Friday Night Ketchup
So, I’ve got a bunch of blogging stuff to catch up on. It’s almost Saturday and I haven’t even posted Thursday show and tell. So here’s my meal, roasted sweet potatoes and potato-potatoes and fork-tender roast beef:
Three days out of the week, a friend delivers a hot delicious meal to my door.
I pull it out.
Dish it up.
Yum. Yum. Yum. I’m supposed to add something green, but this one already had something orange so I figured I was okay. Still taking those prenatal vitamins so I think I’m good.
Now a meme from Beth, the fabulous:
10 years ago: I was finishing my senior year of high school in the great state of Texas. I was working 20 hours a week as a geophysical technician, planning on having the oil company I was working for pay my way through college to become an engineer. A few months later I decided to study film and English instead. I was teaching piano lessons and working as a checker at a grocery store, the worst checker in recorded history. I weighed 40 lbs less. I had 2 fewer kids and much more sleep. I went to prom with Jessica’s husband.
5 years ago: I graduated from college, got a job as an Associate Librarian for a public library, supervising their Media department. A professor once joked that I was the only film graduate he knew that was working in a job in the “industry” with steady pay and benefits. I was still working freelance as a marketing person for a big Denver-based library supplier, traveling around the country talking about their digital products. I met Dan, fell in love and got married…in a very short period of time. I stopped going to prom with Jessica’s husband.
1 Year ago: I was pregnant with Magoo, feeling great, excited to be having a boy. We started “aggressively” potty-training Laylee. Hm…she’s ALLLL-most there now.
5 songs I know all the words to: I am a lyrics maniac. I know the words to a LOT of songs, songs I like, songs I abhore. It sort of freaks DYD out. I could even do a stirring rendition of Baby Got Back for no reason whatsoever. Um…eeewwww.
5 Things I’d do with a million dollars:
Sorry to be boring. I’d pay off my house and invest. That is all. With the investment revenue…that’s a whole OTHER question.
5 places I’d run away to:
-My mom’s house
-Paris
-Calgary
-small eastern townships in Quebec
-Cape May, NJ
5 things I’d never wear:
-See-through pants. BETH, WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH YOU???? 
-Taper-legged jeans.
-Anything showing my midriff - Magoo was a MONSTER and Laylee loves my tiger-stripes. The rest of the world is gonna have to live without the tankini version of the Daring One.
-A onesie. I will wear nothing that buttons between the legs.
-I can’t think of a 5th. Being a mom and a married woman, there’s not much I cannot see myself wearing in some situation.
5 Favorite Toys:
-Laptop
-Palm
-Purses and Bags - of all kinds
-Phones - Cell and Land
-KitchenAid
5 Favorite Books or TV shows:
(I’m gonna do the shows because I think I’ve talked about books on here before.)
- Little House on the Prairie
-The Cosby Show (especially the early seasons)
-The West Wing
-The Office
-Seinfeld
5 Greatest Joys:
-Dan
-Magoo
-Laylee
-The Spirit in my life
-My extended family on both sides
Kim asked me to do a meme that I’ve done before but it’s been morphing and so I’ll do the parts I didn’t already do. That woman amazes me. How does she have time to raise and educate all those kids and maintain a great blog too? Wow.
4 places I’ve vacationed
-Gaspe, Quebec
-London, England
-Key West, Florida
-”The States” When I was little, growing up in Canada, I would always tell my friends we were planning a summer vacation to “The States.” So very cool.
4 of my favorite dishes
-Rogan Josh - Indian Lamb or Beef stew
-Any pasta dish, especially those containing sun-dried tomatoes
-My dad’s Chili
-White Chicken Cilantro Chili
For anyone who cares…I promise to post a real-ish post sometime soon. I’ve been a bit distracted and blah about blogging lately. I’m sure it will come back, that burning need to describe my personal life in detail on the internet in a semi-interesting non-list-format sort of way.
Moonface Says:
No posts for two days and I was wondering what had happened to you. I even started to think there was something wrong with my internet connection because how could it be that DYM hasn’t updated in two days?!
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Posted on February 25th, 2006 at 2:41 am
Grammy Says:
Loved that! Everything about you is interesting to me. I think you are wonderful and had fun walking down memory lane with you. I’m so glad I’ve gotten to share the journey.
Love you.
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Posted on February 25th, 2006 at 6:10 am
Jeana Says:
Hey, good to see you back! Thanks for “daring” to write again.
So you spent some time in Texas! Is that why I like you so much?
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Posted on February 25th, 2006 at 6:21 am
Queen Beth Says:
Ok we totally have to get together and do Baby Go Back together!!!
I nearly fell off my chair laughing about the see thru pants! Clarification! Sometimes some pants show panty lines more than others. SO I was referencing those kinds of pants.
But just to keep some mystique…maybe I do wear see thru pants…and maybe I don’t!!!!
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Posted on February 25th, 2006 at 8:23 am
SusiebadoozieQzee Says:
so no “peg leg pete” pants for you? whats with all these feet pictures.
that onesie thing is funny. i agree. i wouldn’t ever wear one. imagine buying one, and thinking of the person that may have tried it on before without underwear on. i always wash my clothes first, cause now adays people try things on and they might be wearing dental floss instead of panties.
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Posted on February 25th, 2006 at 8:59 am
Pops Says:
Hmm, you list The Office, but not My Name is Earl. I thought they were a package — you have to watch them both. Otherwise, bad Karma!
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Posted on February 25th, 2006 at 9:20 am
carrie Says:
Yay for the Cosby show!
I didn’t see the ad for Ronald Reagan on my blog.
What makes you think we are Reagan fans?! 
I suppose if we told you our Reagan has a middle initial of “W” you’d really suspect our republican-ness!
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Posted on February 25th, 2006 at 10:43 am
Bobita Says:
Hello! It was recommended to me that I visit your blog. I have loved every word that I have read! When I read or hear something fabulous, I have a tendency to adopt it as my own. (In other words, steal it. But I always give proper credit!) And, I MUST steal your use of “tiger stripes.” I have always believed scars to be badges of honor, and after giving birth to 3 children (two of whom mystify me as to how they FIT through the birth canal) I have a strange sense of pride for my tummy marks…I will ALWAYS have a reminder of what my body is capable of and of what I gained in the process. (At least this is what I’m telling myself today!) So, thanks for the “tiger stripes” comment. I promise I’ll give you credit for it!!
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Posted on February 25th, 2006 at 10:49 am
HangerMom Says:
Cool. I just went back and read the explanation of your magically appearing dinners, and I’m SO jealous. I’m going to need to ask some of my neighbors about setting up a dinner co-op. That’s brilliant!
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Posted on February 25th, 2006 at 5:03 pm
Sugarmama Says:
I used to LOVE Little House on the Prairie! Or maybe I loved Pa. Yeah, I seem to remember that I had a huge crush on Pa for a very long time…
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Posted on February 25th, 2006 at 5:47 pm
Liz Says:
I really like the food being delivered idea.
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Posted on February 25th, 2006 at 5:53 pm
Lauren Says:
I had to go back and read the food idea too. I’d be afraid I’d get kicked out, ’cause of my cooking. I nabed the recipe for White Chicken Cilantro Chili, it sounded fabulous!
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Posted on February 25th, 2006 at 7:27 pm
Regina Clare Jane Says:
Mr. Sparkle and I went around the Gaspe Peninsula on a 7-week vacation to Canada- it was so cool! But… we have never been to Key West and we live in FL! Go figure!
Don’t worry about the blogging- I would wait forever for you, DYM! Some time off is a good thing every now and then!
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Posted on February 25th, 2006 at 7:48 pm
shannon from rocks in my dryer Says:
Kathryn, you’re always interesting, even when you’re feeling “blah”. You rock.
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Posted on February 25th, 2006 at 8:05 pm
elliespen Says:
Yeah, I definitely need to figure out some way to get food magically to disappear on my doorstep… Time to go network in the Relief Society, I guess…
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Posted on February 25th, 2006 at 10:51 pm
Heather Says:
I want dinner group to hook me up!
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Posted on February 27th, 2006 at 9:29 pm