(Hêrmônd = Hoar month)

Last night, I was able to watch Vikings on the tele; History Channel, season 3 episode 2 (302).

Going to bed @ 10AM/22:00, after an EXCELLENT episode of Vikings on the History channel, no alarm set, up only once, and I still woke up shortly after 4AM.

Plans: VA, work 

AM Meditation: Frijastac/Friday, we meditate on Frija:
Frija, Great All-Mother; caregiver of Family, Hearth and Home.  Teach us to be patient but not passive; wise but not haughty in our wisdom; far seeing yet not blind to that which is before us. May we nurture life, increase life, and live our own lives more fully. Through you we give honor to our human mothers. Through you we see all the beauty that surrounds us as well. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, FRIJA, as we honor the Frija that resides in us all!

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

<>AM Elder Rune: Raido (R): Spinning one’s wheels, lack of movement, unwise counsel, a breakdown in (divine) order, upsetting the cart, wrong action and disorder, the opposite of that which is right, off the proper course, slow motion, without a sense of purpose, personal irresponsibility, void of progress or proper perspective.


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

<>AM 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.

Secrecy, gift/giver, gift of life, 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 

Interpretation: slow motion (Raido) leading to secrecy (Gibor).

Outcome: Well…

@ VA by 6:30AM, blood/lab went exceptionally quickly and well.
@ home to finish morning medication and have a banana.
To McDs for breakfast.
Yeah, I could’ve been at work by 8AM.  I was enjoying myself so much I stopped off at Dillons to get my weekly lottery ticket and read the newspaper I picked up @ the VA.

@ work just before 9AM

Good AM work; This is how inefficient their time allotments are, but nonetheless in my favor, this time.  I started an order of simple parts and was given 6 min per part/10 parts per hour to do it.  Easy cheesy, it took me barely 30 min to finish 6.  Needless to say I SHONE LIKE A DIAMOND on this one.
*workload is low.
Good @ home for lunch; OMGs, Essie has started using her Cat Tower.  I found her coming out from her cubby-hole part of it.
*SNOW!
Good PM work; more stupid time allotments.  This dumb guy, who evidently is now overseeing their completion, gave me the time allotment on the ENTIRE burr operation.  These parts, all I do is burr the holes in the periphery, everything else is done.  Time allotment is 1 hour per part and it took me barely 5 min to do what I do; SHINE, SHINE, SHINE, SHINE SHINE!
*workload continues low; no Saturday work
*lite snow continues

I MAY go to the dance tonight.  A colleague has invited me several times.

Tried to get a haircut but my stylist had surgery yesterday.  She’ll be in tomorrow.

Items #2 and #3 of 5 piece sexuality order arrived today.  It’s gonna work!  I look forward with great anticipation for the other 2. 

Toby out for a 6/10 of a mile walk; this time I wasn’t appropriately dressed.  Toby had boundless energy.  I was the one who pooped-out early.

Made sure to keep a close eye on Socks.  He’s always my concern in cold wx like this.  I KNOW Essie and Toby are safe, but with Socks being a separate entity, checking on him is a must.  Luckily, he made no mad dash out from his Cat House. 

Well, I did go to the dance thing @ Orchard park.  I waited until 7:30PM/19:30, but neither R_ nor P_ showed up.  It was an unfamiliar situation in which I was uncomfortable; that being, country music and strangers.  However, I did meet an old customer from my McDs days.

Once home, I couldn’t get into comfy clothes quickly enough,

This was the 2nd dress rehearsal for going out.  Perhaps one day I’ll be able to share an evening out with someone.  I CAN do this.  It’s just a mater of doing it…with someone.

I’m perfektly fine at home with my fur babies. 

My sexuality is slowly returning (Raido); however methods shall remain a secret (Gibor).

What the hel happened?  I was attacked by the leather recliner!  

Nighty-night 

PM Meditation: Forsizo; Heil to you, son of Paltar and Nanda!  We call out to you in our time of legal need.  You’re the god of justice and reconciliation.  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!

PM Clarification Rune: none

Comments:  last check on animals

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Hêrmônd = Hoar month)

Rough night; too many ups, too many downs.

Plans: work 10hrs 

AM Meditation: Donarstac/Thursday, we meditate on Donar:
Donar, Son of Wotan and Erda, husband to Sibba, wielder of Malant and Great God of thunder, thunder forth in our lives. When we would hold back, encourage us to advance. When we would be weak, hearten us be strong. When we would shun life’s pleasures, inspire our appetites for that which is lusty and good. Excite our growth from strength to strength; teach us, elder brother, how to throw our own Hammer, and slay the giants who oppose our will. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, DONAR, as we honor the Donar that resides in us all!


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

<>AM Elder Rune: Berkana (U): The feminine, Frija, All-Mother, birth processes, rejuvenation, growth, nurturing, caregiver, mature wisdom, recuperation, purification, the birch tree, birth, becoming, life changes, the kind Mother, Frija at her most Motherly, healing, bringing into being, a significant life passage.


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

<>AM Armanen Rune: Man:  
Havamal 159.
A fourteenth know Volkrast, the dwarf, 
Sings early at the gates of dawn,
To strengthen the Aesir, to empower the Alves,
But to myself, Allfather, to gain wisdom.

Great gain, male mysteries, male leadership, 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. 

Interpretation: Life changes (Berkana) leading to great gain (Man).

Outcome: The rollercoaster ride of temps continue; warm yesterday, cold today.

Good AM work, but workload dwindles 
Good @ home for lunch, still chilly, Toby back inside.
Good PM work, workload no better.
*OMGs, my sub-scapulatic pain became SO BAD I was driven to the medicine cabinet for some ibuprofen.  I’m just going to have to make Aleve http://www.aleve.com/ part of my medicine regimen.   

Burger King for snack sandwich on the way home

1 mile on the treadmill, 29 min 

Leftover taco casserole; one day remaining. 

I just might try to stay up for a bit since I’m going in to the VA (06:30) before work.

Shower

Nighty-night

PM Meditation: Die Wurtâ: 
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” will form now in our deeds.
That which “is owed”, will be, but we cannot yet see. 
We celebrate die Wurtâ, the Ladies Three, for all eternity.

PM Clarification Rune: none

Comments:  last check on animals

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Hêrmônd = Hoar month)

Plans: work 10hrs 

AM Meditation: Wotanstac/Wednesday, we meditate on Wotan:
All-Father God!  Wandering God!  Rune god! Wolf God! Raven god! Wotan!! Son to Paru and Bezzia, brother to Willo and Wîh; We call out to you, not as slaves or on bended knee, but on our feet and open-armed as befits your offspring. Watch us as we struggle, but the fight and fame must both be ours! Grant us that victory which we win by OUR might and mane! After a life battle-worn, Wotan, grant us access to our Great Ancestral Hall, where we may feast, drink the glorious mead and be merry with our heroes and our Altmâgâ. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, Wotan, as we honor the Wotan that resides in us all!

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

<>AM Elder Rune: Two Runes:
Kenaz (U): The torch, light, shaping, fabrication or fashioning of primordial material, the hearth fire, brightly burning, knowledge, divine inspiration under control of human craft, knowledge from within, intuition, Self-awareness, creativity and transformation, clarity of thought, the application of the Divine.

And

Naudiz (Irreversible): The Rune of Need (whether mortal, emotional, spiritual), a Wurtâ Rune, force friction, a stress indicator, opportunity for change, urgency, a generating force for the greater good, friction, transformation, resistance leading to strength, an evolutionary change toward a more holistic state, Fate.


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

<>AM Armanen Rune: Os:  
Havamal 148.
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.

That which is offered, freedom, Wotanic 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.

Interpretation: Wisdom (Kenaz) the  opportunity for change (Naudiz) leads to an idea evolving.

Outcome: When I know Socks is out and about @ 4AM/04:00, I will leave the door open (storm door locked) and lights on so he knows I’m awake.  It always works.

Lovable, lovable Essie…

Good AM work 
Good @ home for lunch; it’s a beautiful day.  Toby is outside 
Good PM work

WTF happened to the beautiful day?

Dillons petrol

Leftover taco casserole for dinner 

Stretches 

Too much time on my hands…LOL

Oh man, the leather recliner is becoming as evil as was the green chair.

Nighty-night 

PM Meditation: Brego, long-bearded god; son of Wotan and Gunnlod; husband of Ostara; you’re the god of poetry and eloquence; the adherent god of skalds.  You have the Runes carved on your tongue.  Your inspiration is enhanced by a drink from the glorious mead.  Our oath to you, as we partake upon your silver cup called Bregofull; we swear our never-ending faith and allegiance to the gods and ways of our ancestors.  We stand firm with them as we live our lives to the fullest.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, BREGO, as we honor the Brego that resides in us all!

PM Clarification Rune: none

Comments:  last check on animals

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Hêrmônd = Hoar month)

Plans: work 10hrs 

AM Meditation: Ziustac/Tuesday, we meditate on Ziu:
Ziu, husband to Zisa, Great God of bravery, one-handed god, 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 our 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 A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, ZIU, as we honor the Ziu that resides in us all!

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

<>AM Elder Rune: Uruz (R): A weakened position, deprivation, depletion of energy, out of sync, an impulse towards inaction, a severe lack of foundation and energy at low levels, reduction, elasticity, uncontrolled rage, without the will to survive, taking no risks at this time, weakness, illness, the inability to overcome obstacles.


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

<>AM 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.

Secrecy, gift/giver, gift of life, 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.

Interpretation: Reduction (Uruz) leading to fulfillment (Gibor)

Outcome: Great start to the day.

Good AM work
Good @ home for lunch; still chilly, Essie was very loveable and got her treat, Toby was glad to go outside with his treat, Socks was happy to stay inside his House for his treat.
Good PM work

Burger King for a snack sandwich.

Record time on the treadmill; 1-mile, 26:30, 2.2-2.6MPH. at time inclined…wow!

Oh my…
Taco Casserole 
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1 11oz. bag Nacho Cheese Doritos, crushed
1 lb. hamburger, browned
1 pkg. taco seasoning, mixed according to directions
1 (8 oz.) pkg. shredded Cheddar cheese
1 (8 oz.) pkg. shredded Mozzarella cheese
Shredded Lettuce
Sliced tomato
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Layer ingredients in 9 x 13 pan as listed - crushed chips, meat and seasonings, 2/3 of cheese, lettuce, tomato, and remaining cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
Top with salsa as desired. 
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It turned out a bit loose.  I’ll let it set overnight in the fridge and check it tomorrow.

Shower

Call into Hammerstorm inquiring about membership.

Nighty-night 

PM Meditation: Êra, handmaiden of Frija, goddess of the healing arts; whose loving hands and sweet breath brings wholeness and health, PRAISE YOUR NAME AMONG NORTH-FOLK! We thank you for your gentle caress, your soft ministrations and your care. When stress, strains, aches and pains plague us, you come with your herbal medicines and compassion to ease our distress. Êra, goddess holy and wise, we honor you. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL Êra, as we honor the Êra that resides in us all!

PM Clarification Rune: none

Comments:  last check on animals

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Hêrmônd = Hoar month)

When it’s cold like this I often go into the Haruc @ 4AM to check on Socks.  Usually he wants to come out and cat for a while.  This morning, when I went made my 2nd trip out for meditations and runes, he was eagerly waiting on the steps to go back inside.  Yes, it’s pretty cold this morning.

Plans: work 10hrs 

AM Meditation: Manostac/Monday, we meditate on Mano, 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.  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!

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

<>AM Elder Rune: Naudiz (Irreversible): The Rune of Need (whether mortal, emotional, spiritual), a Wurtâ Rune, force friction, a stress indicator, opportunity for change, urgency, a generating force for the greater good, friction, transformation, resistance leading to strength, an evolutionary change toward a more holistic state, Fate.


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

<>AM Armanen Rune: Man:  
Havamal 159.
A fourteenth know Volkrast, the dwarf, 
Sings early at the gates of dawn,
To strengthen the Aesir, to empower the Alves,
But to myself, Allfather, to gain wisdom.

Great gain, male mysteries, male leadership, 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. 

Interpretation: An opportunity for change (Naudiz) leading to great gain (Man) 

Outcome: Now this is bitter cold!

Poor Toby, he got sick overnight.

Good AM work; workload quickly improved.
Good @ home for lunch; Hm, a bit more snow.
*Toby still seems a bit lethargic, Socks stayed in his house and Essie was so loveable. 
*I’m stating to take less in my lunch bucket in an effort to lose some weight.
Good PM work.

Frozen Mexican for dinner.

Item #1 of 5 to enhance my sexuality came today.

Stretches 

Freaky TV Monday:
Gotham http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3749900/ 
*Good guys
**Bruce Wayne 
**Alfred
**Jim Gordon
**Harvey Bullock 
*Crime bosses introduced 
**Don Falcone 
**Don Maroney 
**Fish Moony 
*Crooks introduced 
**Penguin
**Cat Woman
**Poison Ivy
**Scarecrow
**Riddler 
**Joker 
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Sleepy Hollow 
*season finale 
*woooooooooooooooooooooooow…

Nighty-night 

PM 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!

PM Clarification Rune: none

Comments:  last check on animals

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Hêrmônd = Hoar month)

After 2 shots of honey whiskey, 8hrs of sleep and up only one time; perfekt!

There was a bit of snow overnight; more than a dusting, not quite an inch, I think.

Plans: clean house 

AM Meditation: Sunnastac/Sunday, we meditate on Sunna, goddess of the Sun:
Greetings to you Sunna, in all your feminine, fertile glory; Lamp of Wotan, newly risen! Hail to you who has shown on all our ancestors, who shines on us, and who 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!

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

<>AM Elder Rune: Eihwaz (Irreversible): Irminsul, the Cosmic pillar, stress and difficulties, overcoming obstacles, need to have backbone to get through, inner strength, endurance, “Shit happens, get over it!“, temporary  cosmic consciousness, inner stability over external circumstances, the Shamanic link of experiences within the All.


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

<>AM Armanen Rune: Sig:  
Havamal 155.
This I know as an eleventh, when
I accompany my dear friend into combat;
I sing it into the shield, so that he triumphs in battle
And that luck and happiness surrounds him always. 

Will, victory, success, gain, well-being, victorious and happy, blessing from above, successful fight, achieved goal, school, and salvation by light, inspiration, soul, and power of the sun, inspiration, soul, life force, wholeness, reliable success, healing, good luck, spiritual completion, and the path of the soul, Rune of the spiritual ray, of inspiration, wisdom, and illumination.

Interpretation: Inner strength (Eihwaz) leading to success (Sig).

Outcome: OMGs, I got it right!  I got it right!  The eggs benedict breakfast has been perfected! 

I’m telling you, Socks is street smart.  He knows stuff.  He sensed the outside, snowy situation and said, NO FUCKING WAY!

Essie has learned the benefit of being on top of my computer desk while I’m at the computer.  She KNOWS she’s going to get additional loving AND additional warmth from the table lamp. 

Bundesliga http://www.bundesliga.com/en/ 
BVB is OUT from the relegation zone! http://www.bundesliga.com/en/stats/table/ 
(home/away)
Hamburg 1-1 M’Gladbach 
Wolfsburg 2-1 Berlin 

5 loads of laundry 

My usual goal for housecleaning is “presentable”.  Today, I went WAY beyond that!

It’s still snowing a bit.  It’s cold.  There’s a mild to slightly brisk wind from the north.  Nonetheless, Toby and I toughed out a 1-mile walk.  In the cold, Toby is fine.  In warmer weather, he becomes a slug-muffin.

Corner convenience store for a newspaper
Taco Grande for a late lunch 
Dillons for something I forgot yesterday

Major Arena Soccer League (MASL) http://paslsoccer.com/ 
(team @ team)
Saltillo 8-11 Brownsville 
Sacramento v Las Vegas 
Wichita v Tulsa on GoLive Sports Cast online 
B52s final game of the season 
1st qtr 4-0
2nd qtr 7-2 
3rd qtr 12-3 
4th qtr 22-4 
WICHITA B52s WIN!  B52s FINISH THE SEASON @ .500!!!!!!!!!
Tacoma 1-17 Missouri  
Rochester 9-7 Syracuse (multi-point scoring) 

To brothers with a bag-o-trash.
*my brother really IS a fucking lunatic.  When I started taking my trash over to his place, he told me I didn't have to come in for a visit.  It wasn’t necessary.  Today, as I was getting tired, I opted not to be social, but I have this fucking phone message when I get home giving me shit about not coming inside while I was there.  Needless to say, I returned his call to give him hell!

Separated recyclables as I could.  They really needed to go in yesterday because 3 of 5 containers, one of paper and two plastics, are full.  THEY MUST GO IN NEXT WEEK!

Sushi for dinner!

Okay, newspaper time…

Wow…plum tuckered out.

Eihwaz and Sig?  Yeah, it was a tough day, but I successfully completed all I needed to do. 

Nighty-night 

PM Meditation: Eger und Râhana, mysterious keepers of the deep hall at ocean’s bottom, host to the drowned and the sea lost. Your dwelling might be thought sad and gloomy, but you are known to be kind and hospitable ale givers. In your goodness then, cheer us when waves of misfortune pound our life’s fragile boats to the bottom. For even at the bottom, there is warmth, cheer and hope. Be our assurance; be our inspiration to strive on despite the swells and swirls of fate. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, EGER UND RÂHANA, as we honor the Eger und Râhana that resides in us all!

PM Clarification Rune: none

Comments:  last check on animals

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Hêrmônd = Hoar month)

Plans: day off…

AM Meditation: Saturn’s Day/Saturday/Tag der Fruchtbarkeit, we meditate on Frouwa & Ing-Frô:
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!
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Ing-Frô, 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!

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

<>AM Elder Rune: Laguz (U): A body of water, life ever-flowing; seen and unseen, going with the flow, the leek (a healing herb) the feminine, Nirdu, Erda (Mother Earth), Ing-Frô and Frouwa, emotions intact, potential for life, magical workings, personal growth, the basic energy and secret source of organic life, feeling, intuition.


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

<>AM Armanen Rune: Laf:  
Havamal 158.
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, 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.

Interpretation: pefektion! 

Outcome: It’s a beautifully cool, damp morning.  It was a nice brisk 1-mile walk.  Toby was well behaved.

I’m not impressed with my first effort @ eggs benedict; improvements to follow.
* I know now what I did wrong…

Bundesliga http://www.bundesliga.com/en/# 
(home/away)
Friday 
Stuttgart 2-3 BVB !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Saturday 
Freiburg 1-1 Hoffenheim 
Schalke 1-1 Bremen 
Paderborn 0-6 München (wooooooooooooooow…) 
Mainz 3-1 E. Frankfurt 
Augsburg 2-2 Leverkusen 
Köln 1-1 Hannover 

Too much time on my hands.  If I told you, either it would scare you or you would have me committed…LOL

SOLIDLY napped…

Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market
Dillons; fur baby’s reserve dry kibble restored
Aldi 

Awwwwwww…hi ya Fish.  Fish looked square at me and licked his kitty lips, like he was asking for some food.  I pulled my last reserve can of Aldi cat food for him.  He was very appreciative. 

Major Arena Soccer League (MASL) http://paslsoccer.com/ 
(away/home)
Friday 
St. Louis 14-9 Tulsa 
Chicago 0-14 Baltimore (multi-point scoring)
Saturday 
Texas 9-6 Brownsville 
Detroit 6-12 Milwaukee (multi-point scoring) 
Harrisburg 5-25 Baltimore (multi-point scoring) 
Monterrey 6-2 Dallas 
Tulsa v Wichita (GoLive Sports Cast online)
1st qtr 1-1
2nd qtr 4-6
3rd qtr 6-10
4th qtr 6-12
WICHITA B52s WIN!! WICHITA B52s WIN!! WICHITA B52s WIN!! 
Ontario 1-3 San Diego 
Tacoma 3-13 St. Louis 

The wind has taken a turn to the north and has increased exponentially.  All of MY fur babies are quite safe and under shelter.

Yeah, 10PM news is saying winter weather moving in overnight.  Good thing all fur babies are secure.

Lots of fun on my best buddy’s Facebook page reminiscing with old Christian Rock:
…and to think HE started it with THIS:  https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152822272159722 
(face palm)…then…
Stryper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp5Ahx4wmgQ 
*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xu-jP5wP74
Steve Taylor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxETLTcv5BM 
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALfQE96ZZEs 
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsqAHdCr6lM 
**yeah, we enjoyed Steve Taylor 
Whitecross https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgdcE7_W3Qg 
Petra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjMp6tC34Qc 
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkGywPQEBX8 

It’s already WAY past my bedtime…nighty-night! 

PM 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!

PM Clarification Rune: none

Comments:  last check on animals

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Hêrmônd = Hoar month)

Essie was sitting in the window of the bedroom and reacted to YaWK outside.  I don’t MIND YaWK being here, but this is becoming too habitual.  It had to be done; I let Toby and Socks handle it.

Plans: hopefully work 8hrs 

AM Meditation: Frijastac/Friday, we meditate on Frija:
Frija, Great All-Mother; caregiver of Family, Hearth and Home.  Teach us to be patient but not passive; wise but not haughty in our wisdom; far seeing yet not blind to that which is before us. May we nurture life, increase life, and live our own lives more fully. Through you we give honor to our human mothers. Through you we see all the beauty that surrounds us as well. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, FRIJA, as we honor the Frija that resides in us all!

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

<>AM Elder Rune: Sowulo (Irreversible): The Sun, Sunna, a lightning bolt, victory, success, life force, confidence, optimism, the clear light of day, can be a destructive lightening flash (clearing), the will to victory, appearance of a guiding principle, guidance in journeying, spiritual guidance, leadership.


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

<>AM Armanen Rune: Laf:  
Havamal 158.
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, 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.

Interpretation: Success (Sowulo) leading to fate (Laf).

Outcome: loveable Essie…

Good AM work; workload started questionable but soon increased.  
Good @ home for lunch, wonderful cooperation
Good PM work, made 8hrs and finished a 48hr workweek. 

Dillons
*lottery ticket
*a few groceries; satisfying a craving of meatloaf and hollandaise sauce for eggs Benedict. 

GODS, I couldn’t get into comfy clothes quickly enough.

Call into my potential pet sitter associated with Air Capital Veterinary…damn, not currently accepting clients.

Salisbury steak (frozen), mashed potatoes (instant) with gravy, corn (can)…still OMGs YUM!

Trimmed and shaped my beard. 

Trying to come back into contact with my sexuality…sizeable order.

Vikings, season 3, episode 1 (301) http://www.history.com/shows/vikings/videos 
*ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…

Smoke, honey-whiskey, Hellboy 2 on DVD…BOOM, BOOM!

PM Meditation: Ostara, trustworthy goddess; keeper of the golden apples of youth and eternal life, keep us young inside. When we are starving for laughter, hungry for the lightness that comes with having few years on our shoulders, slip us one of those gleaming fruits that we may see the world through youthful eyes. Let springtime be in our steps, love in our hearts and a song on our lips. Change us to the core! Fill us with optimism and dreams for the future. WE GIVE YOU MOST A HEART-FELT HEIL, OSTARA, as we honor the Ostara that resides in us all!

PM Clarification Rune: none

Comments:  last check on animals

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Hêrmônd = Hoar month)

Was that really Fat Cat I saw on the porch as I went to bed, and what was that gray, striped tail?

Plans: work 10hrs 

AM Meditation: Donarstac/Thursday, we meditate on Donar:
Donar, Son of Wotan and Erda, husband to Sibba, wielder of Malant and Great God of thunder, thunder forth in our lives. When we would hold back, encourage us to advance. When we would be weak, hearten us be strong. When we would shun life’s pleasures, inspire our appetites for that which is lusty and good. Excite our growth from strength to strength; teach us, elder brother, how to throw our own Hammer, and slay the giants who oppose our will. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, DONAR, as we honor the Donar that resides in us all!

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

<>AM Elder Rune: Isa (irreversible): Ice: dormancy: a calming, 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, and the loss of momentum.


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

<>AM Armanen Rune: Thorn:  
Havamal 147.
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, protection from danger, 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, Rune of opposing polarities and of joining opposites, binding of and victory over the enemy.

Interpretation: Calm (Isa) leading to an awakening (Thorn).

Outcome: Socks out from the Haruc Socks back into the Haruc; yep, he knows treats come soon.

VIKINGS (ON History Channel) season 3...TONIGHT!
* additional airings is a good move:
Upcoming Airings:
February 19, 2015 - 11:05-12:01AM ET
February 20, 2015 - 02:01-03:06AM ET
February 20, 2015 - 03:06-04:02AM ET
February 22, 2015 - 11:03-11:59PM ET
February 23, 2015 - 03:04-04:00AM ET
February 25, 2015 - 11:03-11:59PM ET
February 26, 2015 - 03:04-04:00AM ET
February 26, 2015 - 11:00-11:56AM ET

Good AM work; but diminished workload 
*troubling emails shared around the shops; 1. (paraphrased) We need $150,000 moved every day.  2. Congrats, guys, you moved $350.000+  3. Sorry, that was a mistake.  WTF????????
Good @ home for lunch; uncooperative Essie, Toby will do ANYTHING for a Dentastix, Socks was easily bribed with treats to stay in the Cat House.
Good PM work; All-Hands meeting, I SO wanted to bring up the emails, but didn’t want to chance it.

Last of the leftover Jambalaya. 

The sun is setting noticeably later; 6PM/18:00 and it’s not yet sunset.

Well shit, I missed the narrow window of opportunity to use my treadmill. 

Vikings will be watched online another time.

Shower, bed…nighty-night. 

PM Meditation: Wuldar, glory-god, hunting-god, ski-god, dueling-god; Son of Sibba, step-son of Donar, you glide through the snow-clad forests bringing death to game and life to your people. Remind us that life feeds on life, and that the beauty of the prey is formed generation after generation by the culling ferocity of the predator. Let your Yew-bow be the great World-Yew under another guise.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, WULDAR, as we honor the Wuldar that resides in all of us!

PM Clarification Rune: none

Comments:  last check on animals

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Hêrmônd = Hoar month)

Plans: work 10hrs 

AM Meditation: Wotanstac/Wednesday, we meditate on Wotan:
All-Father God!  Wandering God!  Rune god! Wolf God! Raven god! Wotan!! Son to Paru and Bezzia, brother to Willo and Wîh; We call out to you, not as slaves or on bended knee, but on our feet and open-armed as befits your offspring. Watch us as we struggle, but the fight and fame must both be ours! Grant us that victory which we win by OUR might and mane! After a life battle-worn, Wotan, grant us access to our Great Ancestral Hall, where we may feast, drink the glorious mead and be merry with our heroes and our Altmâgâ. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, Wotan, as we honor the Wotan that resides in us all!

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

<>AM Elder Rune: Othilla (R): Problems in relating to home - heritage - spiritual heritage, and ancestors; Family difficulties, difficulties at home, shunning, unbalanced kinship, genetic disconnection, disruption of family ties - race - culture and the environment, racialism, alienated/disconnected with the family of humankind. 


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

<>AM Armanen Rune: Tyr:  
Havamal 156.
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.

Excitation, 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, wisdom, 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).

Interpretation: Family disconnection (Othilla) leading to sacrifice (Tyr).

Outcome: bitter cold

I had to start another day with ibuprofen. 

YaWK!  Sorry buddy, no time…gotta get to work.

Good AM work; Panera Bread https://www.panerabread.com/en-us/home.html catered-in, we’re losing another good employee.
Good @ home for lunch, Toby back inside 
Troubling PM work, I about went off on the tool crib attendant.

Leftover Jambalaya for dinner

Ya know, I just have to be okay alone for a while.  I have to face it; I’m just busy.  I don’t make much money per hour.  In order to  make any kind of real money, every chance I get I have to take advantage of a 53hr work week.  Then, I come home to take care of my health and my fur babies.  I don’t have time for anything else, and I’m good with that.  Lemme tell ya what scares the shit of me, though; that is, dieing alone like my mother did.  Plans are in the works for my WONDERFUL niece check on me a bit more often.
*that is, of course, unless someone of substance can change my mind (hint-hint).

Again, YaWK?  Okay, I’ll give you a bit of kibble, but you must go home now.

Stretches 

Uneventful 

Nighty-night 

PM Meditation: Scata, Winter goddess, fleet on your skis and let me be the game you bag with you bow. Stun me with your grace and beauty, tuck me in the skin-sack at your side, and then take me to your home where wolves howl. There, show me the crisp freedom of winter and wilderness.  Just as you were ready, willing and able to obtain your revenge on the Aesir for the killing of your father, Thiazi, grant us the same ferocity in our lives.  Direct us to be strong, able and favored of you. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, SCATA, as we honor the Scata that resides in us all!

PM Clarification Rune: none

Comments:  last check on animals

Alaf Sal Fena!