Me too and I never measure, just throw it together...which occasionally leads to recipe 'regrettus' when I realize I left out something important.
I use chili sauce instead of ketchup. There's just something about ketchup in meatloaf that doesn't work for me.
Definitely going to try the stuffing in it next time. I'm assuming that you put it in dry?
That is really pretty. I don't think I would have had the patience to wait 2 years for the bloom though (not to mention that I would have killed it in the interim).