April/Ostarmânôd 10, 2017 Manostag

(Ostarmânôd = Ostara month)
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Plans: my Sorcha, work 8 hrs.
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Ancestor Meditation: Manostag/Monday (parents) Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963) and Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994), Jewell F. Reimer [(sister) (1947)], Michael L Reimer [(brother) (1948-1997)].
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
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
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: 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, 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: success (Sowulo) leads to passion (Gibor).
*WOW!  There’s some powerful stuff going on here.
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1st check on all fur-kids; no sign of Socks this morning.
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Outcome: WOW!  Did I just get 7hrs. of undisturbed sleep?  Youbetchaz!
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First full day on the B-12 complex vitamin.
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Breakfast: two English muffin halves with egg, ham and cheese…YUM!
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Morning chat with my Sorcha.
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Toby TOTALLY misbehaved early on the walk.  He took it upon himself to chase a cat on the other side of the intersection, and it could’ve very well been Socks since Socks hasn’t shown up @ home yet.  Nonetheless, the violation put him on the retractable for a while.  Once off, he was VERY compliant.
*sunny, mild, slight breeze
*Socks was home by the time the walk was completed.
*Essie with some back-yard time.
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Adjusted the sprinkler system in Agathagart.  It is IMPERATIVE this is successful.
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More online chat with my Sorcha
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Soup for lunch
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Strength training with dumbbells
Side bends, 3 sets 6 @ 40lbs
Standing, 3 sets of 6 @ 2/25lbs

• Forearm curls
• Bicep curls
• Overhead triceps extension
• Shoulder press
• Standing shoulder row

Plank, 3 sets @ 30secs each
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Not a good evening @ work.  I had to come to admit to myself this whole stretch-press thing just isn’t my cup-o-tea.  I had a word with my union steward who was very supportive.  I had a word with my Super who accepted what I had to say but was noncommittal. 
*sometimes there is victory in a strategic retreat (Sowulo) as I come to realize what is best for me (Gibor)
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Last check on all fur-kids.  Socks was antsy about going in or out from his house.  He went out for a few seconds, then decided to go back inside.
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Nighty-night.
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God/dess Meditation: 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!