This sounds like a must do for us too, actually this sounds like my house when I was growing up, my family will fit right in! I remember my dad asking me to get him something to drink when I was about 12, and I couldn't reach the regular glasses so I poured pop into one of my mom's vases, it was pretty big, but my dad did not find that amusing. (it was a clean vase!)
About the ketchup...what's the story on that one?