Kath Eats Real Food

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October 26, 1982

A guest post from my the mother…

In honor of Kath’s birthday, I thought you might like to hear of an exciting event that happened the night before she was born.

When my contractions were three minutes apart, we set out for the hospital.  We lived in Sudbury, Massachusetts and to get to Newton-Wellesley Hospital we needed to take Route 20, the old Boston Post Road.  The road was dark at three a.m. Cliff didn’t see a large rock that someone must have placed in the middle of the road.  The car jolted as we drove over it.  Cliff got out to put the rock on the side of the road, so the next driver wouldn’t suffer our fate.  When he returned and we started up again, he said, "Don’t worry, we’re still rolling."  We weren’t for long. The tire went flat.

Cliff went into the middle of the road and flagged down a driver traveling in the opposite direction. I don’t blame the woman for being nervous. She rolled down her window just an inch and he told her the situation.  We had seen a police car a few miles back. The woman kindly informed the policeman of our troubles  (Remember, no cell phones back then!)  A few minutes later, he appeared. (I”ve learned that one way to get sweet attention from the police is to be in labor.) The officer called an ambulance and that’s how I arrived at the hospital.

Cliff went back the next day and found the rock.  We now have it in our garden, and Kath, it’s ready to move with you to Charlottesville if you promise to take care of it.

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Thanks mom! And special congrats to her for figuring out how to use her digital camera!!

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I always try to fill my b-day with things that I love, and so far I’ve included a lot of them 🙂

MY OTHER RECIPES


Matt and I set the alarm to get up at 6:26 so we could go to the gym together before he went to work. I could have rolled around in my PJs all morning, but I wanted to get up and get going so I could finally go SHOPPING! We debated skipping when the alarm went off, but I was too excited to go back to sleep and decided that I wanted that refreshed post-workout feeling this morning, so after some snuggling until the sun came up, we went 🙂 We had a great sunrise visit – quick and full of 26’s. I did 26 on the ET and then ended with a bang of 26 pushups.

Home, showered and oated up:

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The birthday combo:

  • 1/3 cup oats, milk, water, pinch salt, splash vanilla
  • Half banana
  • Handful raisins
  • ~1/4 cup pumpkin
  • Cinnamon
  • Bourbon pecans from Fresh Market
  • TJ’s pumpkin butter
  • Extra almond butter
  • Candle wax [see below]

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My candle melted a bit into the hot oats!!

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I requested frothed milk from our cappuccino maker. It’s a pain to do, but oh-so-fun when you do! The Fresh Market pumpkin spice coffee was a bit odd, but I still liked it. More like coffee with spices than a perfect blend.

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Matt doesn’t like pumpkin in his oats, but he said he’d have them this morning. He liked them! "Just a tad too much gord," was his report.

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Birthday Gather Post

26 Ways To Stay Young + Pure

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Time to shop!!! I’ve got class at 2PM and might treat myself to lunch at EarthFare since I’m all alone today 🙂 Or I might have a brie + pumpkin butter sandwich…. both would be equally delicious!! Tonight Matt and I are going out to dinner at a fancy place. Can’t wait for a luscious glass of red!

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  1. Happy happy birthday! I vote for the brie and pumpkin butter sandwich!!! :>

    Hope your day is filled with lovely things…and what a great story from your mom!

    Courtney
    Adventures in Tri-ing

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  7. omg i am from sudbury, mass! i’m in college but my parents still live there!!! what a cool fact. love this post by your mommy. happy bday!

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  62. Happy Birthday from a lurking reader 🙂 I absolutely love your Gather post… It just made my day. I hope you have a wonderful birthday!

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  69. Wow, I’m a total goof. I thought your birthday was yesterday and commented Happy Belated Birthday on your post last night! haha Sorry about that!

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

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  79. Happy birthday, and 27 is one of my favorite numbers – don’t shy away from it!

    I’m not able to see the new header but hopefully it clears itself up in a day or two. Suspenseful!

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  82. Happy Birthday, Kath!

    Your comments are coming up in such a strange way…not beginning with the first one, but only the recent ones? In order to see the first ones, I have to click something at the bottom? It’s a little frustrating, it was so nice just to see them in order before. Is anyone else having this issue?

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  96. Kath,
    I love reading your blog and my friend just emailed me to say ‘No fair! you and Kath have the same birthday!’

    …So I feel cool.

    Happy Birthday to me and to you!

    Alison

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  99. Hi Kath-
    Happy Birthday! It’s my birthday too! I’ve been reading your blog for a few months, and I never responded before. Keep up the good work!

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  101. Hi Kath! I’ve been reading your blog for a while and it’s the first time I comment, I just want to wish you a very happy birthday. I love the new lay-out of the blog and keep up the good work, it’s so fun and interesting to read your stories and your recipes!

    Annelies

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  102. Happy Birthday Kath! I have been silently following your blog since stumbling upon it about a month ago. I celebrated my 26th birthday on Saturday and have vowed to make this the healthiest year of my life! You have been a great inspiration, and I wish you well in this next year. Enjoy your birthday dinner, you deserve it!

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  106. I have always loved the way you celebrate your birthdays 🙂 Waking up at 6:26 – that just makes me smile. I’ve got a numbers game that I stick to on my birthday, too: born at 8:07 in 1987 weighing 8 lbs, 7 oz.! I try to wake up at 8:07 every year.

    Loved the tribute from your mom. What a great story!

    Enjoy your day, Kath!!

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  107. Andrea,
    Same hospital – cool!!

    Fancy,
    I didn’t realize that. I’m not sure if it’s fixable (I didn’t put it there) but I will look into it.

    Alison + Sage,
    Haha – HBD to you too!

    Kath

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  108. Happy Birthday Kath!!

    I’d like to thank you for your obsession with oatmeal because it has turned into MY obsession with oatmeal!

    I’m a student so I don’t really have enough time in the morning to do your whole process so I just use Wegman’s instant plain oatmeal with flax and fiber and add the mix-ins. My favorite so far is one packet of the oatmeal made with milk, 1 whole banana, 1 tsp of apple butter and 1 tbsp of organic peanut butter. The peanut butter really makes it happen.

    Thanks for all the tips and happy birthday again! 🙂

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  112. Happy Birthday to you! I hope you have a fabulous day and a wonderful dinner tonight.

    P.S. What an awesome story – I love that they still have the rock.

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  113. I love that they still have the rock too – AND that you get to take it with you to your new home! What a fun birthday guest post from your mother. Happy GIVE BIRTH day to Mama KERF!

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  116. Happy Birthday Kath!! I love your blog so much. i think the way you eat is such a great role model for people who are striving to eat healthy and enjoy their foods. Thanks for all the dedication!

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  117. I’m from Newton, MA and I was born at Newton-Wellesley Hospital too! I also know Route 20 very well and how difficult it is to drive on it in the dark. Such a cute story!

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATH!!!!!

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  119. Julia and everyone! Thanks for your kind words about the rock story. At work today, I’ve heard several stories about babies born in cars (after I told mine.) Yikes!

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