I know, it isn't even the middle of August, but already we are seeing "Back to School!!!" stuff everywhere ... When do kids start school where you live? It isn't until September here, usually right after Labor Day ...

I loved school, and going back to school, my only dread was shoe shopping ahead of it, as a kid. I still hate shoe shopping, but as a kid it meant leaving behind sandals and getting "real shoes" again - and my feet generally objected!

(My mother hated bringing my sister and I shoe shopping - once told someone she would pay money to a stranger to do it if she could! We do not, suffice it to say, have normal feet ....)