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January/Hartmânôd 18, 2021 Manostag/Moon’s Day

1/19/2021

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(Hartmânôd = Harsh Month)
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Plans: fur kids, JA, domestic stuff
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Ancestor Meditation: Manostag/Mano’s Day/An: Mani’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 to Anna M. Schmidt 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: 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; Aett 1 Root 1, Yggdrasil’s root of creation
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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; Halbdutzend 2, root 2, Irminsul’s root of destruction
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Rune Lesson: New beginnings are not always pleasant. Sometimes they bring suffering. However, at the same time, whatever the strife, it, too, can be settled quickly.
*from creation to destruction
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 6hrs of rather odd, unsatisfying, sleep with my Loyal Lily at my feet.
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JA chat
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Organizing my pill schedule for the week I discover I have only TWO DAYS worth of gabapentin. I TRIED to order online but they were down for maintenance. Called it in via their 24hr phone service, BUT, I am trying to see if they will either put a rush on it or let me come get it.
*OH SHIT! MLK Day
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Call into Dillons to voice my concerns about last night. It seems that someone keeps calling in, causing the problem. Nothing to do about it I guess.
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A banana + AM meds + a kiwi fruit
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Toby’s Denamarin + Apoquel + eyedrops
Toby’s AM feeding and insulin
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Leftover cheesy buffalo chicken bites + leftover omelet
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Toby to Blair Doon:
Between Air Capital Veterinary Clinic, Blair Doon Veterinary Hospital, El Paso Veterinary Hospital, The Wichita Emergency Veterinary Hospital, and K-State Veterinary Hospital, Toby is getting the ABSOLUTE BEST CARE money can buy. Today, at Blair Doon, Toby's eye pressure check showed 18/19 which is within the normal range. Toby is a real trooper! I am so proud of him.

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Call into Elite Renovations. Hallway project is next week.
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Toby and I out for a noon hour, perfectly behaved, 5-block walk.
*mostly cloudy, mildly cool, calm wind
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JA chat
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Kwik Shop petrol
BK for lunch, but not at S. Seneca since they fucked with me last time, and probably the last time. S, West St. Is once again treating me like a king. Not only did they readily accepted my free sandwich receipt, they also gave me a free Hershey Sundae Pie.
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JA phone call
Call in from my WONDERFUL niece
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Cleaned house BEYOND my minimum standard, until my vacuum went tits-up. Dusted and mopping DONE. Vacuum mostly done.
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JA chat
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Garden salad a ½ a bowl of pasta soup/hobo stew/something or other
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Toby’s PM feeding, insulin, eye-goop and eyedrops
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JA chat

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An orange tabby Manx https://www.petpaw.com.au/cat-breeds/manx/manx-gold-colour/ has been hanging around lately. I am going to do whatever I can to encourage it to stay.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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11:30pm nighty night with good Lily cuddles
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God/dess Meditation: Monday/Moon’s Day, Mano/An: Mani, god of the moon:
Greetings to you, Mano, glorious male aspect of the moon; silver messenger on high. You’re the measurer and teller of time. You’re the counterpart to Sunna, the feminine aspect of the sun. As you fly silently on your way reflect into our souls the glory of the High Ones that we might aspire to the realms of the gods. Bathe our world in soft brightness, and whisper to our souls of joyous realms beyond our knowing. Mano, let us see the goodness within us and without us, all the nights and days of our lives. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, MANO, as we honor the Mano that resides in us all!

*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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January/Hartmânôd 17, 2021 Sunnastag/Sun’s Day

1/17/2021

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(Hartmânôd = Harsh Month)
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Plans: fur kids, JA, domestic stuff, work 5hrs
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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 to Maria Nachtigal 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 Russia.
(photo added 3/26/2016)
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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: Othilla: Home and heritage (spiritual or mortal); the strong family, the home within, nobility, the sacred enclosure, spiritual heritage, ancestral spiritual power/favor, true kinship; kinship with humanity, genetic, cultural and spiritual inheritance, ancestry, loyalty to family - tribe or village, group prosperity, order, interaction, or freedom, union/connection with the family of humankind.
Conversely:
Problems in relating to home - heritage - spiritual heritage, and ancestors; Family difficulties, difficulties at home, shunning, unbalanced kinship, chaotic home-front, loss of property/land, genetic disconnection, slavery, homelessness, disruption of family ties - race - culture and the environment, racialism, alienated/disconnected with the family of humankind.
A3R8; Aett 3, root 8, Yggdrasil’s root of re-creation
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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: Ka:
Havamal 151:
A sixth one is mine, if a man wounds me

With the root of a trunk still with juice;
Then I am unscathed, the man himself is consumed
By the evil with which he threatened me.


Imperviousness, a reversal of fortune, the world tree, preservation of tribe or race, ancestors/ancestry, loyalty, that which is existing, defense, the polarity of the male/female principle in the Universe, opposing energies, earthly love, as executive power of balancing justice, art, capability, artist, genius, being favored, procreation, the child, force, that which is established, World Tree/the Irminsul/the All, power, generation, ability and artfulness, sensuality, higher consciousness, return.
“Your blood, your highest possession” (List, 53).
*H1R6; Halbdutzend 1, root 6, Irminsul’s root of creation
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Rune Lesson: We know our home life is on par. We also know if anyone comes against us that may threaten our home, our preservation is assured. Kinship and humanity are what gives us loyalty to one another. We maintain the delicate balance between us and the All. Whatever may come against us, we are not threatened. Every threat will fail. We will succeed.
*from re-creation to creation
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 6 ½ hrs. Of solid sleep, with loyal Lily at my feet
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Toby’s Denamarin, Apoquel and eyedrops
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JA chat
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Toby’s feeding and insulin; Toby did eat so the process will have to change
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Breakfast:
3-egg omelet with cheese, sautéed onions and jalapeño
lightly singed corned beef (JA suggestion
1 potato diced and air fried
1 slice of whole wheat toast with honey and butter
Virtually shared with JA
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Toby and I out for a late AM, we behaved, 3-block walk
*partly cloudy, HELA stout northwesterly wind, cold due to excessive windiness
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JA chat
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To Lowe’s for a board for the cat tree
Installed the board onto Jasmine’s cat tree enough to see if it works, and it does. I also wrapped and fitted a towel around it to soften it; secured with staples. Granted, it’s attached only with C-clamps but that will do for now until I decide on the bolts and nuts to put onto it.
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Made unemployment claim
Call into bruzzer
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Garden salad with deli-sliced chicken
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JA phone call
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I have NO IDEA what went on during the day. I just know I was buy myself for 5hrs and left with a produce department that looked like shit! I busted my ass for the first 2 ½ hours getting things up to snuff. The fucking nigh manager added insult to injury by giving me even more to do right at the end of shift. August 12th can come soon enough for me. August 12th is my retirement date for EVERYTHING.
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Toby was REALLY hungry at his PM feeding, insulin and eyedrops time.
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WONDERFUL JA chat
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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SHIT! Socks is still outside!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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12:15am nighty night
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God/dess Meditation: Alternate Sunnastag/An: Sun’s Day, Paltar/An: Balder, 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!
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January/Hartmânôd 16, 2021 Tag der Fruchtbarkeit (UPG)/Day of Fertility/Saturn’s Day

1/16/2021

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(Hartmânôd = Harsh Month)
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Plans: fur babies, JA, grocery \shopping, clean house
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Ancestor Meditation: (grave-sites @ Alexanderwohl Friedhof Cemetery, Goessel, Ks and Medford Oklahoma Mennonite Cemetery respectively)
Saturday/Saturn’s Day, Tag der Fruchtbarkeit (UPG) Day of Fertility/Saturday (UPG) (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 to Agatha Dirksen 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 Russia.
*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: Elder Rune: Algiz: Protection/shielding, Heimo (the genetic connection between gods and the Folk), guardian of Ensiwëg, the Rainbow Bridge, expansion of archetypal consciousness, acute 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, spiritual blindness, 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; Aett 2, root 7, Yggdrasil’s root of destruction
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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: Bar:
Havamal 158:
A thirteenth I mention, when I sprinkle the son,

The young one, with holy water,
If once he faces the foe, then he cannot fall,
No sword can wound him so he collapses in the dust.


Blessing, shielding, inspiration, encouragement, security, impending accidents that effect fate, life, birth: birth of the future life that is preordained for us, becoming, being projected, help in birth, son, bread, song, fountain, mountains, meaning of life on this planet/in this world, the power of becoming, reconstruction, Rune of continuous transformation, death and rebirth metamorphosis, return to the Mothers; the fountain as female symbol, the eternal spring of humans.
“Thy life strands in the hand of God, trust it in you” (List, 60).
H3R1; Halbdutzend 3, root 1, Irminsul’s root of re-creation
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Rune Lesson: With protection we know we are shielded. We expand our consciousnesses to the point that we are inspired and encouraged. We know we are prepared for anything as long as we remain true to the ones who got us this far. We remain spiritually aware to the birth of the future life prepared for us. It is die Wurtâ/the Norns who preordained our lives. We walk in trust.
*from destruction to re-creation
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: EIGHT hours of sleep two wakeups and Lily all over me
fasting meds @ 7am
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JA chat
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Toby’s Denamarin, Apoquel and Eyedrops
Toby’s feeding and insulin
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My health by the numbers:
weight: 250!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
glucose: 118
bp: 120/76
pulse: 72
BEST VITALS I HAVE HAD IN A VERY LONG TIME!!!!!!!!!
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Moved lamps around. I almost got rid of one lamp, but was able to move it from the couch area to use it around the entertainment area. Moved one of mother’s lamps from the recliner area to the couch area. Pulled an antique lamp from the dining area to the recliner area. Shuffle complete!
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Ran my VCR/DVD combo player thru its paces. JA can’t believe I still have one, and that it works!
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga
Borussia Dortmund v Mainz on ESPN+
@ the half 0:0
57th min tor/goal mainz
73rd min TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
full time 1:1
Hoffenheim 0:0 Bielefeld
Wolfsburg 2:2 Leipzig
Köln 0:0 H. Berlin
Bremen 2:0 Augsburg
Stuttgart 2:2 Borussia Mönchengladbach on ESPN+
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Brunch:
3-egg omelet with sautéed onions and turkey bacon topped with restaurant style salsa medium
2 diced potatoes cooked in the air fryer as a foodie experiment...EXCELLENT!
2 slices of whole wheat toast with honey and butter
apple juice
vanilla almond milk; this has been an AMAZING introduction thanks to JA. As long as it’s $2 per half gallon at Walmart Neighborhood Market, it’s doable.
*all virtually shared with JA
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Put in my hearing aids for the first time in a LONG time. JsFnChst bionic hearing again!
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Toby and I out for a well behaved, late morning, 5-block walk.
*cool, partly cloudy, fairly stout westerly wind
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JA phone call x 2
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Core:
ab roller 3 sets of 33/33/34 reps (100) weighted 30lbs
pushups 3 sets of 10 reps concentrating on technique
ab wheel 3 sets of 10 reps concentrating on technique
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I measured to determine the board size I need to make Jasmine’s new cat tree in the master bedroom better accessible for her higher up: 12” x 30” will do it. Even if I have to just clamp it secure that’s what I’m going to do. I know my kitty. I know she’ll want to lie down. The top three platforms only afford sitting. I am going to connect two platforms just below the uppermost platform to make it a single, more relaxing area for Jasmine.
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Walmart Neighborhood Market
Dillons
*filled out my Kroger feedback for 50 extra fuel points
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Toby’s PM eye goop
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Buffalo chicken bites https://www.kroger.com/p/kroger-stuffed-buffalo-style-chicken-dip-bites/0001111000974 + a garden salad
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JA chat
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MASL https://www.maslsoccer.com/
Florida Tropics 8:0 Dallas Sidekicks
St Louis Ambush @ Kansas City Comets
1st qtr: 0:2
2nd qtr: 3:2
3rd qtr; 1:2
4th qtr: 3:0
final: St. Louis Ambush 7:6 Kansas City Comets
DAMN!
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JA chat
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Toby’s PM feeding, insulin @ 21 units, eyedrops
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JA chat
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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11:15pm nighty night
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God/dess Meditation: Alternate Tag der Fruchtbarkeit (UPG)/Day of Fertility/Saturn’s Day. Saga, glorious goddess of history, we greatly honor you as part and parcel of our ever-expanding past. As we share in Minnatranc, whisper to our hearts of the stories about our gods, our ancestors, our heroes and their glories. Be the resource for our memories should we ever forget from whence we come. Gently remind us that we all have a rich history from which to pull. For it is as we remember and respect the past can we deal with our present, knowing that we will someday have to deal with our spiritual debt. We honor you, Saga, as a repository for the basis of all that we are, all that we are coming to be, and all that our offspring will inherit from us. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, SAGA, as we honor the Saga that resides in us all.
*C. Reimer/V. Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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January/Hartmânôd 15, 2021 Frijastag/Frigga’s Day

1/15/2021

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(Hartmânôd = Harsh Month)
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Plans: fur kids, JA domestic stuff
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Ancestor Meditation: (photo source: Ancestry.com) (Gravesites @ Mennonite Brethren Church Cemetery, Lehigh, Kansas)
Frijastag/Frija’s Day/An: Frigga’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 to Elizabeth Zülke 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: Dagaz: Light of day, total enlightenment, awakening, the AH-HA moment, benefit from new information, achieving balance, harmony, hyper-consciousness, the light of dawn, the twilight/dawn polarity, positive focus on life, light at the end of the tunnel, increase, growth, an ending prior to a beginning, transformation, possibly related to the 3rd eye; the mystical place where the two lobes of the brain join.
*A3R7; Aett 3, root 7, Yggdrasil’s root of re-creation
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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: Yr:
Havamal 161:
A sixteenth I speak if a maid is reluctant,

To wake her lust and desire;
I change the heart of the delightful woman,
Then to me her wishes turn.


Lust/desire, seduction, reluctance, influence, second thoughts, a change of heart, the waxing and waning moon, lunar-like mutability of the feminine essence, the error-rune, conquering resistance through confusion, eventual perfection, Female mysteries, roots of the World Column, well grounded, the carrier of genetic material, God-woman, femininity, desire, sensual love, passion, perfection, Mother, chaos from which creation emerges, female principle in the Cosmos, the night, death and instinct, anger, falsehood, error and the oppositions found in humankind, mystical union, night, moon, well grounded, roots of Irminsul from which all life springs, woman as the opposite/balance to man, the descending Divine Feminine being.
“Think about the end” (List, 63).
*H3R4; Halbdutzend 3, root 4, Irminsul’s root of re-creation
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Rune Lesson: We are awakened to lust and desire. We are fully aware to our core of the influence we have. Our new information turns us to face each other. Our hearts are changed. We ARE eventual perfection!
*from re-creation to re-creation
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 4hrs of absolutely shitty sleeping
JA chat
dozed off for a bit
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A banana + AM meds + half an apple
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Toby’s AM Denamarin, Apoquel and eyedrops
Toby’s feeding and insulin @ 21 units
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Sent an email to Spirit and took my acceptance letter to the post office
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Breakfast sandwich and tried again Cream of Wheat. Better this time than last time; every bit as good as Malt-o-Meal. Both made like a pancake with vanilla extract and syrup
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I’ve decided NOT to go with the doggy door in the hallway. I don’t want to take the chance of Jasmine bolting as Toby is going thru. We just have to remain vigilant to Toby’s barking. A return is being facilitated through Kohl’s.
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Call in from Spirit. Made official response for position online.
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JA chat x 3
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Core: ab roller 3 sets 33/33/34 (100) weighted 30lbs
pushups 3 sets of 10 reps concentrating on technique
ab roller 3 sets of 10 reps concentrating on technique


3 turkey meat burritos with fries in the air fryer
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga
U. Berlin 1:0 Leverkusen on ESPN+
https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/matchday/2020-2021/16/1-fc-union-berlin-vs-bayer-04-leverkusen/liveticker
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To Kohl’s to return doggy door to Amazon
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Toby’s PM eye goop
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JA phone call x3
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Finished Spirit’s pre-employment online. I’m still horribly uneasy about this
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JA chat
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Toby’s PM feeding, insulin and eyedrops
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Home cleansing; sage/smudging/ turkey feather fanning
All of HER evil is banished. Only good and love resides. I draw in all that is wonderful. I banish all that was once here and is gone. We will live here in harmony. This house is cleansed. A calm has settled within. I can feel it. Peace reigns. Love reigns.
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You would not believe the high I have right now!
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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11pm nighty night with wonderful Lily cuddles.
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God/dess Meditation: Alternate Frijastag/An: Frigga’s Day, Heil to you, Forsizo (An: Forseti), son of Paltar and Nanda! You’re the god of justice, and reconciliation. You sit in judgment of the right and wrong of all arguments. We see you as god of the Thing. We call out to you in our time of legal need. We know that justice is a double-edged ax. On the one side, if our argument is just, grant us the proper conclusion. On the other side, if our argument is fraudulent, mete-out justice accordingly. Whether in the court of legal proceedings or the court of public opinion, grant us the justice according to the rightness of our deeds. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, FORSIZO, as we honor the Forsizo that resides in us all!
*C. Reimer/V. Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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January/Hartmânôd 14, 2021 Donarstag/Thor’s Day

1/14/2021

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(Hartmânôd = Harsh Month)
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Plans: fur babies, JA, domestic stuff
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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/An: Thor’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 to Eva Hiebert 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: Raido: Wheel, horse transportation, riding, issues concerning: ordered/rhythmic movement, a journey, the journey of life, travel, seek wise counsel, spiritual quest, the law of the cosmic right, freedom and moral responsibility of the Self, ordered change, planning, ethical conduct, personal discipline, to oversee one’s own journey in life, the proper course of faring, progress, perspective.
Conversely:
Spinning one’s wheels, lack of movement, unwise counsel, a breakdown in (divine) order, restlessness, make no travel plans, upsetting the cart, wrong action and disorder, the opposite of that which is right, off the proper course, slow motion, vehicular failure, without a sense of purpose, personal irresponsibility, a failed or disappointing journey, void of progress or proper perspective.
*A1R5; Aett 1, root 5, Yggdrasil’s root of creation
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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; Halbdutzend 2, root 2, Irminsul’s root of destruction
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Rune Lesson: Wise council suggests we might be dealing with suffering. Certainly that is quite true. At the same time, we know that we can move toward settling that suffering. Together, on our journey of life, we may not EVER be able to get away from stress, but we CAN recognize it and deal with it.
*from creation to destruction
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7hrs of solid sleep, good Lily cuddles, and eventually Jasmine loving, with an EXTREMELY slow get-up
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JA chat
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Toby’s Denamarin + Apoquel + eyedrops
Toby’s feeding + insulin
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A banana + AM meds + a small apple
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Lily is oneheluva protector of her castle. Jasmine goes to the back door to challenge George, but Lily goes to the back door with vengeance! “DON’T YOU FUCKING DARE!” George backs off.
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Made up some fresh organ stew with turkey for Toby
*chicken gizzards, hearts and liver + green beans + potato
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JA chat
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Core:
Ab roller 3 sets of 33/33/34 reps (100) weighted 30lbs
pushups 3 sets of 10 reps concentrating on technique
ab wheel 3 sets of 10 reps concentrating on technique
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Brunch suggested by JA
blueberry pancakes

canadian bacon
added:
scrambled eggs mixed with cheese and jalapeño
hashbrowns
Hopefully impressed my JA
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Toby and I out for a perfectly behaved, noon hour, 4-block walk.
*partly cloudy, cool, HELA STOUT northwesterly wind
*went back two blocks to pick up aluminum cans blowing all over the place. Filled a kitchen trash bag
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JA phone call
Took items Jeanene left here to the DAV Thrift store along with a few other items
Collected aluminum cans Jeanene left here and filled another kitchen trash bag.
Call into bruzzer telling him I’m back on the aluminum collecting thing.
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Call in from JA x 3
*1 butt dial
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Leftover pasta stew
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Moved the window a/c from the kitchen and my Trek from the fancy https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/80351910 shed into the garden shed
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Moved the TV from in front of the treadmill to the master bedroom for entertainment while working in there.
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JA chat
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Spent several hours in the master bedroom putting together Jasmine’s cat tree. SUCCESS!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Open face breakfast sandwich for a late supper
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Well shit! I got around to opening today’s mail. I was expecting a notice from Spirit explaining my recall rights. I wasn’t expecting an actual job offer. Of course, the worst scenario happened. I was hoping to be called back as a C, but the job offer was for a B, which probably means stretch-press operator. I have never been successful as a stretch-press operator let along the overhead crane operator that accompanies the position. Accepting the B position in Blue Streak was my worst move out there. However, nothing is written in stone. There is still a process to go through. While the offer MOST LIKELY is as a stretch press operator it may not be. I still have to kiss the company’s ass through August. Then I can tell THEM to fuck off and die; well, nicely of course, in order to gain what little I might have coming from them in pension.
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JA chat
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Toby’s PM feeding, insulin, eye-goop and eye drops
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Last check on all fur-kids
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God/dess Meditation: Alternate Donarstag/An: Thor’s Day/Die [(German for feminine “the”) (pronounced “Dee”)] Wurtâ/An: the Norns:
Die Wurtâ, all three, are present at birth
To weave our Fate from merriment to dearth.
Urda, Werdanda and Sculd, the dark queens renowned;
Glorious ladies ‘neath the Tree, work your mysteries in us now.

That which “was” we can clearly see.
That which “is becoming” forms now in our deeds.
That which “is owed”, may be, but we cannot see.
We celebrate die Wurtâ, the Ladies Three, for all eternity.

*C. Reimer/V. Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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January/Hartmânôd 13, 2021 Wodanstag/Odin’s Day

1/13/2021

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(Hartmânôd = Harsh Month)
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Plans: fur kids, JA, domestic stuff
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Ancestor Meditation: Wodanstag/Wodan’s Day/An: Odin’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 to Mary Goertz 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: Isa: Ice: dormancy: a calming, self-preservation, self-centeredness resulting in a lack of change, reflective influence, stilling effect: self-control: the concentrated self: ego, das Ich (the unified, whole, principle or force), the composite plurality of Ich, be still and gain control of the Self (in all its forms): grounding, a lowering of vibration levels, patience, frigidity, and the loss of momentum.
*A2R3; Aett2 root 3, Yggdrasil’s root of destruction
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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: Fa:
Havamal 146:
The first one promises to help generously

In sorrow, sickness and pain;
In eternal change, man goes forth
From death to new creation.


Generous help, luck, eternal change, forward motion, binding, life/death/life, new creation, property, to grow, to wander, to destroy, to shred, guidance, Father, potential change reflected in a beginning; preface of that which is becoming, being and passing away; procreation, creative father principle, Alle-Vater principle. primal Fire, the power of spirit and change as well as the power of creativity, the Divine Masculine Principle, success, pure, generated fire that acts creatively in love, will that spares manifestation down to the material levels, necessity of change.
“Generate your luck and you will have it” (List, 49).
*H1R1; Halbdutzend 1, root 1, Irminsul’s root of creation
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Rune Lesson: As we become aware of ourselves, generous help is available. There is nothing wrong wit preserving the Self in order to have the ability to grow, wander and discover new things. We find life potential as we still ourselves to become aware.
*from destruction to re-creation
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7 ½ hrs of sleep, one wakeup and loyal Lily at my side
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A banana + AM meds + ½ a large apple
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For some dumbass reason I got onto the mess in my sock drawer as I am trying to take only half of the dresser space. My criterion; toe holes, tossed; no match, tossed; just plain shitty, tossed.
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JA chat
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Toby’s Denamarin, Apoquel and eyedrops
Toby’s feeding and insulin @ 21 units
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JA chat
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Call into Air Capital Veterinary asking if insulin was safe after 12hrs out overnight; no
Call into Toby’s previous guardian
Return call from Air Capital Veterinary. Toby’s liver enzymes are back to normal. Continue on his liver meds,
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Brunch:
Kroger sandwich slims

pepper-jack cheese
3 slices of peppered turkey bacon
4 potato coins
2 eggs over easy
butter
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Okay, I spent WAY TOO MUCH TIME online with YouTube ISO videos, but OMGs the payoff!
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A load of laundry
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Stupid fucking people at BK. I went to claim my free sandwich after doing a survey. I pointed out that on the back of my receipt it said that a chicken sandwich was an optional sandwich to a Whopper. They said no. Called HQ. HQ is calling the store and sending me coupons.
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Hodgepodge for lunch
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DFB Pokal 2nd round
Holstein Kiel v München on ESPN+
14th min tor/goal munchen
37th min TOR/GOAL KIEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@ the half 1:1
47th min tor/goal munchen
90+3 TOR/GOAL KIEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
full time 2:2
on to 2 two 15min halves
end of 1st extra half 2:2
end of 2nd extra half still 2:2
on to penalty kick
KIEL WINS IN PENALTY KICKS 6:5
OMGs! OMGs! THEY DID IT! KIEL BEAT THE POWERHOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kiel advance to the 3rd round of the DFB Pokal
https://www.google.com/search?q=dfb+pokal+2021&oq=DFB+Pokal&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j69i57j35i39j46i131i395i433i457j0i131i395i433l4.3814j1j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
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To Walmart pharmacy for 3 containers of Toby’s insulin
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Whole wheat pasta + leftover pork + tender cactus + FUCKING YUMMY, but A LOT of it
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JA chat
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Toby’s 9:30pm feeding, insulin @ 21 units and eyedrops
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JA chat
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When I was in telephone therapy briefly while at Spirit I learned of John Gottman. I think this book I received the other day from Amazon is going to be a good one: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/0609805797/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I don’t want to mess this up.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Midnight nighty night will loyal Lily at my side.
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God/dess Meditation: Alternate Wodanstag/An: Odin’s Day. Heimo/An: Heimdall, HEAR ME! Gellanhorn’s god, son of nine mothers and whitest of all gods. You’re the genetic link between the gods and humankind. From your home in Himilberg, your keen eyes and sharp ears guard Ensigart, the world of the gods. As you stand so alert for the approach of giants, remind us that we must also watch for our own encroaching evil. Let weakness, cowardice, lies and dishonor be barred from Ensiwëg, the Rainbow Bridge, leading to our heart’s abode. Be a model for vigilance, that we may rise to the best that is in us, and someday join the Noble Gods in their shining homes. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, HEIMO, as we honor the Heimo that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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January/Hartmânôd 12, 2021 Dienstag/Thing Day

1/12/2021

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(Hartmânôd = Harsh Month)
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Plans: fur babies, JA, Toby to veterinary, domestic stuff
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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 to Maria Hildebrand 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: Othilla: Home and heritage (spiritual or mortal); the strong family, the home within, nobility, the sacred enclosure, spiritual heritage, ancestral spiritual power/favor, true kinship; kinship with humanity, genetic, cultural and spiritual inheritance, ancestry, loyalty to family - tribe or village, group prosperity, order, interaction, or freedom, union/connection with the family of humankind.
Conversely:
Problems in relating to home - heritage - spiritual heritage, and ancestors; Family difficulties, difficulties at home, shunning, unbalanced kinship, chaotic home-front, loss of property/land, genetic disconnection, slavery, homelessness, disruption of family ties - race - culture and the environment, racialism, alienated/disconnected with the family of humankind.
A3R8; Aett 3, root 8, Yggdrasil’s root of re-creation
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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: Bar:
Havamal 158:
A thirteenth I mention, when I sprinkle the son,

The young one, with holy water,
If once he faces the foe, then he cannot fall,
No sword can wound him so he collapses in the dust.


Blessing, shielding, inspiration, encouragement, security, impending accidents that effect fate, life, birth: birth of the future life that is preordained for us, becoming, being projected, help in birth, son, bread, song, fountain, mountains, meaning of life on this planet/in this world, the power of becoming, reconstruction, Rune of continuous transformation, death and rebirth metamorphosis, return to the Mothers; the fountain as female symbol, the eternal spring of humans.
“Thy life strands in the hand of God, trust it in you” (List, 60).
H3R1; Halbdutzend 3, root 1, Irminsul’s root of re-creation
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Rune Lesson: Our home is our blessing. Within our respective heritages we are equally encouraged. In “Germanic Heathenry; A Practical Guide,” we get an Irminist’s perspective on how one’s home is our security:
“For the Irminic family, the house and household are both the source and the ‘last bastion’ of true frith, hospitality (in all of its Heathen sense) and that which is good and whole. As they say, ‘there’s no place like home’, and in a good, Irminic home nothing else rings quite so true. While even many Irminen may not ever ponder just what the house/ home truly is or embodies, they still have a better understanding and appreciation for what that underlying truth is (once they do in fact pause to consider it) and beyond all else, can fully discern and appreciate the holiness which is the Irminic house and home.
Our house is so much more than simply just the physical structure of the building; from a practical, ‘social’ point of view, the house typifies the family that inhabits the dwelling itself -it isn’t just the building, but the folk who dwell within that building (normally as kin) which constitute a complete depiction of a given house. Of course, this collective group of folk or kin is nominally the household, proper. Household is derived from Middle English houshold, which of course is a compound drawn from the Old English noun hús (house, dwelling) and verb, healdan (inf ‘to hold’). A literal translation of húsheald/ houshold/ household would be rendered as something like: to keep or hold one’s house or even to hold and maintain one’s home and the affairs of one’s house.(11)”
*from re-creation to re-creation
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 8hrs of SOLID sleep and Lily with me all night
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A banana + AM meds + half a large apple
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JA chat
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Toby’s Denamarin, Apoquel and eyedrops
Toby’s feeding and insulin. I am going to feed him less. He just wasn’t as interested in eating as in days past.
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At Toby’s Vet visit his glucose was at 302. Dr. Upped his insulin to 21 units and will report liver enzymes soon.
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Breakfast sandwich:
sandwich slims https://www.kroger.com/p/kroger-100-whole-wheat-sandwich-slims/0001111000192
1 slice of pepper-jack cheese
2 half slices of turkey bacon
4 potato coins
2 eggs over easy
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JA chat
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Toby and I out for a perfectly behaved, early afternoon, 3-block walk
*sunny, cool, slight southerly breeze
*finished 3-block on my own
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Extensive telephone conversation with the Veteran’s Rep from the Kansas Workforce Allinace
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Updated chronological resume
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Core:
Ab roller 3 sets of 33/33/34 reps
no pushups due to sore deltoid
ab wheel 3set of 10 reps
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Leftover pork + seasoned Brussels sprouts + french fries made in the air fryer; OMGs yummy!
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JA chat, M_G_ chat
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DFB Pokal 2nd round on ESPN+
Leverkusen 4:1 Frankfurt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_DFB-Pokal
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Toby’s eye goop
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Cereal topped with sliced apple + whole wheat toast topped with honey and butter.
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JA chat
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Not another stray. I saw an orange tabby on the porch that was driving Jasmine and Lily crazy. When I went onto the porch to discourage it, I noticed it might be a Manx https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manx_cat I wasn’t mean, but I wasn’t welcoming either. Now I feel badly. It won’t happen again.
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Toby’s 9:45pm feeding, insulin and eyedrops
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JA chat
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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11:45pm nighty night with Lilly cuddles.
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God/dess Meditation: Tuesday/Ziu’s Day/Ziu/An: Tyr
Ziu, god of selflessness; of war & glory, one-handed god, sacrificial god, Sergeant at Arms at the Thing, enforcer of law & order, bravest of all gods; you chained the Fenris Wolf that threatened the worlds. We can’t do that, but we can do other things, some ordinary, others heroic. Remind us of your bravery and your sacrifice. Give us the courage and strength we need to fetter out own Fenris. Keep us mindful of our duties and help us keep our fears bound as tightly as you bound old Slaver Mouth. Thus doing, may we share in your glory by imitating you. WE GIVE YOU MOST A HEART-FELT HAIL, ZIU, as we honor the Ziu that resides in us all!

*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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January/Hartmânôd 11, 2021 Manostag/An: Moon’s Day

1/11/2021

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(Hartmânôd = Harsh Month)
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Plans: fur babies, JA, domestic stuff
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Ancestor Meditation: Manostag/Mano’s Day/An: Mani’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 to Anna M. Schmidt 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: Uruz: The Auroch beast, the primal instinct, life force, survival, endurance, the ability of action, creation taking shape, expansion, tenacity, vital strength, instinct of survival, stability, raw physical power, taking risks, stick-to-itiveness, foundation, a stabilizing effect, moral strength, healing, good health, rejuvenation, energy levels, rage, health and energy, primal drizzle.
Conversely:
A weakened position, deprivation, out of sync, an impulse towards inaction, chaos, a severe lack of foundation, energy at low levels, illness, reduction, instability, elasticity, uncontrolled rage, without the will to survive, misdirected force, taking no risks at this time, weakness; either physical or emotional, illness, the inability to overcome obstacles.
*A1R2; Aett 1, Root 2, Yggdrasil’s root of creation
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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 I know, 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, that which is rising, magical empowerment, acquisition of Divine wisdom, morning song, 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; Halbdutzend 3, root 3, Irminsul’s root of re-creation
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Rune Lesson: In our stability, we know we can draw strength. Our ability to generate a life force beneficial to us IS our magical empowerment. We take our acquisition of Divine wisdom and apply that to our impulse to act. We COULD sit back to let others do the work for us, but what benefit is there to that. We drive forward, knowing we go forward with certainty and great gain.
*from creation to re-creation
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 6 ½ hrs of solid sleep and Lily with me all night
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JA chat
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A banana and an apple with AM meds
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Toby’s Denamarin, Apoquel and eyedrops
Toby’s AM feeding and insulin
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JA video call x 2
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Good news! JA is officially an online teacher and can teach from ANYWHERE to complete her contract!
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Core:
ab roller 3 sets 33/33/34 (GOAL @ 100!) weighted 30lbs
pushups 3 sets of 10 reps concentrating on technique
ab wheel 3 sets of 10 reps concentrating on technique
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Breakfast sandwich:
sandwich slims
https://www.kroger.com/p/kroger-100-whole-wheat-sandwich-slims/0001111000192

butter
pepper-jack cheese
2 half slices of peppered turkey bacon
4 potato coins
2 eggs over easy
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Call into K-State Veterinary
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Toby and I out for a noon hour, perfectly behaved, 3-block walk
*partly cloudy, cool, slight northerly breeze
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JA chat
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Valley Feed and Seed https://www.yelp.com/biz/valley-feed-and-seed-wichita for squirrel food
*now all feed buckets are full
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Freed pumpkin seed from their shell to pan fry them later
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JA chat
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Call in from my WONDERFUL niece!
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Toby’s early evening eye goop
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JA chat
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Toby’s 9pm feeding, insulin and eyedrops
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Date night with JA 1000 miles apart; Seventh Son https://www.netflix.com/title/70275284
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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11:30pm nighty night with good Lily cuddles
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God/dess Meditation: Alternate Manostag/An: Mani’s Day, Nirdu/An: Njord/ brother-husband, to Nirda/An: Nerthus/ parents of the Wanâ; Ing-Frô/An: Frey and the Frouwa/An: Freya, 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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Nirda/An: Nerthus/ sister-wife to Nirdu/An. Njord. We give thanks to the Great Goddess Nirda, Goddess of the land, of soil, and growing things. Goddess, too, of the scythe and of the sacrifice. Beautiful and terrible. Wise in Your power. We praise you…HEIL NIRDA, Mother of the Wanâ, sister-wife to Nirdu. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, NIRDA, as we honor the Nirda that resides in us all! HEIL NIRDA Divine Queen! HEIL! HEIL! HEIL!
*source: combination http://www.odins-gift.com/poth/P/prayertonerthus.htm and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson.
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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January/Hartmânôd 9, 2021 Tag der Fruchtbarkeit (UPG)/An: Day of Fertility/Saturn’s Day

1/10/2021

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(Hartmânôd = Harsh Month)
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Plans: fur babies, JA’s birthday, work 5hrs
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY WONDERFUL OF WONDERFULNESS, MY JA!
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Ancestor Meditation: (grave-sites @ Alexanderwohl Friedhof Cemetery, Goessel, Ks and Medford Oklahoma Mennonite Cemetery respectively)
Saturday/Saturn’s Day, Tag der Fruchtbarkeit (UPG) Day of Fertility/Saturday (UPG) (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 to Agatha Dirksen 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 Russia.
*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: Naudiz: The Rune of Need (whether mortal, emotional, spiritual), a Wurtâ Rune, forced friction, a stress indicator, opportunity for change, urgency, a generating force for the greater good, friction, transformation, resistance leading to strength, perseverance to endure, eventual peace within the Self, accept the unchangeable, an evolutionary change toward a more holistic state, Fate.
*A2R2; Aett 2, root 2, Yggdrasil’s root of destruction
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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: Is:
Havamal 154:
A ninth 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.


Calm in the face of distress, comfort, hypnotic power of the forceful will, course of affairs, Rest, Ego, das Ich, Positivity, activity, personal will, self-domination, self-control, confidence, determination, extension of the Divine center, the upright human being, the awakened Self, influence, personal power, magical power, power to banish evil, unity in the Universe, duration, action in the Cosmos, activity, will, self-domination, influence, personal power, self-discipline, unity in the Universe, duration, magical powers, axis/column/Irminsul of the world, action in the Cosmos, elimination of that which is unnecessary, calm.
“Win power over yourself and you will have power over everything in the spiritual and physical worlds that strive against you” (List, 56).
H2R3; Halbdutzend 2, root 3, Irminsul’s root of destruction
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Rune Lesson: What is it we need? We need to stay calm in the face of distress. We need to comfort each other no matter the situation. We need to exercise our force of will to get things done. We need rest, knowing the current state of affairs will soon pass. We need to know that that any generated force of friction is for our greater good. We will be transformed at the end of it with absolute determination!
*from destruction to destruction
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 5 ½ hrs of sleep
fasting meds @ 5:30am
2 more hrs of sleep
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My health by the numbers:
weight: 255
glucose: 117
bp: 118/73
pulse: 75
Shared with JA
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Toby’s AM Denamarin, Apoquel, and eyedrops
Toby’s feeding and insulin
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1 egg atop a Banquet gravy bowl https://www.banquet.com/breakfast-pies/deep-dish-sausage-gravy
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Core:
ab roller 3 sets of 32 reps weighted 30lbs
pushups 3 sets of 10 reps concentrating on technique
ab wheel 3 sets of 10 reps @ 2/3 rollout concentrating on technique
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JA chat
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Toby and I out for a late morning, perfectly behaved, 3-block walk
*sunny, cool, slight northerly breeze
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga
Leverkusen 1:1 Bremen
Freiburg 5:0 Köln (ouch)
U. Berlin 2:2 Wolfsburg
Schalke 4:0 Hoffenheim
Mainz 0:2 Frankfurt
Leipzig v Borussia Dortmund on ESPN+
@ the half 0:0
55th min TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
71st min TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
84th min TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
90th min tor/goal leipzig
full time
Leipzig 1:3 BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Brunch:
3 eggs sunny side up
1 potato diced and lightly fried
4 slices of peppered turkey bacon
2 slices of whole wheat toast
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Walmart Neighborhood Market for kitty food
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Call in from JA
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Took inside collected recyclables to outside separation
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Challenging 5hrs at work. The closer call in sick so I had to shove 7hrs of work into a 5hrs shift. Done, but hela tough. The store manager was pleased with my efforts.
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MASL https://www.maslsoccer.com/
Dallas Sidekicks 5:6 St. Louis Ambush
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Toby’s eye goop
Toby’s feeding and insulin
Toby’s eyedrops
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JA chat
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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11pm nighty night with good Lily cuddles
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God/dess Meditation: Saturday/Saturn’s Day/Tag der Fruchtbarkeit/Day of Fertility (UPG), Ing-Frô/An: Frey & Frouwa/An: Freya:
Ing-Frô/An: Frey, you’re the Great God of Fridu (all-encompassing safety and protection), Ar (peace, good seasons), the good harvest and prosperity: you are indeed the god of this World. When the day to day wears us down remind us of pleasures and joys. Help us recall the wonderful excesses that brought our lives into being and which sustain the human spirit during good times and bad. Without you, there would be no life and certainly little delight. Thank you, Ing-Frô, for the rushing life spirit and the eternal play of passions that make our lives fruitful. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, ING-FRÔ, as we honor the Ing-Frô that resides in all of us!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
Frouwa, most lovely of all goddesses; who could not love you? Women as their own inner glory and highest attainment as the self-made woman, men for your beauty, passion and strength. Praise to you for the gift of life, and for the love that makes life worth living. Remind us always that it is the strong who love the best and the most, and that only the mighty can truly be gentle. Fill our lives with passion and lust that we may live our lives to the fullest. WE GIVE YOU MOST A HEART-FELT HEIL, FROUWA, as we honor the Frouwa that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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January/Hartmânôd 10, 2021 Sunnastag/An: Sun’s Day

1/10/2021

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(Hartmânôd = Harsh Month)
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Plans: fur kids, JA, 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 to Maria Nachtigal 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 Russia.
(photo added 3/26/2016)
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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: Ansuz: In favor of the gods, Wodan specifically, the Divine Father, Wodanic wisdom, Divine communication, the Athem - Divine/vital breath, the force of creation, taking inventory of one’s Tru Spirit and spiritual balance, a higher source of inspiration, communication skills and divine ancestry, higher consciousness, mental stability, self-discipline, the loving/bright/compassionate Alle-Vater, spiritual balance.
Conversely:
Outside the favor of Alle-Vater Wodan vital/divine breath and the ancestral/Wodanic wisdom/Divine communication, separation from one’s true Spirit, spiritual imbalance, spiritual shunning, neurotic compulsive liar, exercise caution with communication and dealings including intelligence; a lack of inspiration, tough-love Fathering, the absent All-Father, the shadow/dark/mysterious side of Alle-Vater Wodan.
*A1R4; Aett 1 root 4, Yggdrasil’s root of creation
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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, the telling of a tale, 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
3rd Halbdutzend (3rd half-dozen), Irminsul’s root of re-creation.
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Rune Lesson: We have favor from the gods. We are renewed! Here we have the two archetypal sacrificial gods; Wodan on the World Tree and Ziu’s hand to fetter the Fenris Wolf. Both sacrificial, both a sacrifice with benefits. Wodan comes to us in many forms. He is our benefit. Ziu comes to us with his example to behave honorably. As we take the example of both, we know we can live life to the fullest.
*from creation to re-creation
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7 1/2hrs of solid sleep with good morning Lily cuddles
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Toby’s Denamarin, Apoquel, and eyedrops
Toby’s feeding and insulin
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Fruit smoothie
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JA phone call x 3
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Core:
ab roller 3 sets of 32 reps weighted 30lbs
pushups 3 sets of 10 reps concentrating on technique
ab wheel 3 sets of 10 reps concentrating on technique
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Thanks to JA’s suggestion:
3 slices of french toast with peppered bacon
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Filed unemployment claim
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Jasmine’s new cat tree arrived!!!!!!!!!
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga
Augsburg 1:4 Stuttgart
Bielefeld 1:0 H. Berlin
*good job Bielefeld! Why? This lackluster win pulls them above the relegation zone: https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/table
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Started the slow cooked pork
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Toby can only be ignored for so long...
Toby’s and I out for an early afternoon, perfectly behaved, 4-block walk
*partly cloudy, cool, slight northerly breezeway<>
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BK
Walmart Neighborhood Market
Dillons
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Made Toby his chicken organ stew + ground chicken + green beans + brown rice
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Excellent slow cooked pork mixed with a 3-pepper blend on jasmine rice with coleslaw on the side: YUMMY
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MASL
Florida Tropics v KC Comets
1st qtr 1:0
2nd qtr 3:1
3rd qtr 1:1
4th qtr 2:2
final: Florida 7:4 KC
FUCK!
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Toby’s 9:30 feeding, insulin and eyedrops
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Midnight nighty night with Lily cuddles.
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God/dess Meditation: Sunday, Sunna’s Day, Sunna, goddess of the Sun:
Greetings to you Sunna, in all your feminine, fertile glory; Lamp of Wodan, newly risen! Hail to you who is the counterpart to Mano, male aspect of the Moon. You have shown on all our ancestors, you shine on us, and you will yet shine on our decedents yet unborn. Share with us some of your light, your energy, your power, so that we might better fight our battles and attain our goals. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL SUNNA, as we honor the Sunna that resides in us all!

*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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