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....Selena my high school sophomore...and Hunter my high school freshman (plus my nephew Zach an 8th grader!)....1st day of school 2010...where did the time go?

It's a beautiful Friday morning and it's been four days since Belle flew back to Florida.  Our house has settled back into normalcy after the rush of getting a college kid ready.  My high schoolers are ready to head back to classes next Tuesday.  Life for me will be a blur of soccer games, with my days filled with writing and new projects. I'm ready to hit the ground running with the free time that school in session gives me.   My most recent Bargain Hunter blog was one that was close to my heart.  It's about letting your kids go.  I'm posting it here today -- take a gander and let me know how you all feel about letting your kids go. Letting Go

"I bet deep down you still wish your mom would take you clothes shopping every August for the new school year."   ~Bridget Willard Seems like I just started waxing poetic on summer and all of a sudden it's back to school.  I've just learned to sink deeply in my front porch cushions and enjoy a good book while the kids sleep in.  The days are lazy and with not much direction.  It turns on a dime when the first of August rolls around.  Here is my August in a nutshell: -- Drive three times a day to Hiland to chauffeur said children to soccer conditioning -- Come back home and drink three more cups of coffee .... savor. -- Help my college sophomore choose which t-shirts out of 300 should go back with her to Florida. -- Remind her that extra baggage is extra money. -- Hide 100 of her t-shirts that she doesn't even remember that she has.  -- Make a sandwich for the hubby and chat with him when he comes home for lunch.  -- Go through high school sophomore and