April/Ostarmânôd 12, 2017 Wotanstag

(Ostarmânôd = Ostara month)
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Plans: my Sorcha, work 8hrs.
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​Ancestor Meditation: Wotanstag/Wotan’s Day (grandparents, Mother) David F. Schmidt (1895-1957) and Mary Goertz (1888-1983)
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: Teiwaz: The God Ziu, one handed god of war and honor, valor, uncompromising in judgments, personal management, a higher rationality, dedication to an ideal, balanced, victory in conflict, the spiritual warrior, self-sacrifice, spiritual birth/rebirth, motivated by a sense of justice, law and order, bravery, honesty, even-handedness, warfare as a part of evolution, mental and emotional order.
Conversely:
Outside the favor of Ziu; the god of honor, dishonor, without victory in conflict, injustice, imbalance, mismanagement, failure, unbalanced, dishonesty, naiveté compromised judgments, defeat, warfare without purpose, disengagement with the sacrificial Self, spiritual death, legal dilemma, disorder/chaos, cowardice, the inability to fight for what’s right, void of the will to succeed, double standards.
*A3R1
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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 149.
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.
 
The exalted, the strength of Will, external power/strength 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: Valor (Teiwaz) leads to the strength of Will (Rit).
*YES, WE ARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: nice 7hrs of sleep
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A load of laundry
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Good morning Sorcha chat
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Breakfast; three eggs with cheese and ham, whole wheat English muffin with strawberry jam.
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Toby and I out for a late morning, well behaved 30min walk.
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More Sorcha chat.
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Wednesday mini workout/single set

• Side bends 20/20
• Chest press 10
• Bicep 10
• Triceps 10
• Shoulder press 10
• Bent row 10
• Plank 60sec
• ½ squats 10

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Sister over briefly
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Late lunch from frozen
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WOW!  What a circus @ work.

1. I spend three days away from the shop and the shaper table area is in a state of discombobulation.  There is hardly anything on in the racks, everything remains on carts.  My 1st shift colleague just leaves shit wherever someone else puts it.  I had to spend a bit of time putting everything up in order to organize things.  I found THE HOTTEST THING IN THE SHOP that he missed, probably because he just couldn’t find it.  I also found at least a couple of things that didn’t belong there.   Now it will be easier to find what’s next on the hot list.
2. Three orders completed, now the hilarity begins.
3. My fourth order was a mess.  The SHF (shaper holding fixture) that has the dimensions I need on it, showed measuring from the BOTTOM of the material, and only one measurement for the leg.  The set-up book showed measuring from the TOP of the material, with measurements for both the leg and the cap.  I had conversations with both a stretch-press operator and the lead who said both of those were wrong.  I coordinated with them to give me the necessary measurements to accommodate the STFB (Stretch Form Block) and the upcoming Chord Trimmer operation.  I made certain to make notations in both the book and in the long-text on the computer informing anyone who may questions what I did and why I did it.

*Teiwaz/Rit
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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No internet connection due to some kind of work on the lines.
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Nighty-night
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God/dess Meditation: Heimo, 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!