your first picture: although they are telling you a different name: looks like "Ivory Chiffon" (100% the sample is from India) and you don't have to seal that granite: very very heavy & dense granite. (simular granite: kashmire gold/ madura gold/ kashmire white/chiffon white/ you can google the names and look at pictures. I love those colors the best: new ven gold is too common: but the white in the new ven gold will go well with white appliances. it's your choice. India granite is a better choice.

Funny you bring this up again. I was just noticing the scratches left by our first german shephard and remembered how upset I was when he made them. Then I smiled. Every time I clean the downstairs main bathroom I see the claw mark on the door trim from when he went in there, turned around and ended up closing the door on himself. It is a tiny bath. I was so mad that he marred up my new house. Then I smiled again. The other day I was cleaning for Christmas guests and looked at the door to the garage, all scraped up and painted over in a hurry one day without any sanding so it looks horrible. It drives dh nuts that we still need to sand and repaint. Again, I smile. What I wouldn't give to have those paws marring up my house again. Every time I think of fixing them I decide not to. So we got our second shephard last Christmas. I immediatly trained him to nudge a bell instead of jumping at the door to go out. He has been raised to not get so much separation anxiety so he won't jump at windows. Now he did chew the corner of my dresser and I will fix that because he was just being plain old naughty when he did that. Well, maybe I will leave one little mark in the corner for a day when I need to smile.

Not sure but very glad to see you :-). When I tried about 10 hours ago my words for my first paragraph were disappearing. I posted anyway by searching for the kitchen table and not taking off any other topic choice. What are you using to post on your cellphone or a laptop or PC? I haven't tried to post on my PC I'll have to do that next.

Try adding photos in the follow up comments if that is the issue.