From now on, I will be posting on my new blog, Kathy With a K. The URL for my new blog is www.bkathy.blogspot.com
I hope to see you there!
Friday, January 16, 2009
PLEASE JOIN ME ON MY NEW BLOG!
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Holiday Eating Tips - You're Welcome!
My friend Holli passed on some holiday-eating tips, for which I thanked her from the big-BOTTOM of my cholesterol-coated heart.
Now sharing with you:
1. Avoid carrot sticks. Anyone who puts carrots on a holiday buffet table knows nothing of the Christmas spirit. In fact, if you see carrots, leave immediately. Go next door, where they're serving rum balls.
2. Drink as much eggnog as you can. And quickly. It's rare. You cannot find it any other time of year but now. So drink up! Who cares that it has 10,000 calories in every sip? It's not as if you're going to turn into an eggnog-alcoholic or something. It's a treat. Enjoy it. Have two. It's later than you think. It's Christmas!
3. If something comes with gravy, use it. That's the whole point of gravy. Gravy does not stand alone. Pour it on. Make a volcano out of your mashed potatoes. Fill it with gravy. Eat the volcano. Repeat.
7. If you come across something really good at a buffet table, like frosted Christmas cookies in the shape and size of Santa, position yourself near them and don't budge. Have as many as you can before becoming the center of attention. They're like a beautiful pair of shoes. If you leave them behind, you're never going to see them again.
9. Did someone mention fruitcake? Granted, it's loaded with the mandatory celebratory calories, but avoid it at all cost. I mean, have some standards.
Posted by Kathy at 12:41 PM 8 comments
Monday, December 15, 2008
Christmas Par-tays!
Who knew a Christmas party (or 3 of them in one week) would unleash the Christmas spirit in my lately-cranky-heart?
Wednesday: Home-Ward RS Christmas Open House. Between 30-40 lovely ladies from the neighborhood stopped by for a Christmas cookie exchange, carols and conversation. Since I’ve abandoned the home ward, I suspect the open-house was an attempt at re-activation. Still it warmed my heart to see so many friends
Thursday: Like we don’t see enough of each other, we had a Ladies-Only Christmas Party for the chicas at work. Even though my son Jared refused to provide the entertainment with his award-winning-booty-clap, we still had fun.
Saturday: This par-tay gets a shout-out on the blog...WITH pics. The weather outside was frightful, so a drive through Provo Canyon to Midway was out of the question. Plan B was triggered 2 hours before party-time, and we rocked the house with 80 of our BYU kids. (Not literally – I don’t want to get anyone’s ecclestiastical endorsement pulled for HECKsake.)
Before I knew about Plan B, me and my girls (Heather, Jen and Rach) dipped and wrapped over 200 candied apples on Saturday morning to give to our BYU kids and neighbors. I felt like a domestic goddess! We have a new in-house, sit-down dinner record ...count 'em - 75! (Parker, please chew with your mouth closed.)
I wonder...is Brent dressed-up as "Tiny Tim" or just Brent? This was no ordinary party, but these are extraordinary 20-somethings. The kids auctioned off and bid on each other's services, with donated canned goods. They collected over 500 pounds of food for the Utah Food Bank!...and they made a dozen blankets for the Pioneer Park Homeless Shelter...ya gotta love 'em! "Heather R - Activity Committee Queen" - We will never let her move out of the ward! "Last Men Standing" - Thanks Devin, Zach and Matt for helping the Bishop move my furniture back in the house! No more parties until I do some Christmas shopping!
Posted by Kathy at 10:31 PM 6 comments
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Is it Burnout?
A post-it-love-note from my son Josh and his girlfriend (slash) might-as-well-be-fiance Rach. A pinprick-size thought pierced through to my conscience: "There is supposed to more to LIFE than work, and PEOPLE who are supposed to be more important than Partners and clients." Does anyone recognize the symptoms? Stay tuned...more revelations to follow.
Posted by Kathy at 7:06 AM 5 comments
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Is This Too Revealing? (A Parable)
I just need to vent about IT. Now that I’m actually channeling the frustration into writing about IT, my emotions appear to have escalated to unreasonable levels. The incredibly long hours I’ve been logging at work have coincided with my being required to spend more time with IT, and my frustration has evolved into what is likely a demented resentment for those responsible. For example, the extra time with IT has resulted in this crazy notion that the very purpose of IT’s existence is to inflict unnecessary pain, to establish unreasonably confining boundaries, and ultimately to crush my independent spirit...crazy right? That particular thought process however is just one of the many signs of my over-worked and under-rested mind, because the IT to which I refer is my bra!!
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Thursday, November 6, 2008
It's Why I Haven't Updated
For three months of the year, my work-life consumes me to a point where I forget there’s a whole world out there, where people move, walk and even dance. If I wasn’t required to stand-up to pull a document off the printer on occasion, I’m quite sure my butt would spread and fold itself around the chair in my office. My “treat” (but only if I’m making really good progress) is a trip to the potty, which requires a few stairs (12 down and 12 up) and this time of year qualifies as a workout! Other than that, I move from my office-chair, to the seat in my car, to a chair in a client-conference-room, back to the seat of my car, and on to the next chair in another client-conference-room, or back to home-base (my office-chair). Then, at the end of the day, somewhere between 8:00pm and 11:00pm, depending on the day, I pull myself up out of my office-chair, drag myself into the seat of my car, drive home and fall into bed. Since my body is technically stretched out when I’m in bed, I count this as a work-out as well. Here is what makes it worthwhile; Remember though, we DID take four days off, right smack dab in the middle of insanity-season, to pick up our son Josh from his LDS mission in Mississippi. Awards are designated for the following trip categories: Trip Pics:
1) I like what I do and I’m good at it (just ask me);
2) I’ve worked with most of my clients for 10 or more years, and they have become my friends;
3) I’m having a wild, passionate affair with the hottest guy in the office, who also happens to be my husband Kirk.
Josh and Robert (Mark's son) who by the way, has some mad guitar skills!Just trying to stay awake - Josh had us on a missionary-schedule!
Josh and his companion, Elder Timms tracted into Sam, Danielle and their 3 little girls. Josh asked for 5 minutes of their time, and two hours later they were fast-friends. We hung out with Sam and Danielle in New Orleans; it was just like hangin' with our big kids! we love these two. Sam will forever remain in our hearts for introducing us to deep-fried Oreos...mmm, mmm, good!
Beignets and chocolate milk at the Cafe-du-Monde in the French Quarter
Brother Estrada in Biloxi, MS
With Sister Hitt in Clinton, MS (she fed my boy!)
With President and Sister James - Branch President of the inner-city Jackson Branch. With their son, Terrence. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this beat-boxin' stud will be playing football for the Y next year! the Cougars need you Terrence!Watching the airport-escalators for Joshie!
It's good to have our boy home! He's reporting in our home ward this Sunday, 11/9 at 1:00pm. We just learned that Josh's friend Brook from Shreveport will be flying in to play a harp solo - so cool! Brook is a convert to the church, whose paying-job (still) is playing the organ for the Baptists! I love it!! I'll post again next time I make it out of my chair!
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