I Love These Girls!

This week was Mary Katherine's (royal blue shirt) birthday, and since we are always trying to come up with some reason to get together outside of work, we decided this was the perfect opportunity to go to dinner. We went to a place called Matt's, it's off Gaston in Dallas..a kind of hole in the wall. It was amazing, as usual, and we had a blast, as usual. I am so thankful to be blessed with this group of girls to work with.

Steph, MKat and Rachel

My Deeku

Happy Birthday, MKat!

Billy Bob's Texas Presents...

...Mr. Randy Travis!! For Jordan's birthday I gave him tickets to the Randy Travis concert. Randy Travis, along with George Strait and Alan Jackson, is Jordan's all time favorite singer. If you know my husband at all, you know he LOVES country music. He particularly loves Randy Travis because he often speaks of his MeMe and the memories he has back from when he was about 6 years old. Last night, yet again, he told me the stories about being in his grandmother's kitchen watching his MeMe make him a sandwich and drinking a 'real' Coca~Cola and listening to Randy Travis play on the old radio undermounted to the kitchen cabinets. We had a great time, two-stepping (Yes..Jordan Two-Stepped, but I'm pretty sure I was leading!) and listening to Mr. Travis from our AWESOME seats.

Here is to more memories created with the likes of Randy Travis! Yee-Haw!

"Beef..Its What's for Dinner"..OR is it?!

One of my very favorite recipe website is allrecipes.com. If you have never heard of it, it is a website full of recipes, all submitted and reviewed by members. (It is free to be a member, by the way!) This website is my go to for recipes..whether I'm stuck for dinner or need a random recipe for guacamole. Anyway, I have been a 'member' since 2004, and have been submitting recipes since about that time. I have six that have been in editorial review..since 2004! I know that there are hundreds of recipes submitted everyday and before they are added to the public collection, they are actually made in a test kitchen, but it is still so frustrating to have this long list waiting in review for years! I logged in the other night to view one of my 'recipes in review' to add some of the ingredients to my weekly grocery list. To my surprise, my Veggie Burger had been published!!!!! I was extatic! I am making them this week for dinner, by request of Jordan, the Best of Everything Veggie Burgers

I am still so excited!!!! Woo-Hoo!

Happy Birthday, Jordan!

So...I'm a bit behind, but things have been busy in the Massey household! March 3rd Jordan turned 27! Woo-hoo..one year closer to the big 3-0! Ok, so Jordan was not quite as excited about that idea, but he did have a great birthday.

I love, love, love my chef pig in my kitchen :) He wished Jordan a Happy Birthday all week long.


We started the weekend before with a birthday dinner at Jordan's parent's house with his sister and cousin and his wife with their precious little one, Rayn.

All the girls :) Amber, Ashley, Rayn, Bree, and Jenna. Ashley is due with their 2nd baby girl in April! We are so excited to meet Rayn's little sister!

Rayn has an obsession with the dog bed. We kept her for a night while Ashley and Aldon went out of town, and she insisted that Brittany shared her bed with her. Brittany was so confused, bless her heart!

Jordan feeding Rayn meatballs and applesauce. Nice combo for the 14 month old.

Jenna and Rayn, posing for the camera so very well.

Jordan cutting his chocolate cake I made him. It was delicious, and pretty, too! I was proud of that creation. It took some planning, but I came up with this chocolate fudge cake with white cream filling.


On Jordan's actual birthday we decided to go to Saltgrass Steak House for dinner...it was yummy, too! I always get the Hickory Chicken and Mashed Potatoes.


Here's to another year for my sweetie! Happy Birthday to you!

Shout Out!

So I was flattered to find out that my 'famous' dietitian friend mentioned me on her nationally recognized blog. That totally made my week!!!

Thanks, Robin for the shout out!

and Now..We Wait..

Finally the deadline for Internship Packet Applications has come and gone, and now..we wait until midnight on April 20th. VERY long hours were put into our applications for internship. You see, to become a Registered Dietitian you are not only required to have your 4-year degree in an accredited didactitc program at a university, but also, after you graduate, you must be selected for an internship consisting of at least 900 hours of practice. Generally this takes about 10 months. Anyway, internship..fine, easy does it, right? Wrong. For example, my number one place of choice is Baylor Hospital. There are about 150 applicants and they accept 8. My packet consisted of a two page personal letter, an 11 page application, and 5 letters of reccomendation, Blah. That was my simplest packet. I applied to 4 places..Baylor of Dallas, Presby Hospital of Dallas, Texas Tech University, and University of Central Oklahoma. The latter two, I would get my Masters in Nutrition, but, I would have to move by myself. Jordan and I discussed this very seriously, and it would be only about a year of our whole life, and, to us, it is worth the work and effort. We are praying for one of the ones in Dallas!

So our packets were turned in on Tuesday and our sweet friend Stephanie planned a celebratory dinner for us at Cafe VeraCruz for dinner. The Mango Margaritas and Mexican food was so yummy. Thanks Steph for a relaxing dinner with some of my favorites!

MKat, Steph, Shelley, Rachel, Lindsey, and Amber at Cafe VeraCruz

Eat Better America Dot Com

So I recently found a new website that I have added to the one's that I frequent regularly. Eat Better America is an amazing site that offers nutritional information and AWESOME recipes, both original and 'Healthified'. I have made several that I will be adding to my rotation of dinners. Jordan is loving them, too! He usually allows me to try a new recipe once a week (Saves $$$ at the store..generally I pick recipes that always have some kind of special ingredient..I'm drawn to those kind!) But, this week, I did two! They are affordable and wholesome, and not to mention delicious!! I have made the Garlic Shrimp Pasta, The Tomato & Roasted Sweet Pepper Soup, The Creamy Chicken Enchiladas, and also a very interesting recipe for meatballs. I definitely recommend trying this website out. You will not be disappointed!


Here is one of my dinners this week..Jordan was satisfied, as was I..we had some full bellies!!
Spicy Parmesan Meatballs with Angel Hair Pasta!
Happy Cooking!!