Back to the kitchen.  After the 2nd floor 4 X 8 support beam had been raised three inches, Rob suggested we hold it there by moving the dining room wall over 10" inches and build it right on top of the brand new beam(the one straddling the cinder block pillars). The new dining room wall will  now serve as a load bearing wall for the 2nd floor. The old wall can be torn down, and the double glass  doors transferred over to the new one.

We mirror imaged the old wall and came up with this :