becomes this chaos in my hands!
Depending on how the rest of the day comes together I may post more pics. But for now, I'm off to the hardware store for washing machine supply lines. Because the fun never ends!
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Friday, September 27, 2013
Windswept
After more than a week's delay my mother-in-law's belongings made it to Sparks! There must be something wrong with me, too...because I LOVE to unpack and set up a house! I love the Christmas present element to opening boxes to see what lies inside. I love making the decision to throw away clutter. I love the instant gratification. You open a box, you put stuff out, you recycle the empty box. Done. Immediate result for your effort. And, after working with professional movers twice, I am amazed by the work they do. This tidy assemblage
becomes this chaos in my hands!
Depending on how the rest of the day comes together I may post more pics. But for now, I'm off to the hardware store for washing machine supply lines. Because the fun never ends!
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becomes this chaos in my hands!
Depending on how the rest of the day comes together I may post more pics. But for now, I'm off to the hardware store for washing machine supply lines. Because the fun never ends!
www.sparksrenohomesearch.com
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Pinterest Pot Roast
I realize it has been almost a month since I last posted here so you can imagine something pretty wonderful drew me back.
Home - I have been quite busy selling and showing homes. My mother-in-law purchased a home not far from me and is in the process of moving here from Idaho. Her belongings are in moving company limbo. They should have arrived last week, are now scheduled for delivery tomorrow, but we haven't heard from the movers today to confirm so we're just waiting and watching a lot of bad television in the meantime.
Run - Still struggling with a bit of plantar faciitis and a very tender Achilles tendon. The treadmill platform gave out a couple of months ago and our good neighbor - who is an amazing woodworker, well overqualified for this task - built us a new and improved one which my husband installed yesterday. I will try some short runs on that to see if I can move beyond this.
Recipes - This is the "something wonderful" part so I'll come back to it.
Baseball - The Reno Aces didn't have their best year. They did, however, play some excellent ball in a beautiful venue. If you're reading this from the Reno/Sparks area and are admitting to yourself right now that you've never been to the ballpark - GO. Next year, of course. You probably wouldn't enjoy it much right now. But GO! Great baseball, great food and drink, great fans...all at great prices.
Okay. The moment you've been waiting for:
Pot roast. Really easy and delicious pot roast. This is another of those odd recipes that someone posted on Facebook that may have been pinned on Pinterest. Social media makes it tough to keep track of things at times. I just cut and pasted it to a notepad so that I could come back to it another time. Yesterday brought a little bit of fall on the air and I had a houseguest. What more could you ask for when you're already craving pot roast?! Todd threw the ingredients in the slowcooker while I was in a class (adding just one more pepper than the recipe called for) and we served it up with some salad, grilled corn on the cob, a dinner roll and some crème brulee. Let me know if you get the same excellent results!
Mississippi Roast – - Put chuck roast in crock pot, sprinkle with dry Hidden Valley ranch dressing mix and dry McCormick Au Jus mix, a stick of butter, 5 pepperoncini peppers. DO NOT ADD WATER. Cook on low for 7-8 hrs.
www.sparksrenohomesearch.com
Home - I have been quite busy selling and showing homes. My mother-in-law purchased a home not far from me and is in the process of moving here from Idaho. Her belongings are in moving company limbo. They should have arrived last week, are now scheduled for delivery tomorrow, but we haven't heard from the movers today to confirm so we're just waiting and watching a lot of bad television in the meantime.
Run - Still struggling with a bit of plantar faciitis and a very tender Achilles tendon. The treadmill platform gave out a couple of months ago and our good neighbor - who is an amazing woodworker, well overqualified for this task - built us a new and improved one which my husband installed yesterday. I will try some short runs on that to see if I can move beyond this.
Recipes - This is the "something wonderful" part so I'll come back to it.
Baseball - The Reno Aces didn't have their best year. They did, however, play some excellent ball in a beautiful venue. If you're reading this from the Reno/Sparks area and are admitting to yourself right now that you've never been to the ballpark - GO. Next year, of course. You probably wouldn't enjoy it much right now. But GO! Great baseball, great food and drink, great fans...all at great prices.
Okay. The moment you've been waiting for:
Pot roast. Really easy and delicious pot roast. This is another of those odd recipes that someone posted on Facebook that may have been pinned on Pinterest. Social media makes it tough to keep track of things at times. I just cut and pasted it to a notepad so that I could come back to it another time. Yesterday brought a little bit of fall on the air and I had a houseguest. What more could you ask for when you're already craving pot roast?! Todd threw the ingredients in the slowcooker while I was in a class (adding just one more pepper than the recipe called for) and we served it up with some salad, grilled corn on the cob, a dinner roll and some crème brulee. Let me know if you get the same excellent results!
Mississippi Roast – - Put chuck roast in crock pot, sprinkle with dry Hidden Valley ranch dressing mix and dry McCormick Au Jus mix, a stick of butter, 5 pepperoncini peppers. DO NOT ADD WATER. Cook on low for 7-8 hrs.
www.sparksrenohomesearch.com
Thursday, August 29, 2013
New day, new commitment
Yesterday was a day of recommitment for me. I have been wayyy off track with my diet and exercise and several of my business practices. It is always so much easier to lose a habit than create it, to lose fitness than to build it. A couple of weeks ago I read this:
Do you need to get back on track?
Start now. Recommit today.
Drink water like it's your job.
Plan every meal.
Eat. Don't compensate overeating by starving.
Review your food journal.
Move. Sweat. Feel fatigue, welcome soreness.
Don't let a bad week turn into a bad month.
Start now.
It has been simmering in my subconscious and I decided yesterday was the day to take action. I started my food journaling, went to a Weight Watchers meeting, went for a two mile walk with Coco, ate sensibly, drank plenty of water, and got to bed earlier. I started using a nasty-tasting nail polish so I won't bite my nails. I made lead generation calls, sent thank you notes, posted marketing ads, and caught up on some long overdue filing. And today I am blogging.
I'd like to ask you for some support! Let me know your best tips for staying on track toward your goals!
www.sparksrenohomesearch.com
Do you need to get back on track?
Start now. Recommit today.
Drink water like it's your job.
Plan every meal.
Eat. Don't compensate overeating by starving.
Review your food journal.
Move. Sweat. Feel fatigue, welcome soreness.
Don't let a bad week turn into a bad month.
Start now.
It has been simmering in my subconscious and I decided yesterday was the day to take action. I started my food journaling, went to a Weight Watchers meeting, went for a two mile walk with Coco, ate sensibly, drank plenty of water, and got to bed earlier. I started using a nasty-tasting nail polish so I won't bite my nails. I made lead generation calls, sent thank you notes, posted marketing ads, and caught up on some long overdue filing. And today I am blogging.
I'd like to ask you for some support! Let me know your best tips for staying on track toward your goals!
www.sparksrenohomesearch.com
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Not all winners
I try a lot of recipes. A lot. And I share the good ones here. But I don't want you to think I'm some sort of recipe-floozy who falls for every recipe she tries. Some are good, but not really worth posting. And some are just duds. I made a dud the other night. It was a caramel corn recipe going around on FaceBook that I thought looked interesting. I think you all know I love me some caramel corn but this was bland and uninspired.
I won't share the recipe because I don't want to come of as if I'm badmouthing it. (That's actually what IT did to ME!) Some folks out there might be using it and loving it. More power to them. But I have a super-excellent, light, crispy oven caramel corn that I think is heaven. And I have not one, but TWO, excellent stovetop recipes that come out delicious and gooey every time. So you won't be seeing this interloper.
On the bright side...I think I begged and pleaded with appropriate sincerity and patheticness (that's right...make up a word when necessary!) to convince my best friend Glen to guest blog for me. He recently completed the construction of a pizza oven in his back yard with exciting results!
Even if it takes a few days to get that out of him I have some other fun stuff coming up in the next few days so you'll want to check back often. A quick pasta recipe that smells terrific as it simmers while I type this, a friend is selling a gorgeous house down the street, and we have a half-marathon coming up in the next few weeks. Plus the Reno Aces hosted the 2013 Triple A All Star game so I'll recap that for you as well. So come back soon!
www.sparksrenohomesearch.com
I won't share the recipe because I don't want to come of as if I'm badmouthing it. (That's actually what IT did to ME!) Some folks out there might be using it and loving it. More power to them. But I have a super-excellent, light, crispy oven caramel corn that I think is heaven. And I have not one, but TWO, excellent stovetop recipes that come out delicious and gooey every time. So you won't be seeing this interloper.
On the bright side...I think I begged and pleaded with appropriate sincerity and patheticness (that's right...make up a word when necessary!) to convince my best friend Glen to guest blog for me. He recently completed the construction of a pizza oven in his back yard with exciting results!
Even if it takes a few days to get that out of him I have some other fun stuff coming up in the next few days so you'll want to check back often. A quick pasta recipe that smells terrific as it simmers while I type this, a friend is selling a gorgeous house down the street, and we have a half-marathon coming up in the next few weeks. Plus the Reno Aces hosted the 2013 Triple A All Star game so I'll recap that for you as well. So come back soon!
www.sparksrenohomesearch.com
Friday, July 12, 2013
Like a Christmas catalog
As we were leaving Oregon on our big move to Reno, one of the things I knew I was really going to miss is the really great family-run nursery in Cove. I even brought some of the hanging flower pots that I purchased there with me to our new home. And thought of my old home every time I looked at them. It was a sweet but melancholy reminder. Another thing was our great birding resource at Bobolink. Trent Bray, the owner, used to be our neighbor and was always such a delight. He knows a LOT about birds. And beer. And disc golf. Who wouldn't miss that?!
Fortunately I have several excellent garden centers to choose from here. I love Moana Nursery, Rail City Garden Center, the Old Stone House Gift & Garden. But I have to say Moana has won me over with their monthly newsletter and their birding knowledge.
Do you remember how excited you were as a kid to get the Montgomery Wards and Sears Christmas catalogs? My mom had to set a timer so that each of us kids got our fair share of time scouring and marking the pages. I'm that way with the Moana newsletter. Thank goodness I don't have to share!
But I do. I read it aloud to my husband. It covers all manner of interesting topics including great information about birds. We'll go immediately to the window to see if we can make out any of the birds mentioned in the newsletter in our own back yard.
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So if you're looking for a solution to the brown spots in your lawn, you're interested in birding, or you want landscaping recommendations for this high desert environment you should check it out. You can sign up for their newsletter at the bottom of their web page.
As for beer and disc golf...well, that's another post entirely.
www.sparksrenohomesearch.com
Fortunately I have several excellent garden centers to choose from here. I love Moana Nursery, Rail City Garden Center, the Old Stone House Gift & Garden. But I have to say Moana has won me over with their monthly newsletter and their birding knowledge.
Do you remember how excited you were as a kid to get the Montgomery Wards and Sears Christmas catalogs? My mom had to set a timer so that each of us kids got our fair share of time scouring and marking the pages. I'm that way with the Moana newsletter. Thank goodness I don't have to share!
But I do. I read it aloud to my husband. It covers all manner of interesting topics including great information about birds. We'll go immediately to the window to see if we can make out any of the birds mentioned in the newsletter in our own back yard.
.JPG)
So if you're looking for a solution to the brown spots in your lawn, you're interested in birding, or you want landscaping recommendations for this high desert environment you should check it out. You can sign up for their newsletter at the bottom of their web page.
As for beer and disc golf...well, that's another post entirely.
www.sparksrenohomesearch.com
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Artown & More
Real estate in the Reno/Sparks area is experiencing a great deal of change right now. A shortage of inventory, climbing (but still quite low) interest rates, and confusing legislation are just a few things impacting our market. As always, I highly recommend fellow Keller Williams agent Guy Johnson's fantastic blog as a source for educating oneself: http://
If you're interested in buying or selling in Sparks or Reno give me a call. I'd love to sit down and learn more about your real estate needs or concerns. The more time I spend exploring this beautiful city of mine the more I realize how little I knew about Reno before I moved here. We are SO much more than a casino town!
With family in town for the 4th we got out and enjoyed the Wing Fest downtown: great food and live music. My nephew conquered the world's tallest climbing wall at Basecamp. (Read all about it in yesterday's blog post.) We walked along the river to Wingfield Park where live music and a movie in the park were taking place. We enjoyed an original Awful Awful burger at the little Nugget. And we had choices! choices! choices! of terrific events being held this month through Artown.
www.renoisartown.com
Whether you live locally or are coming from out of the area and want to know what is going on here just let me know. I don't pretend to know it all...because there are so many opportunities here...but I'd love to help you explore.
www.sparksrenohomeseach.com
If you're interested in buying or selling in Sparks or Reno give me a call. I'd love to sit down and learn more about your real estate needs or concerns. The more time I spend exploring this beautiful city of mine the more I realize how little I knew about Reno before I moved here. We are SO much more than a casino town!
With family in town for the 4th we got out and enjoyed the Wing Fest downtown: great food and live music. My nephew conquered the world's tallest climbing wall at Basecamp. (Read all about it in yesterday's blog post.) We walked along the river to Wingfield Park where live music and a movie in the park were taking place. We enjoyed an original Awful Awful burger at the little Nugget. And we had choices! choices! choices! of terrific events being held this month through Artown.
www.renoisartown.com
Whether you live locally or are coming from out of the area and want to know what is going on here just let me know. I don't pretend to know it all...because there are so many opportunities here...but I'd love to help you explore.
www.sparksrenohomeseach.com
Monday, July 8, 2013
Someone to look up to
There are a lot of people in my life that I admire. I am blessed to be surrounded by some really smart, kind, funny, generous people who show me in small ways every day how to be a better person. But one person in particular stands out after this weekend: my 16 year old nephew Jered.
When I say I look up to him, I mean I literally look up to him! The kid climbed the world's tallest climbing wall at BaseCamp in Reno this weekend. He was already plenty impressive. He is the strong, silent type. The type who doesn't speak a lot, but when he does you should listen closely because it will be supremely clever, funny or kind. He has repeatedly run the Race to Robie Creek in Boise, Idaho, starting when he was 12! It is a brutal 1/2 marathon and the only complaint I've heard from him is "my feet got hot".
So I shouldn't have been surprised when he said he wanted to climb the 164' wall that juts out over Virginia Street in downtown Reno. As with everything he was completely nonchalant. But I should know that if Jered says he's going to do something (run a race, send me a book he enjoyed, or climb a freaking wall) he WILL do it. And do it he did! He isn't a climber but he climbed right up that wall. He didn't overthink it. He didn't allow anyone to get inside his head. He just climbed up a wall!
Every "Great job man!" or "Way to go!" was met with a quiet, unassuming "Thank you."
"Are you tired?"
"A little."
"Did you look down?"
"Of course."
"Were you afraid?"
"Not really."
"Aren't you excited?"
"Sure."
Some people really are all about doing, not talking about doing. He inspired his entire family, and 50 or so spectators on the street, by doing what he said he'd do. THAT is someone to look up to.
www.sparksrenohomesearch.com
When I say I look up to him, I mean I literally look up to him! The kid climbed the world's tallest climbing wall at BaseCamp in Reno this weekend. He was already plenty impressive. He is the strong, silent type. The type who doesn't speak a lot, but when he does you should listen closely because it will be supremely clever, funny or kind. He has repeatedly run the Race to Robie Creek in Boise, Idaho, starting when he was 12! It is a brutal 1/2 marathon and the only complaint I've heard from him is "my feet got hot".
So I shouldn't have been surprised when he said he wanted to climb the 164' wall that juts out over Virginia Street in downtown Reno. As with everything he was completely nonchalant. But I should know that if Jered says he's going to do something (run a race, send me a book he enjoyed, or climb a freaking wall) he WILL do it. And do it he did! He isn't a climber but he climbed right up that wall. He didn't overthink it. He didn't allow anyone to get inside his head. He just climbed up a wall!
Every "Great job man!" or "Way to go!" was met with a quiet, unassuming "Thank you."
"Are you tired?"
"A little."
"Did you look down?"
"Of course."
"Were you afraid?"
"Not really."
"Aren't you excited?"
"Sure."
Some people really are all about doing, not talking about doing. He inspired his entire family, and 50 or so spectators on the street, by doing what he said he'd do. THAT is someone to look up to.
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