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I probably posted this last year, but turbo tax really is great.  I just did my taxes in 72 minutes.  I had already collected all the necessary documents and numbers but the online program sure made it easy.  Definitely worth the $66 it cost me.  Now the taxes I ended up paying is a whole different discussion.  So let’s hope things “change” soon.

2011 is really close.  Lot’s of big changes are planned this year for the Pace’s.  I am going to open a dermatology practice and we are all moving back to Washington.  On a more internet based note,  I am going try to keep the blog at http://www.akpace.com and Facebook a little more up to date this year.

I ran across this.  A family actually lives in the top of Smith Tower in Seattle.  It looks like a really cool apartment. Read the whole story and see more pictures from the New York Times article about Smith Tower.

Ashlee had some help from the dogs doing dishes.  We were watching Moxie, one of Nadia puppies a couple months ago.  Cinder and Nadia are in the habit of helping to clean the dishes.  Moxie was a quick learner and joined right in.  Each do had a side.  It was pretty funny.

We took Hannah and Mara to their first Cubs game.  It was a lot of fun and they both did really well.  We also went to the Chicago Art Institute which is incredible.  I only wish we had more time the day we went to see it all.

Here is a fun little movie Ashlee and I watched last night.  A little different and refreshing but not so weird it isn’t worth watching.  Plus for all the iTunes people out there it is a 99 cent rental right now.  A funny story about 3 interconnecting stories.  The link to the IMDB page here.

Here are some photos of all the families that Nadia’s pups went to.  Hope all the pups are doing well.  We had our hands full with all the puppies and kids, I think the photo below demonstrates it perfectly.  Click it to see the rest of the photos.

When Nadia had her pups, one of them was lucky enough to go to the Netherlands to live.  Judith and Anamiek came to pick him up.  We had a great time touring around Chicago with them.  Enjoy the photos.  Since I am posting this a month and a half late and the tour de France is on.  I am really rooting for Rabo Bank and Dennis Menchov.