(Uuunîmânôd = Blissful month)
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Plans: My Sorcha, final prep for Portland, work 8hrs.
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Ancestor Meditation: (picture source: The Mennonite Heritage and Agricultural Museum, Goessel, Kansas)
Sunnastag/Sunna’s Day (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.
(picture added 3/26/2016)
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Raido: Wheel, horse transportation, riding, issues concerning: ordered/rhythmic movement, a journey, the journey of life, travel, seek wise counsel, spiritual quest, the law of the cosmic right, freedom and moral responsibility of the Self, ordered change, planning, ethical conduct, personal discipline, to oversee one’s own journey in life, the proper course of faring, progress, perspective.
Conversely:
Spinning one’s wheels, lack of movement, unwise counsel, a breakdown in (divine) order, restlessness, make no travel plans, upsetting the cart, wrong action and disorder, the opposite of that which is right, off the proper course, slow motion, vehicular failure, without a sense of purpose, personal irresponsibility, a failed or disappointing journey, void of progress or proper perspective.
*A1R5
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Is:  
Havamal 153.
A ninth one I sing, when dangers at sea forces me
To protect my ship from the stormy waves;
The storm I calm down, no matter how billowing the sea,
And I cradle the waves to sleep.
 
Calm in the face of distress, comfort, hypnotic power of the forceful will, course of affairs, Rest, Ego, das Ich, Positivity, activity, personal will, self-domination, self-control, confidence, determination, extension of the Divine center, the upright human being, the awakened Self, influence, personal power, magical power, power to banish evil, unity in the Universe, duration, action in the Cosmos, activity, will, self-domination, influence, personal power, self-discipline, unity in the Universe, duration, magical powers, axis/column/Irminsul of the world, action in the Cosmos, elimination of that which is unnecessary, calm.
“Win power over yourself and you will have power over everything in the spiritual and physical worlds that strive against you” (List, 56).
H2R3
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Interpretation: Wise council (Raido) leads to comfort (Is)
*YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: good 6 ¾ hours of sleep with only one bladder call.
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My health by the numbers:
Weight: 242
Glucose: 100
BP: 126/75
Pulse: 74
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Quick good morning chat with my Sorcha
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Essie knows something is up.  She’s shadowing like she has never done.
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Breakfast: scrambled eggs with ham pieces and potato coins
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Since I haven’t been out to the airport since it’s remodeling/construction, I took it upon myself to go out there to see what I was going to be getting into tomorrow morning.  I’m glad I did.
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Burger King for an early lunch
Bank
Dillons
Dillons petrol
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Good shift @ work.  Stayed on the shaper table.  It’s one of the few days when I made more than my allotted 480min.  Actually, by 8PM, I had already surpassed 480min.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Final prep
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Last minute house cleaning
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Staying awake until time to leave.
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(Uuunîmânôd = Blissful month)
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Plans: more prep for Portland, work 8hrs
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Ancestor Meditation: Donarstag/Donar’s Day (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: 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: Yr:
Havamal 160.
A sixteenth I speak if a maid is reluctant,
To wake her lust and desire;
I change the heart of the delightful woman,
Then to me her wishes turn.
 
Lust/desire, the waxing and waning moon, lunar-like mutability of the feminine essence, the error-rune, conquering resistance through confusion, eventual perfection, Female mysteries, roots of the World Column, the carrier of genetic material, God-woman, femininity, desire, sensual love, passion, perfection, Mother, chaos from which creation emerges, female principle in the Cosmos, the night, death and instinct, anger, falsehood, error and the oppositions found in humankind, mystical union, night, moon, well grounded, roots of Irminsul from which all life springs, woman as the opposite/balance to man, the descending Divine Feminine being.
“Think about the end” (List, 63).
*H3R4
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Interpretation: Fruition of plans (Jera) leads to desire (Yr).
*admitted bias…
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: rough 6hrs of sleep
*up three times
*big-toe cramp
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Breakfast; three eggs sunny-side-up, 4 slices of deli-ham, tortilla for sopping.
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Good morning chat with My Sorcha.
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Toby and I out for a well-behaved 30min walk.
*mild, mostly cloudy, slight breeze.
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More chat with My Sorcha
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JCP
Dry cleaners
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Lunch: garden salad topped with turkey kielbasa, ice-cream for desert.
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Standing, 3 sets of 7 @ 2/25lbs

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

Plank, 3 sets @ 30secs each
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It was a pretty good shift; however not enough on the shaper table, rather, stayed out in trim/drill/layout.
*ya know, I have an extremely difficult time working with someone who thinks he’s always right.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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A load of laundry
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Shower, bed, nighty-night
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(Uuunîmânôd = Blissful month)
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Plans: more Portland prep, 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: Kenaz: The torch, Divine wisdom, sexuality, light, shaping, fabrication or fashioning of primordial material, the hearth fire, brightly burning, knowledge, illumination, intellect, divine inspiration under control of human craft, creation, clarification, knowledge/inspiration from within, intuition, Self-awareness, creativity and transformation, clarity of thought, the application of the Divine.
Conversely:
Ulcer, a dimly burning torch, darkness, choosing to remain in the dark, a lack of Divine wisdom, lack of creativity, a self-imposed cocoon, the inability to shape the basics of life, pig ignorance, arrogance, inability to transform, uniformed, disease, decay, ambiguous thought processes, obscure thought processes, dark influences, cruel sexuality, uncontrollable human craft processes.
*A1R6
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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 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.
 
Mouth, arising, ashes, the power of speech/song, 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.
“Your spiritual force makes you free” (List, 51).
*H1R4
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Interpretation: Divine wisdom (Kenaz) leads to freedom (Os).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: good 6hrs of sleep with only one bladder call
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Good morning chat with My Sorcha
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Family front yard time
*overcast, threatening skies
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DONAR RUMBLES!  Luckily Socks came when called to go into his house.
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Created a few Word documents with reminder instructions for my niece while housesitting.
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Confirmed airplane reservations
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Trip to FedEx for printing
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Hodgepodge for lunch
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Side bends, 3 sets of 7 @ 40lbs
Bench

• Chest press 3 sets of 7, 2/40lbs
• Chest fly 3 sets of 67 2/25lbs
• Overhead pull 3 sets of 7, 2/25lbs

Back

• Bent row 3 sets of 7, 2/25lbs

• Reverse back-fly 3 sets of 7, 2/25lbs

½ squats, 3 sets of 7, 2/40lbs
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Quick call into My Sorcha
Quick call into my brother so he can come let Toby outside as I’m leaving him inside due to rain…and more rain is expected.
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Lamar Hunt US open Cup http://thecup.us/
FC Wichita 1-0 Azteca FC https://www.facebook.com/FCWichitaSoccer/
*good job, lads!
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Good shift @ work; stayed on the shaper table
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Shower, bed, nighty-night.
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(Uuunîmânôd = Blissful month)
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Plans: work niece over for instructions, recyclables, 8hrs
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Ancestor Meditation: Dienstag/Thing Day (grandparents) Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967) and Maria Hildebrand (1895-72)
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
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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: Hagal: 
Havamal 151.
A seventh I learned, if the hall is burning
With fire around bench and comrades;
However bright it burns, I will banish the blaze,
As soon I sing the magic chant.
 
To enclose/destroy, danger brought under control, introspection, awareness, eternal change, the Mother of all Runes, the cohesion of the world, die (pronounced ‘dee’ German for ‘the’) Alle Mutter, Frija, that which cares and maintains, protects, and preserves; that which is motherly; wisdom, harmony, salvation, blessing, protects from hail and fire, eternal change, caring and maintaining principle in the Universe, Higher Self, the perfect human being, Divine within, the Rune of humanity, married to the World, Rune of enclosure but contains a potential for growth, builder/architect of the worlds, the macrocosm of the world itself.
“Harbor the All in yourself, and you will control the All” (List, 54).
*H2R1
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Interpretation: balance (Teiwaz) leads to cohesion (Hagal).
*My Sorcha and me.
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: up @ sunrise…no idea how long I slept, but feel better.
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EXCELLENT opportunity to call my WONDERFUL niece as she goes into work.  I know it’s at least a 30min drive in from where she lives, and that creates the opportunity.
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Good morning chat with My Sorcha
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Toby and I out for a well-behaved, 30min walk.
*sunny, slightly warm, no breeze.
*the warmth is begging to show on Toby.
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Dumbbell strength training routine:
Side bends, 3 sets 7 @ 40lbs
Standing, 3 sets of 7 @ 2/25lbs

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

Plank, 3 sets @ 30secs each
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Separated recyclables and loaded them
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Cleaned house to presentable standards
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Niece over, received instruction…I feel better.
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Lite snack from frozen
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Took in recyclables http://www.recyclewichita.org/ found a couple of really nice items to take home;
*a seemingly antique lamp
* a nice, sizeable, block of wood.
Burger King for lunch
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Cut it too close for work
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Good shift @ work; stayed on the shaper table.
*I really don’t like talking to my shop colleague.  He thinks he’s right in everything.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Nighty-night
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(Uuunîmânôd = Blissful month)
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Plans: colonoscopy
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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: Isa: Ice: dormancy: a calming, self-preservation, self-centeredness resulting in a lack of change, reflective influence, stilling effect: self-control: the concentrated self: ego, das Ich (the unified, whole, principle or force), the composite plurality of Ich, be still and gain control of the Self (in all its forms): grounding, a lowering of vibration levels, patience, frigidity, and the loss of momentum.
*A2R3
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Fa: 
Havamal 145.
The first one promises to help generously
In sorrow, sickness and pain;
In eternal change, man goes forth
From death to new creation.
 
Generous help, luck, eternal change, forward motion, binding, life/death/life, new creation, property, to grow, to wander, to destroy, to shred, guidance, Father, potential change reflected in a beginning; preface of that which is becoming, being and passing away; procreation, creative father principle, Alle-Vater principle.  primal Fire, the power of spirit and change as well as the power of creativity, the Divine Masculine Principle, success, pure, generated fire that acts creatively in love, will that spares manifestation down to the material levels, necessity of change.
“Generate your luck and you will have it” (List, 49).
*H1R1
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Interpretation: Calm (Isa) leads to help (Fa).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: rough night due to colonoscopy prep.
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Good morning chat with My Sorcha
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Toby out for a quick, down-the-block, walk.
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In @ the VA by 10AM, out by noon.  Everything came out normal.  A HUGE thanks to my sister-in-law for a ride to and from the VA.
*Isa/Fa
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Well-deserved nap
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Lunch: triple decker sandwich, chips and fruit
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3 loads of laundry
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Napped again
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In and out of chat with My Sorcha
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Asian salmon with a garden salad
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Gotham
*in and out of sleep
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Still frazzled…don’t have ANY idea what time I’m going to bed…but done.
*Slowing down (Isa) helped (Fa).
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Nighty-night
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(Uuunîmânôd = Blissful month)
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Plans: procedure prep, finish yard
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Ancestor Meditation: (picture source: The Mennonite Heritage and Agricultural Museum, Goessel, Kansas)
Sunnastag/Sunna’s Day (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.
(picture added 3/26/2016)
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Laguz: A body of water, the necessity of water as a life source, life ever-flowing; seen and unseen, going with the flow, consistent fluidity, the leek (a healing herb) the feminine, Nirdu, Erda (Mother Earth), Ing-Frô and Frouwa, emotions intact, potential for life, magical workings, conform with emotions, personal growth, the basic energy and secret source of organic life, feeling, the deep minded Spirit, intuition.
Conversely:
A dried-up body of Water, swimming upstream, difficulties with relating to the feminine, manipulation, lack of moral fiber, emotions out of control or suppressed, shallow minded, deception, unsympathetic, totally void of growth, failing to go with the flow, frivolity, immaturity, depression, inability to formulate with the emotional world, unstimulated, sinking/drowning, disconnect with the Inner Self.
*A3R5
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Man: 
Havamal 159.
A fourteenth know I Volkrast, the dwarf,
Sings early at the gates of dawn,
To strengthen the Aesir, to empower the Alves,
But to myself, All-Father, to gain wisdom.
 
Strength, magical empowerment, acquisition of Divine wisdom, propagation of the human race, encompasses both the exoteric and the esoteric concepts of humanity, great gain, male mysteries/leadership, manly actions, pulling down the spiritual into material form, human/humanity, increase, masculinity, health, plenty, magic, spirit, truth, God-Man, male principle in Cosmos, birth, health, increase, maleness and man, Divine man, male principle in Cosmos, magic power, thaumaturgy, true self, the resurrected god, the upper part of the world tree, Irminsul, Rune of spiritual powers, of directing Manna powers; the sacred Rune of humankind encouraging us to be human.
“Be a man” (List, 61).
H3R3
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Interpretation: Fluidity (Laguz) leads to strength (Man).
*PERFEKT!
*OMGs…fluidity…a liquid diet today…HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…and gaining strength because of it!  Do the Runes have a sense of humor, or what?
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: Did I just get 7 ½ hours of undisturbed sleep?  OH YEAH!
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Okay, my procedure is tomorrow @ 10AM.  As long as I have breakfast down BEFORE 10AM today, I’m calling that good.
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Good morning chat with My Sorcha
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Toby and I out for a well-behaved, 30min walk.
*sunny, slightly warm, noticeable south wind.
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Trimmed back yard
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Dillons
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Brother comes over with aluminum cans, I send home back with a bag-o-trash…LOL
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VERY informative chat with My Sorcha.  I have to learn how to help her when things are rough for her.
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Shuffled funds
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Return trip to Dillons
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Bundesliga http://www.bundesliga.com/en/
Hamburger 0-0 Mainz
Freiburg 2-0 Schalke
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Chicken broth and orange PowerAde Zero for lunch…yummy
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MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/
Minnesota v Sporting Kansas City
*22nd min goal Minnesota
*39th min goal Minnesota
*@ the half, Minnesota 2-0 SKC
*end of match
*Minnesota 2-0 Sporting Kansas City (smh)
NYCFC 3-1 Atlanta (the battle of the expansion teams)
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Finished yard mid-afternoon
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Napped while petting Essie.
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GoLYTELY @ 6PM. Raging by 7:30PM.
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The Last Kingdom, S2, E1and2 on Netflix
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Slept a bit; back up just prior to 3AM to finish it.
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04:30…back to bed
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Nighty-night, or should I say, good morning.
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(Uuunîmânôd = Blissful month)
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Plans: cleaners, haircut, JCP, Patricia’s, yard…
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Ancestor Meditation: (gravesites @ Alexanderwohl Mennonite and Medford Mennonite respectively) Tag der Fruchtbarkeit/Day of Fertility (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: Gebo: The mystical union of gift and giver, repay gift for gift, generosity, a fair exchange between people or gods and the Luck that accompanies it; freely exchanged, obligations, contracts, relationships, sometimes sexual, sacrifice, and hospitality, do not take more than we are willing to give, the voluntary sacrifice of resources.
*A1R7
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Ka: 
Havamal 150.
A sixth one is mine, if a man wounds me
With the root of a trunk still with juice;
Then I am unscathed, the man himself is consumed
By the evil with which he threatened me.
 
Imperviousness, a reversal of fortune, the world tree, preservation of tribe or race, ancestors/ancestry, loyalty, that which is existing, defense, the polarity of the male/female principle in the Universe, opposing energies, earthly love, as executive power of balancing justice, art, capability, artist, genius, being favored, procreation, the child, force, that which is established, World Tree/the Irminsul/the All, power, generation, ability and artfulness, sensuality, higher consciousness, return.
“Your blood, your highest possession” (List, 53).
*H1R6
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Interpretation: proper gifting (Gebo) leads to imperviousness (Ka).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: good 7hrs of sleep
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Quick good morning chat with My Sorcha
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Toby and I out for a very well-behaved 30min walk
*slightly warm, sunny, slight breeze
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Breakfast; scrambled eggs with cheese, diced potatoes and ham
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Bank https://www.emprisebank.com/
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Plumber/neighbor over
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Haircut
West St Burgers https://www.yelp.com/biz/west-street-burger-wichita for lunch
JCP http://www.jcpenney.com/ …failure
Boot Barn http://www.bootbarn.com/: had what I needed when JCP did not
Patricia’s https://www.patriciasgiftshop.com/  A NEW TOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Bundesliga http://www.bundesliga.com/en/
München 1-0 Darmstadt
Borussia Dortmund v Hoffenheim
*4th min TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*@ the half, BVB 1-0 Hoffenheim
*82nd min TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*86th min tor/goal Hoffenheim
*end of match, Borussia Dortmund 2-1 Hoffenheim
*BVB WINS!!!!!  BORUSSIA DORTMUND WINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*FYI:  BVB = Ballspiel-Verein Borussia-Dortmund
http://www.bvb.de/eng/FAQ/Questions-about-the-club
M’Gladbach 1-1 Augsburg
Ingolstadt 1-1 Leverkusen
Frankfurt 0-2 Wolfsburg
Berlin 1-4 Leipzig
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It took a bit of his time, but my plumber/neighbor actually did a good job.  He replaced the supply valve on top, and replaced the controller on the bottom.
*$30 parts and labor, PLUS $40 from a previous effort.
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Burger King https://www.bk.com/ to take advantage of my free sandwich
Bank https://www.emprisebank.com/
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WOW!  Seriously napped
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MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/
Seattle 0-1 Toronto (good job, red-patch boys!)
DC 0-1 Montreal
Philly 3-0 NYRB
Columbus 2-0 New England
Houston 4-0 Orlando
Salt Lake 0-3 Dallas
LA 2-2 Chicago
San Jose 3-0 Portland
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Mowed and trimmed the front yard.  Mowed the back yard to Agathagart.  Darkness…
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Call into My Sorcha; adore her
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Nighty-night
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(Uuunîmânôd = Blissful month)
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Plans: My Sorcha, plumber/neighbor over, work 8hrs
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Ancestor Meditation: (picture source: Ancestry.com)
Frijastag/Frija’s Day (great grandparents) David D. Schmidt (1852-1924) and Elisabeth Zülke (apx1856-1932) 
David D. Schmidt
Birth abt 1852 in Russia
Death 19 JUN 1924 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas, USA
Married 22 February 1876
Elisabeth 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: Uruz: The Auroch beast, the primal instinct, life force, survival, endurance, the ability of action, creation taking shape, expansion, tenacity, vital strength, instinct of survival, stability, raw physical power, taking risks, stick-to-itiveness, foundation, a stabilizing effect, moral strength, healing, good health, rejuvenation, energy levels, rage, health and energy, primal drizzle.
Conversely:
A weakened position, deprivation, out of sync, an impulse towards inaction, a severe lack of foundation, energy at low levels, illness, reduction, instability, elasticity, uncontrolled rage, without the will to survive, misdirected force, taking no risks at this time, weakness; either physical or emotional, illness, the inability to overcome obstacles.
*A1R2
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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 146.
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, 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: Primal instincts (Uruz) leads to Self-awareness (Ur).
*same Rune, different systems…WOW!
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: not a horrible 7hrs of sleep
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WONDERFUL good morning chat with My Sorcha; future planning
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Cleaned house; hey, when I KNOW someone is coming over (plumber/neighbor) I clean house to presentable standards; not über clean, but to the point I wouldn’t be embarrassed for anyone to come inside my home.
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Breakfast; two homemade burritos with ham, egg and cheese.
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Toby and I out for an exceptionally well-behaved, 30min walk.
*sunny, warmly mild, partly cloudy
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Essie is REALLY demanding my attention today.
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Side bends, 3 sets of 7 @ 40lbs
Bench

• Chest press 3 sets of 7, 2/40lbs
• Chest fly 3 sets of 67 2/25lbs
• Overhead pull 3 sets of 7, 2/25lbs

Back

• Bent row 3 sets of 7, 2/25lbs

• Reverse back-fly 3 sets of 7, 2/25lbs

½ squats, 3 sets of 7, 2/40lbs (not today; knee issues)
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Separated recyclables; finally got caught-up on aluminum cans.
*Socks can-a-running when the neighbors started working on their yard.  Why?  Socks likes spending time under a cabinet in their back yard.  He fled when they started edging.
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Well hel, early PM and no sign of my plumber/neighbor.
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Lunch; steamed broccoli, carrots, onions and potatoes…YUM!
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Bundesliga http://www.bundesliga.com/en/
Köln v Bremen
**I follow Köln marginally because Köln is the only German city I’ve visited
*13th min TOR/GOAL KÖLN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*28th min TOR GOAL KÖLN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*34th min tor/goal Bremen
*40th min tor/goal Bremen
*44th min TOR/GOAL KÖLN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*@ the half, Köln 3-2 Bremen
*44th min TOR/GOAL KÖLN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*47th min TOR/GOAL KÖLN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*62nd min tor/goal Bremen 
*end of match Köln 4-3 Bremen
*KOLN WINS! KOLN WINS!
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MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/
Colorado 0-1 Vancouver
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@ work, I LOVE it when I can successfully make my case before management.  I noticed a discrepancy between a shop sketch and the CT (Contour Template).  The shop sketch indicated a measurement from the top of the material to the uppermost point.  The CT showed a measurement from the bottom of the material to the uppermost point, a discrepancy of .1 which is outside the allowable tolerance of +/-.03.  My Super appreciated my argument so much he took a picture of the sketch and CT side-by-side, then had me place the items on the lead’s desk for his consideration.
*Uruz/Ur
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Nighty-night
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(Uuunîmânôd = Blissful month)
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Plans: My Sorcha, work 8hrs
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Ancestor Meditation: Donarstag/Donar’s Day (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: Ehwaz: Horse, the special, controlled relationship between a rider and a horse, absolute trust, taking control of relationships and with higher-powers, instinct, intuition, progress, working in tandem with another, toward a single goal, control of a situation, adaptability, two halves that make-up the whole, following one’s instincts, teamwork, trust, loyalty, partnership, cooperation.
Conversely:
The relationship of a horse and rider out of control, disharmony, quarrelsome tendencies, mistrust, betrayal, stranded, indecisiveness, false friends/unfriendliness, treachery, change and/or movement for the worse, loss, break-up of a relationship, disruption of relationships, reluctant to trust, friendless, blockage, treachery, indecision, an enemy comes to the gate.
*A3R3
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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​Armanen Rune: Not: 
Havamal 152.
An eighth is mine, to all the Folk
Useful to know in their suffering;
Where hatred rises-up between man and man,
This I can settle fast.
 
Distress, compulsion of fate, separation, confrontation, strife settled, understanding suffering, settled calm, mind over matter, necessity of fate, misery and death, change of luck as necessity, decision of the Wurtâ, Wurt/Urlag paid-for, cause-effect relations, capability to restructure Wurt/Urlag, That which cannot be averted, the Ur-law that is active in every creature, stress, karmic debt, karmic need, but with outlook for change of karma, banishing ill fortune by means of accepting karma and karmic law, Skuld, Divine justice that balances.
“Use your fate, do not strive against it” (List, 55).
*H2R2
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Interpretation: trust (Ehwaz) leads to marriage (Eh).
*Sorcha and I discuss things just like this,
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 7 hrs of sleep, but with three bladder calls.
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Good morning chat with My Sorcha
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A bit more of an involved breakfast than usual: two burritos with 3 scrambled eggs with spicy peppers, onion, cheese and ham, with potato coins; fruit smoothie, too.
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Plumber/neighbor to finally fix the hot water tank.
*well things have gone from bad to worse.  Before, at least I could get the pilot light lit and get hot water eventually.  Now, it won’t light at all and I have no hot water until he comes back tomorrow.
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Toby and I out for a fairly-well behaved, 30min walk.
*sunny, mild, slight breeze.
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Broccoli, carrot and turkey kielbasa, all steamed together…DAMNED GOOD!
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More WONDERFUL Sorcha chat!
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Dumbbell strength training routine:
Side bends, 3 sets 7 @ 40lbs
Standing, 3 sets of 7 @ 2/25lbs

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

Plank, 3 sets @ 30secs each
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@ work, still no increase in order level in layout/trim/drill.  Table shaper is loaded.  No hot orders anywhere.  Stayed on the shaper all night and worked whatever I wanted to work.
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Last check on all fur-kids.  Socks elected to stay in for the night with a fresh bowl of kibbled…LOL.
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Quick shower (conserving hot water), bed, nighty-night
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(Uuunîmânôd = Blissful month)
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Plans: My Sorcha, work 8 hrs
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Ancestor Meditation: Dienstag/Thing Day (grandparents) Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967) and Maria Hildebrand (1895-72)
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
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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: Laguz: A body of water, the necessity of water as a life source, life ever-flowing; seen and unseen, going with the flow, consistent fluidity, the leek (a healing herb) the feminine, Nirdu, Erda (Mother Earth), Ing-Frô and Frouwa, emotions intact, potential for life, magical workings, conform with emotions, personal growth, the basic energy and secret source of organic life, feeling, the deep minded Spirit, intuition.
Conversely:
A dried-up body of Water, swimming upstream, difficulties with relating to the feminine, manipulation, lack of moral fiber, emotions out of control or suppressed, shallow minded, deception, unsympathetic, totally void of growth, failing to go with the flow, frivolity, immaturity, depression, inability to formulate with the emotional world, unstimulated, sinking/drowning, disconnect with the Inner Self.
*A3R5
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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​Armanen Rune: Not: 
Havamal 152.
An eighth is mine, to all the Folk
Useful to know in their suffering;
Where hatred rises-up between man and man,
This I can settle fast.
 
Distress, compulsion of fate, separation, confrontation, strife settled, understanding suffering, settled calm, mind over matter, necessity of fate, misery and death, change of luck as necessity, decision of the Wurtâ, Wurt/Urlag paid-for, cause-effect relations, capability to restructure Wurt/Urlag, That which cannot be averted, the Ur-law that is active in every creature, stress, karmic debt, karmic need, but with outlook for change of karma, banishing ill fortune by means of accepting karma and karmic law, Skuld, Divine justice that balances.
“Use your fate, do not strive against it” (List, 55).
*H2R2
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Interpretation: life ever flowing (Laguz) leads to separation (Not).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: solid 6hrs of sleep with only one bladder call.
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Good, my sister has someone going with her to her radiation appointment.
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Morning chat with My Sorcha
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Shuffled bank funds
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Air Capital Veterinary; flea treatments
Sally Beauty for Argon Oil
Dillons
Joes Car Wash
*called My Sorcha
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Toby and for an early afternoon, somewhat stubborn, 30min walk
*called My Sorcha
*mostly cloudy, warmly mild, no breeze
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Dumbbell strength training
Side bends, 3 sets of 7 @ 40lbs
Bench

• Chest press 3 sets of 7, 2/40lbs
• Chest fly 3 sets of 67 2/25lbs
• Overhead pull 3 sets of 7, 2/25lbs

Back

• Bent row 3 sets of 7, 2/25lbs

• Reverse back-fly 3 sets of 7, 2/25lbs

½ squats, 3 sets of 7, 2/40lbs
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Today was an awfully busy day (Laguz)but I did my best to make the best of our separated (Not) day.
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Administered all fur-kids their flea treatments.
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It was an okay shift…enough to do in layout/trim/drill.
*goddamn Gruss would not shut up over the dinner break; no chance to read.
*he said they have him slated for management.  GODS I certainly hope not.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Nighty night
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