and has been begging for some suthin fried chicken...so I gave in to his begging tonight!

I keep forgetting about shish-kabobs! Those look delicious. In fact, I could just about devour that plate. Is that broccoli and rice casserole? Yum! Cwnev, you are SO spoiled--lucky girl. What is Dutch loaf, schoolhouse? If I've ever had it I don't remember it. Jas, you never had an ice cream sandwich? Wow! You're look delicious. Have you posted the cookie recipe before? They look great!

mama goose, great ideas. I've planned for ~2" of filler next to the dishwasher. The MW next to fridge is a good idea, but this is where I planned to store dishes/glasses. I'm hearing people are liking storing dishes in drawers nowadays however. So maybe this is an option. As for the window heights off the floor, it's a great idea and extending the cabinets down the wall now would solve a number of problems, but there's a long list of specific reasons to this house & site that I'd like to keep a big window there. The island as pictured was 6'6". I needed 18" for the prep sink, 18" for pullout trash, and ~15" for the end seat. This leaves me with 27" between my drawers and the end-shelf idea of yours which is great, and is now a must-have. I think 21" and 6" for those would be OK, but it'd be a sacrifice to my prep area storage I'm unsure about, and especially so if the island is shortened further. Instead, I ran with an idea I had had before of a longer island / table abutting the island. I'll have to think this over and would love feedback on this. This is really the elephant in the room here I think. I lose up to 3 seats here, but gain a 3' wide footpath to the door, with no odd collisions. Attached 1st floor layout.