"Michael "Dog3" Lonergan" > wrote in message
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> "-L." > hitched up their panties and posted
> oups.com:
>
>>
>> cathyxyz wrote:
>>> Sorry - all the talk about using good tableware reminded me that we
>>> actually have a dining room table
>>>
>>> We usually eat in the "family" room. I can remember as a kid that my
>>> Mom used to lay the table properly for *every* meal. She still does.
>>> Only time we use ours now is for HIgh Days and Holidays...
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Cathy(xyz)
>>
>> The only time we eat at the formal dining table is when we have guests.
>> I would like that to change but I am outnumbered and resistance is
>> futile. DS eats in his high chair, I usually eat standing up while
>> managing him, and DH eats in his office (working), in the kitchen next
>> to us, or in the bedroom watching a movie (we have sort of a theater
>> set-up). We are pretty non-conventional types when it comes to
>> formality.
>>
>> -L.
>
> As I posted earlier, 90% of the time we eat in the den on TV trays. The SO
> usually gets home really late in the evening. He's usually tired, hungry
> and wants to relax, eat and watch a movie. The dining room is seldom used
> and quite frankly, I'd like to convert it into kitchen space.

Then do it! I have a room with a fireplace adjacent to my kitchen. We
never use a fireplace. But it is a friendly room with built-in bookcases
and loads of windows on 3 sides. One could really consider it like a big
side porch, but it certainly not built in that shape. In the last year I've
moved some tables into this room and put kitchen things on them that I use
most often in the kitchen. It is sort of a catch all for my overloaded
kitchen and dining room. You know, a place to keep the foodsaver, and
processors, mixers, etc. It's handy now and the room is being utilized.
Would I care for guests' comments? No -- they live as they wish, and I
will, too.

It's fun to utilize space the way you would really like to in your dreams,
without tearing down walls!
Dee Dee