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Vlad's Official baby picture. Doesn't he look just like Vice President Cheney? They have the same birthday!
Vlad is TWO! He knows all his letters in English and Greek, and he can read his name and his brothers' names.

My distance record is 8 miles in 1:20. My 5K record time is 24:45 (treadmill).

Anoreth has her driver's license! She drives a small, purple, 4-door sedan. Watch out!

My favorite picture of Vlad (at six months) with Bill (then 12).

The same two boys, 1-1/2 and 13-1/2.

Pictures of Vlad from the first week:

Shannon, the photogenic kitten:

Left: Wednesday, the Big Cat: 10 years old, very conservative
Right: Agnes, the late FReeping cat (1986? to 2005)

The Tax-chickadees and me at Lake Norman (NC), September 2007.
Back row: Anoreth (16), Tom (10), Bill (13), Vlad (19 mos.), Tax-chick (41)
Front row: Sally (7), James (3-1/2), Elen (9), Pat (5-1/2)

***James looking so cute it oughta be illegal. ***
*** Sally with my father, one of the finest men in America.***

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"When the servant of the man of God rose early in the morning and went out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was round about the city. And the servant said, 'Alas, my master! What shall we do?' He said, 'Fear not, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.' Then Elisha prayed, and said, 'O LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes that he may see.' So the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha." (2 Kings 6:16-18)

"Without having seen him you love him; though you do not now see him you believe in him and rejoice with unutterable and exalted joy." (1 Peter 1:8)

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You can call me Cy, the original, unadulterated, polysyllabic, multiparous, redneck tax-chick! Trinity University (San Antonio, TX) graduate, 1989.

Notorious Nuclear Niceness Nazi, insinuator of the Molasses Miasma of Niceness, bearer of the Dread Words of Power, "Bless your bowels, honey! I just love your sense of humor!"

Married for 19 colorful years to Der Prinz auf Nerdz: computer networking wizard, gourmet cook and flamenco guitarist, half-marathon competitor, Cubmaster and 4th Degree Knight of Columbus, USAF Veteran, University of Texas and University of Tennessee graduate (M.S.E.E.)

Mother of EIGHT Tax-chickadees: Three girls (17, 10, 8) and five boys (14, 11, 6, 4, 2)

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Deo Vindice Christian School, a Catholic academy enrolling preschool through 9th grade, with a 100% graduation/college admissions rate; registered with the NC Division of Non-Public Schools, "You may be whatever you resolve to be."

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