It seems like just yesterday that I was getting back on the ol' bloggin' horse and was committing to writing regularly. And then I promptly fell off said horse! I've got a million excuses (and a few good reasons) for not writing. Rather than going into that I will just climb back into the saddle:
Home: I recently closed on a lovely new construction home for my clients Craig and Kathy. They are very pleased with the build process, the construction quality, and the end result. My favorite part: I made some really lovely friends!
Run: Today is Day 190 of the running streak! When Todd and I started back in mid-November the plan was to run at least a mile every day until our New Year's Eve Resolution Run. We did that. Then the question of how to stop a streak reared its ugly head. We still haven't been able to answer that question so we lace up every day and head out. Some days (dare I say weeks!) are miserable! But so many more of the days are fun, or challenging, or triumphant, or pleasant, or fast, or comfortable that we just keep going!
In addition to the streak we are motivated to get out and run by an upcoming race. We will be participating in the
Reno-Tahoe Odyssey One at the end of the month. It is the smaller sibling (54 miles for teams of 6 or fewer runners) of the RTO (178 miles for teams of 12 or fewer runners). If you've ever been to Reno and have seen the 178 decals on car windows and wondered what it stood for...now you know. We have a four-person team, each person running 3 legs. We start at 5 a.m. on Saturday in Carson City and, if all goes as planned, will finish at Idlewild park in Reno sometime in the early afternoon.
Beyond that we have the Dash for Dads 5K coming up in June, a color run in August, and the Catherine Creek Classic half marathon in Oregon, also in August.
Recipes: I've tried several recipes in recent months but will get things rolling again by sharing one that was floating around Facebook that I decided to try. It is a Betty Crocker recipe for
Fabulous Fruit Bars. I liked the recipe because it looked simple and similar to a cookie bar I pay almost $3 for at my coffee shop. These are actually less crumbly! I have, of course, tried it with seedless blackberry preserves instead of cherry pie filling and oatmeal cookie dough instead of sugar cookie. All delicious results.
Baseball: If this is your first visit to my blog I should explain how baseball plays into my title. I'm a Keller Williams real estate agent in Sparks, NV and wanted to start a blog about homes and sales info in my area. I am also an avid runner and I wanted to share the joys and experiences I've had running with my wonderful friends and family. I love love love to cook, especially bake, so I wanted to share my favorites and my successes/failures with new recipes. I think everyone should run, and cook, and I KNOW everyone's gotta live somewhere so the blog kind of named itself. When I shared my blog with my darling husband he was a bit disappointed that "Home Run" didn't have anything to do with baseball. We really love baseball in this house so I added a baseball category. When you check back you never know what you're going to get!
We're off to a good start with baseball so far this season. The
Reno Aces are winning more games than not, we've gotten to see them as many times this year as we did all last season, and the ballpark has added a craft brews station to its vendor lineup. If our work schedule allows we'll be playing in a softball tournament early this summer. And our friends have some darling young baseball players in their home so we'll be getting out for the best kind of baseball: Little League!
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