Lyfia, I hear you, but if the front "LR" was a dining room, in our family, it wouldn't get used. My entire life, I've always had an eat-in kitchen--grandparents have eat in kitchens, etc. When I lived in the midwest, everyone had a dining room in addition to the eat-in space, the the dining room was just really a craft area that got cleared 2x a year for large family gatherings. Both sets of grandparents live about 3 hours away, where the family farm also is. So, for larger family gatherings, we are much more likely to be at the farm (either at the grandparents' house, or the cousins) than here. 8 adults is probably the most I'll need to accommodate; a few more if you count kids, but kids are also happy to eat in a different spot than the adults. I think it most likely that if I had a really large gathering (once in 3 years that it might occur), I'd set up a separate table either in the LR or the FR to accommodate the extras. I like to use my peninsula now, as a "bar"/buffet area for those large type gatherings. Which brings me to Peke's long comments (thank you!)-- I would like to be able to have multiple areas in the kitchen where a couple people could work simultaneously without needing to occupy the same space. I think I prep like you--I'd be fine with a 32" counter space. But, I would also like the flexibility, that while I'm working in the 32" counterspace, someone could pour themselves a glass of milk without having to be in my space. Or, someone could be mixing brownies, say, and I could be prepping the next ingredient, without having to reach over them (that is getting more and more difficult as my older daughter is about armpit height now)... A lot of the time now, that mixing is done on the kitchen table (which means I'm carting water from sink to mixing bowl at the table, etc). Or, I just kick everyone out of the kitchen and do it myself. So, I envision the peninsula/island/extra counter to be another spot for someone to be able to work, without clogging up the whole kitchen function. I still want to keep a dining table (as opposed to a counter) because we do make an effort to eat, nightly, as a family, facing each other, etc. There is no TV in the same room or on during dinner. So, our dinner times really are the family conversation time. We've been lucky enough to make that choice and have it work well for our family. Our girls also really, really love that time. Bedtime is smoother when we've had that too. If I understand an eating counter correctly, they are more likely to sit everyone in a line (like what you'd see in most island bar seating arrangements). We prefer to sit in an L or C shape. My primary grocery is Costco (it also happens to be the closest one to my house). So, when I shop, things come home in bulk sizes. The walk-in pantry allows me to put too large items on the floor (and I can close the door). It really does function very well for me while still being fairly compact (since the door is an outswing, and on an angle. The inside is really shelves on 2 sides with a little extra floor space (and crawlspace access door)). The Family Room is games and toys. I really like Lisa's plan E, but also plan D. I think I can use the shape of the pantry in sena's recent post (21:23)--I also like the plan. And, YES! I DO LOVE GW for the amazing creativity, experiences shared, as well as eye to function that everyone has. In a few short days, we've covered many more iterations/variations of kitchen for my space than I've thought about for over a year! And, that is truly wonderful. My next Q to all you who are still reading: DO ANY OF YOU HAVE A DW/SINK relationship such as the one drawn in Sena's 21:23? (With the sink 90* to the DW)? I've never had this (which is why I've been stuck on a corner something). How does it work, as an efficiency thing?

depends... in windows most likely you can try; Right click in Services DNS and choose Restart. Open command prompt admin & ; ipconfig /flushDNS If its related to only one particular browser maybe reinstall the latest version. Could also be your modem/router needs restarted. FWiW; NXDOMAIN is nothing but non-existent Internet or Intranet domain name. DNS converts your friendly internet address like yahoo.com to the ip numbers like 208.8.4.40 - so another words the DNS resolving server says the name you have typed in doesn't exist.

I use openDNS - they have different levels of security if you are a member. I put their IP in the DNS configurations of my isp supplied modem/router. I can imagine OpenDNS would have relations for security with some ISP's. You might look in your router settings for DNS setting and change to google's DNS 8.8.8.8 & 8.8.4.4 - might look in your computers network or wifi adapter settings on the ip4 or ip6 items properties, in case some security program you have added DNS settings. They have a relationship with Cisco so that could be a simple check box setting in Linksys routers too. In your Avast active settings you might try temporarily disabling their Secure DNS. To see if that is your culprit.

Just thought I'd update. The wedding was absolutely gorgeous. I'd say the vast majority of male guests did not wear a tux. The wedding party did, but of the other guests, very few. DH wore a navy suit and was totally appropriate. There were a handful of men not wearing a jacket ( and khaki pants). For the women, I'd say most dressed up but not much black. The vast majority of the women were quite cocktail party appropriate, Most wore long whether floor length or mid calf length, lots of chiffon florals ( ceremony was outside and a really stunning venue) so it looked right. There were a few women who wore nice dresses that would look totally right for an office ( not very party ish) but again, most were dressed up. I think maybe they did say black tie optional to give everyone a bit of a push to err on the side of more. My dress was totally appropriate. My shoes- my shoes- HAD been comfortable the previous maybe 3 times I've worn them. They are low sparkly strappy wedges . I guess it's been too long where I only wear sneakers or sandals but what I used to be able to tolerate, well not so much anymore. I had thought about upgrading my dressy shoes but now I think I will take action on that account.