(Hȇrmânôd = Hoar Month)
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Plans: domestic stuff
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Ancestor Meditation: (picture source: The Mennonite Heritage and Agricultural Museum, Goessel, Kansas) (Gravesites at Alexanderwohl Friedhof Cemetery, Goessel, Kansas).
Sunnastag/Sunna’s Day/Sunday (2nd great grandparents) David   A. Schmidt (1822-1892) and Maria Nachtigal (1828-1911)
David A. Schmidt (1822-1892)
Birth 19 May 1822 in Alexanderwohl, Molotschna South, Russia
Death 18 Dec 1892 in Marion County, Kansas, United States
*Married 15 November 1849
Maria Nachtigal (1828-1911)
Birth 23 Jan 1828 in Majdan Królewski, Podkarpackie, Duchy of Poland, West Prussia
Death 01 Apr 1911 in Goessel, Marion County, Kansas, United States
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
* no doubt the ones who brought the family over from Europe.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Hagalaz: The cosmic seed of potential, a sacred enclosure/shell, shaping, evolution, protection within, holiness, a type of Godotuom; destruction/regeneration, evolution, destructive elements, unavoidable unpleasantness, pruning, potentially destructive but change will occur on its own given time.  Embrace the necessary destruction.  Don't rail against it.  Benefit from it.
*A2R1
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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​Armanen Rune: Gibor: 
Havamal 163:
An eighteenth I learned, yet I would never
Let a woman or maid know it,
For everyone knows what’s best for himself-
This leads me to the conclusion of the songs-
The one it shall be then, that lies in my arms
As betrothed wife and as sister.
 
The scald, awakening, passion, mystery, the end, comprehension of the diving from below upward; from humanity outward, secrecy, gift/giver, gift of life, that which is best for the individual, fulfillment, sacred marriage, being ONE with the sister soul, protection against evil forces, being/seeing the Divine, the cosmic consciousness and the divine principle, two forces having a singular origin, the spiritual ego, death-life cycle, protection against evil forces, union of the gods and the World, the uninterrupted chain in the cycle of eternal returns, the Creator and the Created, the deepest mysteries of the Universe, the end.
“Man, be one with God” (List, 67).
*H3R6
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Interpretation: Change (Hagalaz) brings an awakening (Gibor).
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1st check on all fur-kids.
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Outcome: A wee bit more than 6hrs of unbeneficial sleep.
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Good morning conversation with wifey.
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My health by the numbers:
Weight: 257
Glucose: 140
BP:144/77
Pulse: 85
Well shit…and this is waiting 2hrs after taking medication.
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WHAT?  NO BUNDELIGA ON FOX SPORTS?????????????????
Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga
Frankfurt 1:1 Mönchengladbach
Leverkusen v Düsseldorf
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4-egg omelet with honey’s meat sauce and cheese, plus potato coins.  OMGs a bit too much.  Toby was more than happy to finish it for me.
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Toby and I out for an early afternoon, 30min, piss me the fuck off, walk.  After his third separate incidence of failing to obey common voice commands, I had it!  He was placed on the retractable for the rest of the walk, in spite of all the “Dad I’m sorry” glances.
*partly cloudy, mildly cold, north wind.
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3 loads of laundry
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Dillons
Car Wash
Return trip to Dillons because I got the wrong flour.  Wifey says very important when making meat pies.
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OOOOooooo…meat pies are wonderful!
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MASL https://www.maslsoccer.com/
Mississauga MetroStars 6:5 Harrisburg Heat
RGV Barracudas 9:4 Dallas Sidekicks
Ontario Fury 12:4 El Paso Coyotes
Tacoma Stars 5:9 San Diego Sockers on MASL-TV/YouTube.  WTF?  I watched this whole game for a glimpse, a mention of Landon Donovan on the San Diego team: nothing.
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Call in from brother.
Fb message from a Hammerstorm member.  I’m being asked to host a “lore night” to which I agreed.
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Essie was so pissed at a yellow tabby that made its way across the porch.  Being right behind her I let her out just to see what she would do.  OMGs!  She chased it right off the porch.  She was good about coming back when she was called.  Undeterred, the yellow tabby came back.  Undeterred, Essie wanted to go back out after it again to express her displeasure.  I went right out after her and called Essie back when she chased it off.  She was so worked up over her success she didn’t know how to contain herself around Toby.  I had to call her off when she attacked Toby.  Still undeterred, the yellow tabby came back a third time.  I tired to explain to it that it needed to go find someplace else to be.  I let Socks out from his house and he went out to protect his Princedom.  He was quick to tend to it.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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12:30 nighty night.  Wifey is in her office with her fur babies tonight.
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(Hȇrmânôd = Hoar Month)
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Plans: wifey, work 8hrs.
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Ancestor Meditation: Manostag/Mano’s Day/Monday (parents) Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963) and Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994), Jewell F. Reimer [(sister) (1947)], Michael L Reimer [(brother) (1948-1997)], Beth Ann Reimer/Hinkle [(sister) (1956-2018)].
Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963)
Birth 24 October 1924 in Whitewater, Butler County, Kansas, USA
*US Navy veteran, Joint Intelligence Center, Pacific Ocean Area (JICPOA)
**Naval Intelligence Office, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
*Married 23 June 1946
Death 10 October 1963 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA; complications from M.S.
Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994)
Birth 20 January 1926 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas, USA
Death 23 September 1994 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA; heart attack.
I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Ehwaz: Horse, the special, controlled relationship between a rider and a horse, absolute trust, taking control of relationships and with higher-powers, instinct, intuition, progress, working in tandem with another, toward a single goal, control of a situation, adaptability, two halves that make-up the whole, following one’s instincts, teamwork, trust, loyalty, partnership, cooperation.
Conversely:
The relationship of a horse and rider out of control, disharmony, quarrelsome tendencies, mistrust, betrayal, stranded, indecisiveness, false friends/unfriendliness, treachery, change and/or movement for the worse, loss, break-up of a relationship, disruption of relationships, reluctant to trust, friendless, blockage, treachery, indecision, an enemy comes to the gate.
*A3R3
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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​Armanen Rune: Not: 
Havamal 153:
An eighth is mine, to all the Folk
Useful to know in their suffering;
Where hatred rises-up between man and man,
This I can settle fast.
 
Distress, suffering, compulsion of fate, separation, confrontation, strife settled, understanding suffering, settled calm, mind over matter, necessity of fate, misery and death, change of luck as necessity, decision of the Wurtâ, Wurt/Urlag paid-for, cause-effect relations, capability to restructure Wurt/Urlag, That which cannot be averted, the Ur-law that is active in every creature, stress, karmic debt, karmic need, but with outlook for change of karma, banishing ill fortune by means of accepting karma and karmic law, Skuld, Divine justice that balances.
“Use your fate, do not strive against it” (List, 55).
*H2R2
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Interpretation: Trust (Ehwaz) brings stress (Not).
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1st check on all fur-kids.
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Outcome: 7 ½ hrs. of sleep with one wake up.
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Good morning conversation with wifey.
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Breakfast sandwich + a banana.
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Toby and I out for a perfektly behaved, late morning, 30min walk.
*I made sure to get his attention BEFORE we headed out.
*mostly cloudy/high clouds, cold, slight north breeze.
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Ran wifey to Family Dollar.
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I’ve decided to send back the long ship I got from Amazon.  It’s just too small.  Prepped it for a return shipment tomorrow.
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Chicken sandwich from frozen + diced potatoes + buttered corn from frozen.
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Email at work told us to exercise caution about tomorrow’s snowstorm.  We were encouraged not to take chances, but we would get an extra $100 for the day if we complete our shift.  It seems we could get anywhere between 3-5”.  Goddamn Wichita will be crippled!
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It seems the Super was a pain in the ass tonight.  We’ve been told it’s okay to behave one way, then the Super moves the goal-posts into another direction.  When the news of his flip-flopping got to ME, it was enough for me to make sure to stay steadily busy, not rushing busy.  I stayed steadily busy right up to 11:30.
*Ehwaz/Not
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Dillons petrol ahead of tomorrow’s snowstorm.
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There was a Bundesliga match today? https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga
Nuremburg 0:0 BVB
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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2am nighty night.  Wife is in pain tonight; sleeping in her office.
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​God/dess Meditation: (alternate Manostag) Nirdu, brother-husband, to Nirda, parents of the Wanâ; Ing-Frô and the Frouwa, beloved god of harbors and seas close to land; help us to remember the cargoes of wealth that float to our doors daily from the wonderful Universe in which we live. Though our misfortunes may rise and fall like the tides, the chance of prosperity, like the eternal sea brimming with fish, is still there. Like the salt-sea spray, awaken us to the possibilities that surround us, so that our nets may be cast wide and return full of life’s gifts. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, NIRDU, as we honor the Nirdu that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!

(Hȇrmânôd = Hoar Month)
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Plans: ?????????????????????
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Ancestor Meditation: (grave-sites @ Alexanderwohl Friedhof Cemetery, Goessel, Ks and Medford Oklahoma Mennonite Cemetery respectively) Tag der Fruchtbarkeit/Day of Fertility/Saturday (2nd great grandparents) Peter Amos Reimer (1832-1905) and Agatha Dirksen (1840-1905)
Peter A Reimer (1832-1905)
Birth 17 Sept 1832 in Ohrloff, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 3 Sept 1905 in Goessel, KS
*Married 22 September 1858
Agatha Dirksen (1840-1905)
Birth 07 Apr 1840 in Sparrau, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 3 Apr 1905 in Medford, OK
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
*no doubt the ones who brought the family over from Europe.
*offered up some tobacco for Granny Aggie.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Kenaz: The torch, Divine wisdom, sexuality, light, shaping, fabrication or fashioning of primordial material, the hearth fire, brightly burning, knowledge, illumination, intellect, divine inspiration under control of human craft, creation, clarification, knowledge/inspiration from within, intuition, Self-awareness, creativity and transformation, clarity of thought, the application of the Divine.
Conversely:
Ulcer, a dimly burning torch, darkness, choosing to remain in the dark, a lack of Divine wisdom, lack of creativity, a self-imposed cocoon, the inability to shape the basics of life, pig ignorance, arrogance, inability to transform, uniformed, disease, decay, ambiguous thought processes, obscure thought processes, dark influences, cruel sexuality, uncontrollable human craft processes.
*A1R6
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Tyr:
Havamal 157:
A twelfth one I sing, when I see through the brush
The hanged one swinging from the hemp;
He climbs down from the trunk, must tell me his tale
When I carve the Runes right.
 
Rebirth, renewal, rising from the ashes, excitation, revelation, mysteries revealed, sacrifice, rebirth of the Sun god, fertility and/or destruction, generation, power, success, wisdom, duties fulfilled, art of concealment and hiding, rebirth into the light - life of the soul, the power to make situations turn completely around, spiritual understanding, the power of regeneration, warrior strength, justice, balance, personal sacrifice of the father, resurrection/reincarnation/born again; “Do not fear anything, even dying cannot kill you.  Better to die than to be dead alive” (Gorsleben).
“Fear not death - it cannot kill you (List, 58).
H2R6
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Interpretation: Divine wisdom (Kenaz) brings rebirth (Tyr).
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1st check on all fur-kids.
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Outcome: 7hrs of sleep with one wake-up.
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Good morning conversation with wifey.
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Biscuits and gravy with scrambled eggs…YUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga
Schalke 0:0 Freiburg on FS2/Sling-TV
Hoffenheim 3:0 Hannover
Stuttgart 1:3 Leipzig
Wolfsburg 3:0 Mainz
Berlin 1:1 Bremen
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Wifey helped load up recyclables.
McDs; okay, this really has to stop.  I went to McDs last night for biscuits and ended up getting a small Shamrock Shake.  Today, I went in for a LARGE Shamrock Shake.
Took in recyclables
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Wifey tried to make some kind of pasta sauce yesterday, but her pasta sauce turned into some really good tasting thick meat sauce.  She made herself a stuffed tomato, and me a stuffed green pepper.  SMILING!
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WOO-HOO!  LUCKY, LUCKY ME!!!!!!!!!!  I GOT LUCKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*Kenaz/Tyr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Gotham S5 E16 on Fox Now/Sling-TV https://www.fox.com/gotham/
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MASL https://www.maslsoccer.com/
Florida Tropics 6:10 Seawolves
Kansas City Comets v Milwaukee Wave
1st qtr. 0:2
2nd qtr. 1:3
3rd qtr. 0:2
4th qtr. 1:1
Final: Comets 2:8 Wave
COMETS SUCK!  COMETS SUCK!  COMETS SUCK! Too bad the coach is into a multi-year contract.  He sucks.  Too bad both goalies suck, too.
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10:30pm trip to Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market for kitty-litter.  Honestly, it just couldn’t wait.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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2am nighty night.  I get to sleep with my wife.
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(Hȇrmânôd = Hoar Month)
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Plans: wifey, work 8hrs.
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Ancestor Meditation: (picture source: Ancestry.com) (Gravesites @ Mennonite Brethren Church Cemetery, Lehigh, Kansas)


Frijastag/Frija’s Day/Friday (great grandparents) David D. Schmidt (1852-1924) and Elisabeth Zülke (apx1856-1932) 
David D. Schmidt
Birth 11 June 1852
Death 18 March 1924 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas, USA
Married 22 February 1876
Elizabeth Zülke (1856-1932)
Birth 4 JAN 1856 in Waldheim, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 19 JUN 1932 in Lehigh, Kansas
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Mannaz: The human, Heimo; our genetic connection to the gods, humankind, social interaction, cooperation between people, the special human, the human intellect, awareness, kinship, social structure, the ability to work well within a social structure in an effort be effective within it, social interaction and order, perfected intellect, attract support from your peers, attainment of common goals, Divine structure.
Conversely:
Problems relating with Heimo and humanity, without cooperation between people, w/o social interaction, the inability to work within a social structure in an effective way, self-delusion, intellectual arrogance/ignorance, bigotry, inability to make peace with others, destructive social nature, closed mindedness, failed social interaction and disorder; anti-social behavior and lack of Divine structure.
*A3R4
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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​Armanen Rune: Ar: 
Havamal 154:
A tenth one I sing, when dangers at sea forces me
To protect my ship from the stormy waves;
The storm I calm down, no matter how billowing the sea,
And I cradle the waves to sleep.
 
Dangers calmed, protection, challenges eased, comfort/stillness, primal fire, nobles, destruction of physical darkness reborn into spiritual light, confidence, Ing-Frô, the Sun, the path to the Light, will, leadership, all that which is beautiful and Sun-like, change to good, virtues, honor, glory, rewarding work, completion, light, Divine spirit, power contained in light that washes away darkness, wisdom, beauty, virtue, trust, honor, fame, Rune of the initiate, Symbolism of the Lord of the Light-elves that returns home from darkness, Rune of peace and good seasons.
“Respect the primal fire” (List, 56).
*H2R4
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Interpretation: Social interaction (Mannaz) brings dangers calmed (Ar).
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1st check on all fur-kids.
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Outcome: Almost 8hrs of sleep (almost 10am?) with only one wake-up.
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Sleet.
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Morning conversation with Wifey
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Breakfast sandwich + 2 bananas; two bananas because they’re ripening quickly.
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Meat request from wifey. 
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Toby and I out for a very careful, somewhat stubborn, 30min walk.
*bitter cold, cloudy, stout north wind.
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Amazon order.
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Dillons for wifey’s meat request, and a few things for me and my lunch.
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Tomato soup, ham and cheese grilled cheese sandwich for lunch.
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga
Augsburg 2:3 München on FS2/Sling-TV
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Not a horrible night at work; slow, but not horrible.
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Stop off at McDs for 8 of their biscuits; biscuits and gravy for tomorrow’s breakfast.
*small Shamrock Shake https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/product/shamrock-shake-small.html for the yummies of it.
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MASL https://www.maslsoccer.com/
Mississauga MetroStars 3:6 Baltimore Blast on MASL-TV/YouTube at work.
Turlock Express 12:8 El Paso Coyotes
San Diego Sockers 6:4 Tacoma Stars
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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2am nighty night.  My wife must be trapped by her kitties in her office tonight.
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(Hȇrmânôd = Hoar Month)
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Plans: wifey, work 8hrs.
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Ancestor Meditation: Flags:

1. Holy Roman Empire German/Austria until 1711-1740
2. Kingdom of Prussia 1701-1918
3. US flag 1850 31 stars
4. Oklahoma state flag
5. California state flag

Donarstag/Donar’s Day/Thursday (great, grandparents) Peter Reimer (1868-1937) and Eva Hiebert (1874-1929)
Peter Reimer (1868-1937)
Birth 17 July 1868 in, Kleefeld, Molotschna, Russia
Death 12 Jan 1937 in Kern County, California, United States
*Married 9 April 1893
Eva Hiebert (1874-1929)
Birth 13 Jan 1874 in, Alexanderwohl, Molotschna, Taurida, Russia
Death 20 Aug 1929 in Fresno, Fresno, California, United States
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Algiz: Protection/shielding, Heimo (the genetic connection between gods and the Folk), guardian of Ensiwëg, the Rainbow Bridge, expansion of archetypal consciousness, awareness, divine realizations, an awakening, drawing on the natural Will, invocation/supplication to the gods, preparedness, sanctuary, embracing the Divine plan, a safe harbor, connection with current events, the Elk, or swan.
Conversely:
Outside the favor of Heimo, failure to integrate humanity with the Divine, without divine protection, possible dangers lurking, lack of preparedness, inability to embrace fear, failure to face the ultimate good in all things, tested by the natural Will/Universal voice, without the need for protection, the inability to see/understand/connect with what’s coming, an aspect of death, helplessness.
*A2R7
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Rit: 
Havamal 150:
That I know as the fifth, should an enemy’s
Arrow come flying into the throng;
As bright as it might clash, I stem its power
Once I firmly fix my eye on it.
 
Incoming challenges, the exalted, the strength of Will, external power/strength squelched, fixation, attack squelched, introspective awareness, that which is passing, council, right, wheel, movement, rhythm, law, correctness, judgment, victory over the lower ego, holding, right order, the judge, advice, salvation, money, original law, that which flows away, religious feeling, ritual action/primal laws, orderliness in the world, the ritual, primal law/Urlag, things that are done correctly, spiritual feeling, ritual action, journey, Divine law, All justice, Rune of the cosmic rhythm of the worlds, wheels, personal empowerment.
“I am my rod (right), this rod (right) is indestructible, therefore, I am myself indestructible, because I am my rod (right)” (List, 53).
*H1R5
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Interpretation: Protection (Algiz) from incoming challenges (Rit).
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1st check on all fur-kids.
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Outcome: Just shy of 7hrs. with zero wake-ups.
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Good morning conversation with wifey.
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I gave wifey her phase 1 of her Valentine’s Day gift:
2 large chocolate bars
Jammies (Victoria’s Secret)
REALLY nice slip
BIG-ASS Victoria’s Secret bag that I wasn’t sure she would appreciate, but she DOES have a use for it.
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Phase 2
I told her to leave because there was something else, I needed to do; BACON ROSES!  10 pieces of bacon rolled up and cooked in the over atop of a muffin tin.  I pulled the silk flower part from their stems and replaced them with the bacon on the ends.
While they were cooking, I went out to give her, her card.
Also, while they were cooking, I made myself some pancakes with bacon.
Lily got a piece of bacon.
Toby got a piece of bacon
Essie got a piece of bacon.
Placing the bacon roses in a mug, I took them out to her in her office.  OMGs she was impressed!
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Toby and I out for a perfektly behaved, late morning, 30min walk.
*mostly cloudy/high clouds, mild, north breeze.
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Winchell’s Donuts
McDs
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Off and on busy at work.  4 orders very late in the shift.  Within the last 1 ½ hours, I turned in a bit more than 4 hours: WHEW!
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Oh, kind of cold coming home from work.
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Dillons petrol.
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QT for a snack.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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2am nighty night.  I get to sleep with my wife.
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(Hȇrmânôd = Hoar Month)
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Plans: wifey, work 8hrs.
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Ancestor Meditation: Dienstag/Thing Day/Tuesday (grandparents) Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967) and Maria Hildebrand (1895-72) (Gravesites at Alexanderwohl Friedhof Cemetery, Goessel, Kansas).
Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967)
Birth 15 May 1898 in Medford, Grant County, Oklahoma, USA
Death 26 Mar 1967 in Hesston, Harvey County, Kansas, United States
*Married 2 June 1920
Maria Hildebrand (1894-72)
Birth 30 Dec 1894 in Marion County, Ks, USA
Death 22 Jul 1972 in Newton, Harvey County, KS, USA
Gravesites @ Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church, Goessel, Ks
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Fehu:  Cattle, wealth, Ing-Frô; the god of abundance, Audhumla; the primal bovine, the ability to create and maintain wealth and the accompanying power, creative forces, financial security, good financial management, Odhumbal, the primeval bovine, fire, beginnings, productivity, positive energy, life force, self-respect, personal power, one’s condition in life, generosity that needs to come with the social responsibility of wealth.
Conversely:
The negative blessing of prosperity, stagnant finances, lack of creative energies, productivity failure, and the inability to and/or create wealth, greed, financial insecurity, improper financial management, disconnected from the life source, fear of failure, an ending, an unfortunate condition, fiery powers extinguished, atrophy/decline, failed ambition, lack of self-esteem, an ineffective beginning and an irresponsible misuse of power.
*A1R1
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Man: 
Havamal 160:
A fourteenth know I Volkrast, the dwarf,
Sings early at the gates of dawn,
To strengthen the Aesir, to empower the Alves,
But to myself, All-Father, to gain wisdom.
 
Strength, magical empowerment, acquisition of Divine wisdom, propagation of the human race, encompasses both the exoteric and the esoteric concepts of humanity, great gain, male mysteries/leadership, manly actions, pulling down the spiritual into material form, human/humanity, increase, masculinity, health, plenty, magic, spirit, truth, God-Man, male principle in Cosmos, birth, health, increase, maleness and man, Divine man, male principle in Cosmos, magic power, thaumaturgy, true self, the resurrected god, the upper part of the world tree, Irminsul, Rune of spiritual powers, of directing Manna powers; the sacred Rune of humankind encouraging us to be human.
“Be a man” (List, 61).
H3R3
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Interpretation: good financial management (Fehu) brings strength (Man).
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1st check on all fur-kids.
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Outcome: 7 ½ hrs. of sleep with 2 wake-ups.
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Morning conversation with wifey.  My poor baby thinks she has the onset of a migraine.  Her cue; twitches.
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Breakfast sandwich + a banana.
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Toby and I out for a late morning, perfektly behaved, 30min walk.  Toby’s walks are so much better now that I can see he gets his voice commands.  Don’t get me wrong, his alter ego, Mr. Opportunist, occasionally raises his ugly head, but even at that, it’s short-lived.
*sunny, mildly cold, NNW breeze.
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Yeah, wifey’s migraine is full bore!
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Call in from my Union rep to help me with my “book umber”.  Was finally able to create a profile with my local lodge IAM 839. https://www.ll839.org/
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Hela great lunch:
*Well-dressed chicken tenderloins
*Teriyaki noodles from package
*Buttered corn from frozen
OMGs YUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Not a horrible night at work.  After 11pm, two hand-form orders came in that gave me 310min for doing absolutely nothing…nice!
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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2am nighty night.  My wife is sleeping in her office with a full-blown migraine tonight.
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(Hȇrmânôd = Hoar Month)
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Ancestor Meditation: Wodanstag/Wodan’s Day/Wednesday (grandparents, Mother) David F. Schmidt (1895-1957) and Mary Goertz (1888-1983) (Gravesites at Lehigh Mennonite Cemetery).
David F. Schmidt (1895-1957)
Birth 28 Feb 1885 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas
Death 1 Oct 1957 in Marion County, Kansas
*Married 22 October 1922
Mary Goertz (1888-1983)
Birth 17 March 1888 in Kismet, Kansas
Death 27 Dec 1983 in Marion County, Kansas
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Fehu:  Cattle, wealth, Ing-Frô; the god of abundance, Audhumla; the primal bovine, the ability to create and maintain wealth and the accompanying power, creative forces, financial security, good financial management, Odhumbal, the primeval bovine, fire, beginnings, productivity, positive energy, life force, self-respect, personal power, one’s condition in life, generosity that needs to come with the social responsibility of wealth.
Conversely:
The negative blessing of prosperity, stagnant finances, lack of creative energies, productivity failure, and the inability to and/or create wealth, greed, financial insecurity, improper financial management, disconnected from the life source, fear of failure, an ending, an unfortunate condition, fiery powers extinguished, atrophy/decline, failed ambition, lack of self-esteem, an ineffective beginning and an irresponsible misuse of power.
*A1R1
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Gibor: 
Havamal 163:
An eighteenth I learned, yet I would never
Let a woman or maid know it,
For everyone knows what’s best for himself-
This leads me to the conclusion of the songs-
The one it shall be then, that lies in my arms
As betrothed wife and as sister.
 
The scald, awakening, passion, mystery, the end, comprehension of the diving from below upward; from humanity outward, secrecy, gift/giver, gift of life, that which is best for the individual, fulfillment, sacred marriage, being ONE with the sister soul, protection against evil forces, being/seeing the Divine, the cosmic consciousness and the divine principle, two forces having a singular origin, the spiritual ego, death-life cycle, protection against evil forces, union of the gods and the World, the uninterrupted chain in the cycle of eternal returns, the Creator and the Created, the deepest mysteries of the Universe, the end.
“Man, be one with God” (List, 67).
*H3R6
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Interpretation: A beginning (Fehu) brings an ending (Gibor).
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1st check on all fur-kids.
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Outcome: 6 ½ hrs. of sleep with 2 wake-ups.
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Good morning conversation with wifey; SO FUNNY!
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A breakfast sandwich + a banana.
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Toby and I out for a perfektly behaved, late morning, 30min walk.
*mostly cloudy/high clouds, mild, stout south wind.
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Shopped; somewhat disappointing.
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Leftover corn and noodles with chicken patties from frozen with cheese.
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No doubt my best night yet in that shop.  A single order of parts netted me 820min/13.6hrs.  With all the other hodge-podge throughout the night, no doubt I got a full 16hrs in for an 8hrs shift.
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Awwwwwwwwwwww…wifey left her Valentine’s gift out for me.  2 CDs:
Faun; Licht
Achillea; The Nine Worlds
*PERFEKT!
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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2am nighty-night.  I get to sleep with my wife tonight.
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(Hȇrmânôd = Hoar Month)
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Ancestor Meditation: Manostag/Mano’s Day/Monday (parents) Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963) and Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994), Jewell F. Reimer [(sister) (1947)], Michael L Reimer [(brother) (1948-1997)], Beth Ann Reimer/Hinkle [(sister) (1956-2018)].
Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963)
Birth 24 October 1924 in Whitewater, Butler County, Kansas, USA
*US Navy veteran, Joint Intelligence Center, Pacific Ocean Area (JICPOA)
**Naval Intelligence Office, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
*Married 23 June 1946
Death 10 October 1963 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA; complications from M.S.
Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994)
Birth 20 January 1926 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas, USA
Death 23 September 1994 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA; heart attack.
I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Sowulo: The Sun, Sunna, a lightning bolt, victory, success, feminine life force, lighting the way to new ideas, vitality, confidence, action, wholeness, optimism, the clear light of day, can be a destructive lightening flash (clearing), the will to victory, life purpose, cosmic energies effecting life, appearance of a guiding principle, guidance in journeying, spiritual guidance, leadership.
*A2R8
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Tyr:
Havamal 157:
A twelfth one I sing, when I see through the brush
The hanged one swinging from the hemp;
He climbs down from the trunk, must tell me his tale
When I carve the Runes right.
 
Rebirth, renewal, rising from the ashes, excitation, revelation, mysteries revealed, sacrifice, rebirth of the Sun god, fertility and/or destruction, generation, power, success, wisdom, duties fulfilled, art of concealment and hiding, rebirth into the light - life of the soul, the power to make situations turn completely around, spiritual understanding, the power of regeneration, warrior strength, justice, balance, personal sacrifice of the father, resurrection/reincarnation/born again; “Do not fear anything, even dying cannot kill you.  Better to die than to be dead alive” (Gorsleben).
“Fear not death - it cannot kill you (List, 58).
H2R6
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Interpretation: victory (Sowulo) brings rebirth (Tyr).
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1st check on all fur-kids.
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Outcome: 8hrs of restless sleep.
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Conversation with wifey, and she shows me a soft spot in the breezeway.
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Call into Elite Renovations
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FB message from my best Ok friend.  Telephone call arranged for 2pm.  It looks like were having visitors this weekend.  YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Two eggs sunny side up, leftover turkey patty, toast with jelly.
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Separated recyclables
Vacuumed
*both because I was too lazy to do it over the weekend.
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Started baking in the kitchen because I forgot break treats for work.
*chocolate centered cookies
*apple cinnamon muffins
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Bank
Medication set-uprun.
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No walk today, Toby.  It’s just too damned damp.
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QT for a quick lunch.
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Late call in from my Ok friend…she’ll call again tomorrow.
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It was a very slow night at work.  I don’t mind the company paying me well to be bored.
*what?  Another heat episode?  WTF?
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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2am nighty night.  My wife is sleeping in her office with her kitties tonight.
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(Hȇrmânôd = Hoar Month)
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Plans: domestic stuff
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Ancestor Meditation: (picture source: The Mennonite Heritage and Agricultural Museum, Goessel, Kansas) (Gravesites at Alexanderwohl Friedhof Cemetery, Goessel, Kansas).
Sunnastag/Sunna’s Day/Sunday (2nd great grandparents) David   A. Schmidt (1822-1892) and Maria Nachtigal (1828-1911)
David A. Schmidt (1822-1892)
Birth 19 May 1822 in Alexanderwohl, Molotschna South, Russia
Death 18 Dec 1892 in Marion County, Kansas, United States
*Married 15 November 1849
Maria Nachtigal (1828-1911)
Birth 23 Jan 1828 in Majdan Królewski, Podkarpackie, Duchy of Poland, West Prussia
Death 01 Apr 1911 in Goessel, Marion County, Kansas, United States
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
* no doubt the ones who brought the family over from Europe.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Berkana: The feminine, Frija, Alle-Mutter, maternal instincts, birth processes, rejuvenation, growth, compassion, nurturing, caregiver, maturation, mature wisdom, recuperation, purification, the birch tree, birth, becoming, life changes, life anew, now is the time, a fresh perspective, sanctuary, all forms of Mothering, Frija at her Most-Motherly, healing, bringing into being, life passages.
Conversely:
Problems with relating to the feminine, the maternal influence and the feminine mysteries, void of growth and caring, deceit, degradation, immaturity, deterioration, contamination, needlessly clinging, tough love Mothering, in need of Mothering, missing/ignoring a significant life passage.
*A3R2
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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​Armanen Rune: Tyr:
Havamal 157:
A twelfth one I sing, when I see through the brush
The hanged one swinging from the hemp;
He climbs down from the trunk, must tell me his tale
When I carve the Runes right.
 
Rebirth, renewal, rising from the ashes, excitation, revelation, mysteries revealed, sacrifice, rebirth of the Sun god, fertility and/or destruction, generation, power, success, wisdom, duties fulfilled, art of concealment and hiding, rebirth into the light - life of the soul, the power to make situations turn completely around, spiritual understanding, the power of regeneration, warrior strength, justice, balance, personal sacrifice of the father, resurrection/reincarnation/born again; “Do not fear anything, even dying cannot kill you.  Better to die than to be dead alive” (Gorsleben).
“Fear not death - it cannot kill you (List, 58).
H2R6
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Interpretation: Mothering (Berkana) brings rebirth (Tyr).
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1st check on all fur-kids.
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Outcome: 8hrs of solid sleep.
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Good morning conversation with wifey.
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Sunday morning political shows: Meet the press, This Week, Face the Nation
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga
München 3:1 Schalke FS1/Sling-TV
Bremen 4:0 Augsburg  
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Breakfast from frozen;
1 pancake on a stick
2 burritos
1 patty hashbrowns
Because the day was moving on and I no longer felt like cooking.
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Toby and I out for a perfektly behaved, late morning/noon hour, 30min walk.
*cloudy, cool slight south breeze.
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Dillons
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Visited with Hammerstorm; Jarlskonna’s grandmother died.
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3 loads of laundry.
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Call in from brother.  Call into Irminenschaft brother.
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Turkey burger with cheese + 3 hashbrown patties.
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 MASL https://www.maslsoccer.com/
Utica City FC 13:5 Mississauga MetroStars
Baltimore Blast 9:3 Harrisburg Heat
Monterrey Flash v Dallas Sidekicks
RGV Barracudas v El Paso Coyotes
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 Shania Twain concert, Still the One Tour, Las Vegas Show, AXS-TV/Sling-TV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIquWyrqX5o&start_radio=1&list=RDwIquWyrqX5o&t=41
WHOA!
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Midnight, nighty night.  I get to sleep with my wife.
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​God/dess Meditation: (alternate Sunnastag) Paltar, you're the blameless god, gloriously shining god, rising god, restoration god, husband to the faithful Nanda, beloved son of Wodan and Frija.  Just as you restore Mittigart after Godotuom, restore us after we experience our own Godotuoms of life.  Let your goodness and your reconciliation smooth our paths on Earth. When our days here are over, light up death’s darkness with the promise of rebirth. Help us to avoid evil and seek the good. Inspired by your example, we will keep our reputations spotless that our lives be proclaimed a victory of the Spirit, and our leaving his life a tragedy. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, PALTAR, as we honor the Paltar that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
 
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Alaf Sal Fena!

(Hȇrmânôd = Hoar Month)
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Plans: ?????????????????????????????????
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Ancestor Meditation: (grave-sites @ Alexanderwohl Friedhof Cemetery, Goessel, Ks and Medford Oklahoma Mennonite Cemetery respectively) Tag der Fruchtbarkeit/Day of Fertility/Saturday (2nd great grandparents) Peter Amos Reimer (1832-1905) and Agatha Dirksen (1840-1905)
Peter A Reimer (1832-1905)
Birth 17 Sept 1832 in Ohrloff, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 3 Sept 1905 in Goessel, KS
*Married 22 September 1858
Agatha Dirksen (1840-1905)
Birth 07 Apr 1840 in Sparrau, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 3 Apr 1905 in Medford, OK
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
*no doubt the ones who brought the family over from Europe.
*offered up some tobacco for Granny Aggie.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Berkana: The feminine, Frija, Alle-Mutter, maternal instincts, birth processes, rejuvenation, growth, compassion, nurturing, caregiver, maturation, mature wisdom, recuperation, purification, the birch tree, birth, becoming, life changes, life anew, now is the time, a fresh perspective, sanctuary, all forms of Mothering, Frija at her Most-Motherly, healing, bringing into being, life passages.
Conversely:
Problems with relating to the feminine, the maternal influence and the feminine mysteries, void of growth and caring, deceit, degradation, immaturity, deterioration, contamination, needlessly clinging, tough love Mothering, in need of Mothering, missing/ignoring a significant life passage.
*A3R2
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Ur:
Havamal 147:
Another I name, that all need to have
Who officiate as curing healers;
Know yourself, and you will know the world,
And learn to discern between evil and its causes.
 
Self-knowledge/awareness, all-knowing, discernment, witches/shamans/doctors/healing, causality, the primordial, eternity, primal fire, primal light, primal, primal bull, recognize the cause of an event, healing. that which is grasped or permanent, medical help, the healing powers of medical drugs, nurturing at the original basis, original cause, origin, root of all material and cosmic phenomena, contact with the transcendent, contact with the dead, life after mortal death, Mother-God, Creative Mother Principle, a physician’s rune and represents resurrection, eternity, and continuity, root of all material and cosmic phenomena, root of eternity, causality; the origin of time, cause and effect in the eternal power of becoming.
“Know yourself, then you will know all” (List 50).
*H1R2
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Interpretation: growth (Berkana) brings awareness (Ur).
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1st check on all fur-kids.
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Outcome: 7hrs of solid sleep.
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Went into the living room to turn on some Bundesliga football, AND I FELL ASLEEP FOR AN HOUR!  WTF is up with that?
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My health by the numbers:
Weight: 254 (YAY!)
Glucose: 114 (YAY!)
BP: 148/70 (yuck)
Pulse: 80 (yuck)
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Wifey conversation.
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4 scrambled eggs with ham-n-cheese, hand-shredded hashbrowns, 3 leftover cheesy biscuits.
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga
Borussia Dortmund v Hoffenheim
https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/matchday/2018-2019/21/borussia-dortmund-vs-tsg-1899-hoffenheim/liveticker 
Final 3:3
Freiburg 3:3 Wolfsburg
Hannover 2:0Nürnberg
Monchengladbach 0:3Berlin
Leipzig 0:0 Frankfurt
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Troubles (no further comment)
*Berkana/Ur
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Toby and I out for an extremely well behaved, early afternoon, 30min walk.
*mildly cold, partly cloudy, SSE breeze.
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Spent the afternoon doing taxes on Turbo Tax.  All I expected was to NOT pay-in.  That low bar was met.
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Taco Bell for dinner.
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MASL https://www.maslsoccer.com/home
St. Louis Ambush v Kansas City Comets on MASL-TV/YouTube, Chromecast to my tele.
1st qtr. 3:1
2nd qtr. 0:1
3rd qtr. 3:3
4th qtr. 4:3
Final: St. Louis 10:8 Kansas City
*Comets simply don’t have a goalie with a shit.
Milwaukee Wave 8:4 Florida Tropics
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AAF https://aaf.com/?  You MUST be kidding me!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_of_American_Football
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Midnight nighty night.  I get to sleep with my wife.