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Another New Beginning

Another beginning.  Another "new".  Another start.  *shrug* They are too few! Yeah.  I know that was cheesy.  But anyway!  YES!  Another stab at this.  Again. . . So, at present, I am battling the adipose tissue on my body.  Wow.  I did NOT know how to spell that word.  I asked Siri.  A-D-I-P-O-S-E.  Huh.  Learn a new thing every day. . .  I haven't even started and already, I digress.  So here's it:  I have sustained on my body, about an additional 20 pounds that I would rather not have.  Honest.  But gee, I can't think of why that might be?!  Hmm.  Perhaps the fact of carrying 7 babies?  And not least of all the most recent being a set of twins.  Oh!  And let's not even mention my age.  Ugh.  Imagine that:  Extra weight one would rather not have.  Shocker!  Ok.  Enough with the sarcasm...  I made a connection today.  So, I...

A Twin Story . . . Part 1: The Brown House

The Twin's Story.  Part 1: The Brown House It was 2016, and we lived in a small, 4 bedroom, 1 bathroom house on East 3rd North.  It was getting a little crammed with 5 children, 2 adults and only 1 bathroom.  It wasn't horrible, no.  We survived just fine.  However, we knew that at some point, we would need a bigger house. One day I asked Nick, "If you could live anywhere -- ANYWHERE in the world -- where would you want to live?"  (And I made sure he understood I  meant  "anywhere" in the world.)  He answered, "I'd want to live some place where I could see the Tetons everyday.  Now, it doesn't have to be right out my kitchen window.  Just so long as I can see them on my drive to and from work."  I get it: the Teton Mountain Range is "HOME" to my dear hubby. Well, one morning I was on a run and I took the road down toward the highway.  On the way back, I asked myself the same question I asked Nick.  "Where would...