My Little Life

Last year, I penned a cute little poem about this day...this "Night Before School" day . But this year? Today? Well...today I'm just putting on a happy face and trying to keep those pesky tears at bay. Gosh...why is this so hard?! I sense a little apprehension in my Baby's answer to "Are you excited to start Kindergarten?"...she answers yes, but I can see there's just a hint of uncertainty. To be expected, I suppose, but it certainly doesn't make it easier on me. I finally realized why I think it's so tough on me this year (but, if I'm being totally honest, I was all torn up when the Pal went to K, also)...having had Pal when I was just a kid myself, (for the record I was 19) I've never really known life without kids. What IS a day like without a kiddo around to "mom" this and "mom" that and snuggle with in the mornings and chitter chatter with during car rides and read books with and be silly with and...ug...

So, forget last night's "how is it Thursday already" remark...HOW IS IT AUGUST?!?!?!? Holy man. I'm not ready. I still have a lot of summer that I want to experience! Rivers to jump in! Bon fires to sit around! Mosquitos to swat! I'm not ready for cool nights and jeans and sweatshirts and (ugh) SCHOOL SHOPPING. Boo. Sooooooo not ready. In any event, guess I better enjoy what's left of summer! Welcome to Five Question Friday!! You've come to the right place if you discovered your muses are all caught up with time moving too quickly.  Rules for 5QF:  Copy and paste the following questions to your blog post, answer them, then watch for the linky post to appear Friday morning and LINK UP!  Oh, and remember (pay close attention...this is the important one)...HAVE FUN! Questions for Friday, August 2nd:  (Special thanks to Harmony Song ( @harmonysong ) from Harmony Song ,   Pam ( @trooppetrie ) from  Troop Petrie  (for two!), Cate ( @RndmCrftyGA...

Yup. It's that time of the year. That time when those three little words make me run, screaming, from every store... "Back to School". Why must summer go so fast? I dread the "Back to School" season for two reasons; 1. Because I LOVE the pace of summer and having my kids around 24/7 and 2. the cost. Holy moly, the cost. Four school kids. Four "(Insert child's name here) and Mom Day"s...a day for each one of my school aged kids, to hang with me and get their school shopping done. Every year that I've added a "shopper" I've had to become more and more savvy with my shopping, or else, "good-bye budget". Enter: store discount coupons. Kohl's coupons, Justice, Gymboree, Gap, American Eagle...they start rolling in and I start stashing them in my purse. I can NOT stick to a budget without these coupons. (And w...