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Happy New Year's Eve!

Happy New Year's Eve!  To finish out our year, I did what any other thrifty person does and took advantage of 75% off sale of all Christmas decorations. We're now fully loaded with lights and wrapping paper for next Christmas. I took Charlotte out with me and hit up Chicken Salad Chick for lunch. It's our new "ladies lunch" place. We rounded out the day with a trip to Staples to buy more school supplies for tutoring so that I can write them off on my taxes. It was a weird mix of proactive and procrastinated purchasing all in one. So while Charlotte and I enjoyed our lunch, I asked her what she thought were the best and worst moments for her in 2016. She gave me a list of best moments, but neither of us could come up with a decent worst moment. We both came up blank. I know the year looked awful in the news, but for the Dumonts, it was full of normal, happy moments. I think this was a year of depth for us. After spending the last 15 years widening our experiences...