(Hartmânôd = Harsh Month)
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Ancestor Meditation: Flags:

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

Donarstag/Donar’s Day/Thursday (great, grandparents) Peter Reimer (1868-1937) and Eva Hiebert (1874-1929)
Peter Reimer (1868-1937)
Birth 17 July 1868 in, Kleefeld, Molotschna, Russia
Death 12 Jan 1937 in Kern County, California, United States
*Married 9 April 1893
Eva Hiebert (1874-1929)
Birth 13 Jan 1874 in, Alexanderwohl, Molotschna, Taurida, Russia
Death 20 Aug 1929 in Fresno, Fresno, California, United States
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
 
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: 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: Rit: 
Havamal 150:
That I know as the fifth, should an enemy’s
Arrow come flying into the throng;
As bright as it might clash, I stem its power
Once I firmly fix my eye on it.
 
Incoming challenges, the exalted, the strength of Will, external power/strength squelched, fixation, attack squelched, introspective awareness, that which is passing, council, right, wheel, movement, rhythm, law, correctness, judgment, victory over the lower ego, holding, right order, the judge, advice, salvation, money, original law, that which flows away, religious feeling, ritual action/primal laws, orderliness in the world, the ritual, primal law/Urlag, things that are done correctly, spiritual feeling, ritual action, journey, Divine law, All justice, Rune of the cosmic rhythm of the worlds, wheels, personal empowerment.
“I am my rod (right), this rod (right) is indestructible, therefore, I am myself indestructible, because I am my rod (right)” (List, 53).
*H1R5
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Interpretation: Victory (Sowulo) brings external power squelched (Rit).
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1st check on all fur-kids.
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Outcome: 7hrs of better, but not itch-less, sleep
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Morning conversation with wifey.
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Breakfast sandwich + a banana.
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Paid VA copay
Made Amazon order
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Knock on wood; the itching seems to minimized this morning.
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Toby and I out for a well behaved, late morning, 30min walk.  For some reason, he took it upon himself to run after something across the street.  Lucky for him, he responded well to the stern voice command that brough him back.
*mildly cool, sunny, no breeze.
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Great Wall for lunch…OMGs good!
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Not at horrible night at work.  I actually stayed fairly busy, not pressured busy, but steadily busy.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Itchiness is reduced to tolerable.
*Sowulo/Rit
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Finished watching the season finale of Vikings on Sling-TV/History channel…WOOOOOOOOOOO!  
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2am nighty night.  I get to sleep with my wife.
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(Hartmânôd = Harsh Month)
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*HAHAHAHAHAHA…on this bitterly cold morning, Grandma Schmidt reminded me of her outhouse in Peabody, Ks.  I laughed uproariously!
Ancestor Meditation: Wodanstag/Wodan’s Day/Wednesday (grandparents, Mother) David F. Schmidt (1895-1957) and Mary Goertz (1888-1983) (Gravesites at Lehigh Mennonite Cemetery).
David F. Schmidt (1895-1957)
Birth 28 Feb 1885 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas
Death 1 Oct 1957 in Marion County, Kansas
*Married 22 October 1922
Mary Goertz (1888-1983)
Birth 17 March 1888 in Kismet, Kansas
Death 27 Dec 1983 in Marion County, Kansas
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Jera: Harvest, 12th Rune of the Futhark, the number 12, cycles, a turning point, cause and effect, the Rune of return, two halves of a cyclic whole, harmony-in-movement-in-balance, improvement, expansion, growth, progress, patience, fruition of plans, the mystic union between Earth and the Cosmos, the result of a previous action, appropriate reward for the right (or wrong) action.
*A2R4
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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: Thorn: 
Havamal 148:
A third I take, when danger threatens,
To bind the enemies through magic:
Thus, I dull the steel of the furious opponent.
Like the staff, his sword does not cut anymore.
 
Donar, deflecting an opponent, making ineffective, protection from danger, enemies bound through magic, impermeable, an awakening, the power to turn, the divine will to act, the law of eternal reincarnation, power to become, Return, new emergence from what's apparently old and dried-up, formative power of the seed, the thunderbolt, targeting goals, activity and the phallus, mental telepathy, projection of the will, fierce protection, psychic attack & defense, penetrating time & space, a constant renewal of life in rebirth, Rune of opposing polarities and of joining opposites, binding of and victory over the enemy.
“Preserve your ego” (List, 51).
*H1R3
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Interpretation: A turning point (Jera) brings protection from danger (Thorn).
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1st check on all fur-kids.
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Outcome: 7 ½ hrs. of itchy sleep.
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Immediately got up and called the VA.  Luckily, they had two appointments open today; 11 and 1.  I took the 11.
*Jera/Thorn?
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Good morning conversation with wifey.
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Breakfast sandwich + a banana.
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Took toby out for a quick two-block roundy prior to the VA visit.
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I have never been impressed with this VA doctor.  She didn’t know what to think.  If she hooks me up with dermatology like she says, this whole thing will probably be cleared-up.  Nonetheless, pills and creams.
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Bräts, diced potatoes and green beans.
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Not an exceedingly horrible night at work.  Still quite itchy.  There was a flurry of activity at the end of shift. 
OMGs, my shop colleague was just a ratchet jaw tonight.  He talked and talked; he went on and on…all about nothing of interest to me.  Walking away from him was of no effect because he kept following me, talking a lot about nothing…jeez! 
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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2am nighty-night.  Hoping for less-itchy sleep.  I think my wife fell asleep in her office tonight.
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​(Hartmânôd = Harsh Month)
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Plans: wifey, work 8hrs.
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Kansas’ 158th birthday:
https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/kansas-day
http://www.holidayscalendar.com/event/kansas-day/
http://www.abilene-rc.com/kansas-day/image_f530b1cc-2307-11e9-9664-2f40cda5f582.html
http://www.hutchnews.com/news/20190128/kansas-day
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(Hartmânôd = Harsh Month)
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Plans: wifey, work 8hrs.
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(Hartmânôd = Harsh Month)
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Plans: domestic stuff
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Ancestor Meditation: (picture source: The Mennonite Heritage and Agricultural Museum, Goessel, Kansas) (Gravesites at Alexanderwohl Friedhof Cemetery, Goessel, Kansas).
Sunnastag/Sunna’s Day/Sunday (2nd great grandparents) David   A. Schmidt (1822-1892) and Maria Nachtigal (1828-1911)
David A. Schmidt (1822-1892)
Birth 19 May 1822 in Alexanderwohl, Molotschna South, Russia
Death 18 Dec 1892 in Marion County, Kansas, United States
*Married 15 November 1849
Maria Nachtigal (1828-1911)
Birth 23 Jan 1828 in Majdan Królewski, Podkarpackie, Duchy of Poland, West Prussia
Death 01 Apr 1911 in Goessel, Marion County, Kansas, United States
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
* no doubt the ones who brought the family over from Europe.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Ansuz: In favor of the gods, Wodan specifically, the Divine Father, Wodanic wisdom, 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, 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
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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: Os: 
Havamal 149:
The fourth one I know, when a foe has tied up
My arms and hands;
The fetters fall from my leg, when I chant that song,
And off my hands the ropes come.
 
Freedom from bondage, the power of speech/song, mouth, arising, ashes, that which is offered, Wodanic energies, leadership, mouth, speech, the effort to convince, deed following the word, the Divine Breath, kingship, discussion, idea of that which is given/evolving, the spiritual power that is gained through speech, it is the breath of the world, its voice, strength that a person needs to rise-up in power, freedom from the bondage of the material world.
“Your spiritual force makes you free” (List, 51).
*H1R4
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Interpretation: Wodanic wisdom (Ansuz) brings freedom (Os).
*OMGs, do I understand this one!
*comment not for public consumption
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1st check on all fur-kids.
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Outcome: 7hrs of sleep with one wake-up.
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Extended conversation with wifey as she prepares for Wichita Bison fighter practice.
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Pancakes + scrambled eggs with ham shreds + hashbrowns from frozen.
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 Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga
München 4:1 Stuttgart on FS1/Sling-TV
Düsseldorf 0:4 Leipzig on FS2/Sling-TV
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Toby and I out for a well behaved, late morning, 30min walk.  However, at the first intersection, he anticipated a voice command that wasn’t yet given and almost got himself killed.  He took it upon himself to charge across an intersection just as a car was turning.  Luckily, he responded to an actual, stern, voice command in a split second that brought him back to the curb.
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BK for lunch to prevent overbuying at the store.
Dillons
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Wifey home from Wichita Bison fighter practice before I got home from the store.  Now she knows stuff.
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Separated recyclables.
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Three loads of laundry.
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MASL https://www.maslsoccer.com/
Utica City FC 7:5 Orlando SeaWolves
Kansas City Comets v Mississauga MetroStars
1st qtr. 2:2
2nd qtr. 2:3
3rd qtr. 2:2
4th qtr. 4:1
Final score: Comets 10:8 MetroStars
COMETS WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Monterrey Flash 6:5 OT Ontario Fury
RGV Barracudas 10:2 Turlock Express
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Chicken noodle soup from a can.
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Didn’t see this one coming:
International Friendly; USA v Panama https://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2019-01-27-us-mens-national-team-vs-panama/feed
40th min GOAL USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@ the half USA 1:0 Panama
80th min GOAL USA!!!!!!!!!!!!
89th min GOAL USA!!!!!!!!!!!!
End of match, USA 3:0 Panama
OMGS!  USA WINS!  It’s only a Friendly, but still something to celebrate.
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Tried to call brother but methinks he’d already gone to bed.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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11:30pm nighty night, I fell asleep in the recliner, and my WWE wife (smh) is sleeping in her office.
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​God/dess Meditation: (alternate Sunnastag) Paltar, you're the blameless god, gloriously shining god, rising god, restoration god, husband to the faithful Nanda, beloved son of Wodan and Frija.  Just as you restore Mittigart after Godotuom, restore us after we experience our own Godotuoms of life.  Let your goodness and your reconciliation smooth our paths on Earth. When our days here are over, light up death’s darkness with the promise of rebirth. Help us to avoid evil and seek the good. Inspired by your example, we will keep our reputations spotless that our lives be proclaimed a victory of the Spirit, and our leaving his life a tragedy. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, PALTAR, as we honor the Paltar that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!

(Hartmânôd = Harsh Month)
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Plans: ?????????????????????
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Ancestor Meditation: (grave-sites @ Alexanderwohl Friedhof Cemetery, Goessel, Ks and Medford Oklahoma Mennonite Cemetery respectively) Tag der Fruchtbarkeit/Day of Fertility/Saturday (2nd great grandparents) Peter Amos Reimer (1832-1905) and Agatha Dirksen (1840-1905)
Peter A Reimer (1832-1905)
Birth 17 Sept 1832 in Ohrloff, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 3 Sept 1905 in Goessel, KS
*Married 22 September 1858
Agatha Dirksen (1840-1905)
Birth 07 Apr 1840 in Sparrau, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 3 Apr 1905 in Medford, OK
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
*no doubt the ones who brought the family over from Europe.
*offered up some tobacco for Granny Aggie.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: 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, family 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
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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​Armanen Rune: Ur:
Havamal 147:
Another I name, that all need to have
Who officiate as curing healers;
Know yourself, and you will know the world,
And learn to discern between evil and its causes.
 
Self-knowledge/awareness, all-knowing, discernment, witches/shamans/doctors/healing, the primordial, eternity, primal fire, primal light, primal, primal bull, recognize the cause of an event, healing. that which is grasped or permanent, medical help, the healing powers of medical drugs, nurturing at the original basis, original cause, origin, root of all material and cosmic phenomena, contact with the transcendent, contact with the dead, life after mortal death, Mother-God, Creative Mother Principle, a physician’s rune and represents resurrection, eternity, and continuity, root of all material and cosmic phenomena, root of eternity, causality; the origin of time, cause and effect in the eternal power of becoming.
“Know yourself, then you will know all” (List 50).
*H1R2
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Interpretation: Family interaction (Othilla) brings healing (Ur).
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1st check on all fur-kids.
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Outcome: 7hrs of solid sleep.
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Wifey conversation.
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My health by the numbers:
*weight: 260
*glucose: 136
*bp: 137/77
*pulse: 81
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An odd breakfast; Mexican leftovers; refried beans with cheese, burrito mix with egg added.
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Bank.
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Toby and I out for a late morning, noon hour, 30min walk.
*hazy sun/high clouds, cool, NNW breeze.
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga
Borussia Dortmund v Hannover on FS1/Sling-TV.
24th min TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@ the half, BVB 1:0 Hannover
60th min TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
62nd min TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
67th min TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
86th min tor/goal hannover
90th min TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
End of match; BVB 5:1 Hannover
BVB WINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Borussia Monchengladbach 2:0 Augsburg
Freiburg 2:4 Hoffenheim
Mainz 2:1 Nürnberg
Wolfsburg 0:3 Leverkusen
Bremen 2:2 Frankfurt
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Delivered loan money to niece C_.  I know she’s good for it.
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Re-watched Gotham S5 E4 on FOX NOW/Sling-TV because I fell asleep on it last night.  REALLY GOOD!
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Lowe’s and Family Dollar with wifey.
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Chicken strips with cheese in a tortilla with onion rings.
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MASL https://www.maslsoccer.com/
Harrisburg Heat 8:6 Baltimore Blast
Florida Tropics 9:7 St. Louis Ambush
Dallas Sidekicks 4:6 RGV Barracudas
Milwaukee Wave 7:5 Mississauga MetroStars
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“Fiddler on the Roof”, one of my favorite musicals of all time.  ABSOLUTE fav is “CATS”.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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1am nighty night.  I get to sleep with my wife.
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(Hartmânôd = Harsh Month)
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Plans: wifey, work 8hrs.
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Ancestor Meditation: (picture source: Ancestry.com) (Gravesites @ Mennonite Brethren Church Cemetery, Lehigh, Kansas)


Frijastag/Frija’s Day/Friday (great grandparents) David D. Schmidt (1852-1924) and Elisabeth Zülke (apx1856-1932) 
David D. Schmidt
Birth 11 June 1852
Death 18 March 1924 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas, USA
Married 22 February 1876
Elizabeth Zülke (1856-1932)
Birth 4 JAN 1856 in Waldheim, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 19 JUN 1932 in Lehigh, Kansas
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Mannaz: The human, Heimo; our genetic connection to the gods, humankind, social interaction, cooperation between people, the special human, the human intellect, awareness, kinship, social structure, the ability to work well within a social structure in an effort be effective within it, social interaction and order, perfected intellect, attract support from your peers, attainment of common goals, Divine structure.
Conversely:
Problems relating with Heimo and humanity, without cooperation between people, w/o social interaction, the inability to work within a social structure in an effective way, self-delusion, intellectual arrogance/ignorance, bigotry, inability to make peace with others, destructive social nature, closed mindedness, failed social interaction and disorder; anti-social behavior and lack of Divine structure.
*A3R4
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Tyr:
Havamal 157:
A twelfth one I sing, when I see through the brush
The hanged one swinging from the hemp;
He climbs down from the trunk, must tell me his tale
When I carve the Runes right.
 
Rebirth, renewal, rising from the ashes, excitation, revelation, mysteries revealed, sacrifice, rebirth of the Sun god, fertility and/or destruction, generation, power, success, wisdom, duties fulfilled, art of concealment and hiding, rebirth into the light - life of the soul, the power to make situations turn completely around, spiritual understanding, the power of regeneration, warrior strength, justice, balance, personal sacrifice of the father, resurrection/reincarnation/born again; “Do not fear anything, even dying cannot kill you.  Better to die than to be dead alive” (Gorsleben).
“Fear not death - it cannot kill you (List, 58).
H2R6
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Interpretation: Social interaction (Mannaz) brings rebirth (Tyr).
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1st check on all fur-kids.
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Outcome: 7hrs of solid sleep, then Toby wakes me with his thump-thump tail against the bedroom wall.  Wifey wakes me, too…WTF????????????????
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SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Biscuits and gravy with scrambled eggs.
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Toby and I out for a 30min walk.  I feel HARD on some snow-covered ice.  My feet went flying out from under me and went straight down on my buttocks!  I immediately felt my neck jam downward.  I was helped up by a couple of PN&A linesmen who happened to be hanging fiberoptic lines in the area.  Toby and I finished 30min, but it was a WHOLE LOT MORE CAREFUL 30min.
*cloudy, cold, stout south wind.
*called PN&A HQ in Georgia trying to get kudos to these guys who didn’t speak English.
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McDs for lunch.
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Challenging night at work.  Layout brought me three 1-part orders that needed the PSI hit gradually; 1,000psi-check-1,000psi-check-wax, rinse and repeat up to 7,500psi, then have layout approve my process.  It just took a while.  I think this was the first time I didn’t clear out everything in my area; bag-press and icebox.  I stayed quite busy up until time to go home.
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QT for a snack; breakfast sandwich + a milk.
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Last check on all fur-kids.  Socks out, Socks in, smart Socks.  All fur kids are under warm shelter.
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Tried to watch Gotham S5 E4 on FOX/Sling-TV but kept falling asleep, so I’ll have to try again later.
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2am nighty-night.  My gaming wife is sleeping in her office tonight.
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(Hartmânôd = Harsh Month)
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Ancestor Meditation: Flags:

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

Donarstag/Donar’s Day/Thursday (great, grandparents) Peter Reimer (1868-1937) and Eva Hiebert (1874-1929)
Peter Reimer (1868-1937)
Birth 17 July 1868 in, Kleefeld, Molotschna, Russia
Death 12 Jan 1937 in Kern County, California, United States
*Married 9 April 1893
Eva Hiebert (1874-1929)
Birth 13 Jan 1874 in, Alexanderwohl, Molotschna, Taurida, Russia
Death 20 Aug 1929 in Fresno, Fresno, California, United States
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: 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
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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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Enlightenment (Dagaz) brings rebirth (Tyr).Armanen Rune: Tyr:
Havamal 157:
A twelfth one I sing, when I see through the brush
The hanged one swinging from the hemp;
He climbs down from the trunk, must tell me his tale
When I carve the Runes right.
 
Rebirth, renewal, rising from the ashes, excitation, revelation, mysteries revealed, sacrifice, rebirth of the Sun god, fertility and/or destruction, generation, power, success, wisdom, duties fulfilled, art of concealment and hiding, rebirth into the light - life of the soul, the power to make situations turn completely around, spiritual understanding, the power of regeneration, warrior strength, justice, balance, personal sacrifice of the father, resurrection/reincarnation/born again; “Do not fear anything, even dying cannot kill you.  Better to die than to be dead alive” (Gorsleben).
“Fear not death - it cannot kill you (List, 58).
H2R6
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Interpretation: Enlightenment (Dagaz) brings rebirth (Tyr).​
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1st check on all fur-kids.
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Outcome: Enlightenment (Dagaz) brings rebirth (Tyr).
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7hrs of sleep with one wake-up.
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Morning conversation with wifey.
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Breakfast sandwich + a banana.
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GLOWING report from my hygienist @ the dentist office.  My oral hygiene routine is working:
2min electric toothbrush
Floss
Waterpik
Plaque rinse
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Three meat burritos + onion rings for lunch.
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Work went pretty well.  I was able to stay busy most all shift.
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Socks out, Socks back inside.
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Last check on all fur-kids.  All fur kids are under warm shelter.
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Vikings https://www.history.com/shows/vikings S5 E19
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2am nighty night.  I get to sleep with my wife.
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(Hartmânôd = Harsh Month)
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(Hartmânôd = Harsh Month)
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Plans: wifey, work 8hrs.
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Ancestor Meditation: Dienstag/Thing Day/Tuesday (grandparents) Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967) and Maria Hildebrand (1895-72) (Gravesites at Alexanderwohl Friedhof Cemetery, Goessel, Kansas).
Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967)
Birth 15 May 1898 in Medford, Grant County, Oklahoma, USA
Death 26 Mar 1967 in Hesston, Harvey County, Kansas, United States
*Married 2 June 1920
Maria Hildebrand (1894-72)
Birth 30 Dec 1894 in Marion County, Ks, USA
Death 22 Jul 1972 in Newton, Harvey County, KS, USA
Gravesites @ Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church, Goessel, Ks
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: 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
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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: Laf: 
Havamal 159:
A fourteenth I sing to the assembled Folk
When naming the divine names;
The Aesir and Alves and their various kinds
No one can spell out without learning.
 
Determination, learned knowledge, singing before the All, presentation, Urlag; life fate and destiny, life as law, life following the law, experience, test, temptations by life-circumstances, water, sea, good management, test of life, school of the lives, relations, defeat and the laws of nature, life and primal law, psychic & spiritual awareness, cosmic flow, seeds of thought, the etheric part of the body, initiation that experiences life on earth as a continuous process of initiation, The Cosmic Ocean.
“First learn to steer, then dare the sea-journey” (List, 60).
H3R2
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Interpretation: Kinship (Othilla) brings determination (Laf).
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1st check on all fur-kids.
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Outcome: 7hrs of restless sleep.
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Morning huggles and conversation with wifey.  It seems all is forgiven.
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Breakfast sandwich
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Toby and I out for a well behaved, late morning, 30min walk.
*cold, cloudy, stout north wind.
*came across a fellow Coastie at the tail-end of Toby’s walk.  I invited him to join out Coast Guard group for the Veterans Day parade.  He gave me his info, I passed it along to the head-hauncho.
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Awwww…call-in from the VA checking on how healing is progressing with my toe.
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PH + a garden salad.
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I was pretty proud of myself at work tonight.  I ran a few orders of parts that I have never before seen.  I just applied the knowledge I had at my disposal, and things went just fine.  My very last order in particular was interesting.  It was a two-stage hydro-block.  I’ve ran two-stage trim jigs in my previous shops, again, I just applied the knowledge I already possessed onto an unfamiliar hydro-block and WAH-LAH!
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A bit more snow on the way home.
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Last check on all fur-kids.  Socks out.  Socks back inside.  Smart Socks.  All fur kids are under warm shelter on this bitterly cold night.
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2am nighty night.  I get to sleep with my wife.
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