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July/Heumânôd 31, 2016 Sunnastag/Sunday

7/31/2016

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(Heumânôd = Hay month)
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Rough night
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Plans: work 12 hrs
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(picture added 3/26/2016) (source: The Mennonite Heritage and Agricultural Museum)
Sunnastag (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 offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
* no doubt the ones who brought the family over from Europe.


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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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AM Elder Rune: Laguz (U): A body of water, the necessity of water as a life source, 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, conform with emotions, personal growth, the basic energy and secret source of organic life, feeling, the deep minded Spirit, intuition.
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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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AM Armanen Rune: Eh: 
Havamal 161.
A seventeenth I know, through a wise law

To join two lives in love;
And everyone is willing, no virginal woman
Will leave me lightly after this.
 
Warns against frivolous, transient love affairs, the legal bond between man and woman, lasting love, two bound together by the primal law of life, unification, sanctity of marriage, the cross of wedlock, fulfillment, maintaining strict morals within the bonds of marriage, love, duality, bound by primal law, love, trust and marriage. Soul-mates, wedding, partnership, permanent bond, binding decision, hope, duration, horse, permanence and marriage as a law, unity of ego and you, sister souls, soul-love, God-Man-Woman, ideal love, twin souls, two made one, success, increase.
“Marriage is the raw-root of the Aryans” (List, 63).
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Interpretation: personal growth (Laguz) leads to marriage (eh).
*still hoping…
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Outcome: a bit cooler, nice breeze, a bit of lightning north.
*Toby and I out for a 1-mile walk.
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Better AM work; evidently any day is a good day w/o that hateful-christian-of-a-lead-man.
Home for lunch for Toby, just because I had to get away from that place.
Good PM work; a word with the assistant lead man, hoping he might speak in my favor should he be asked.
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Shower to remove the day’s stench!
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Snack before going to store
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Dillons
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MLS http://www.mlssoccer.com/
Thursday:
MLS All Stars 1-2 Arsenal
Saturday:
NYCFC 5-1 Colorado (woooooow!)
Sunday:
Sporting KC v Portland
*@ the half, 0-0
*50th min GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*end of match
*Sporting KC 1-0 Portland
*SPORTING KANSAS CITY WINS!
Seattle 1-1 LA
Dallas 2-0 Vancouver
DC 1-1 Montréal
Philly 1-2 Salt Lake
Chicago 2-2 NYRB 
Orlando 3-1 New England
Toronto 3-0 Columbus (TORONTO IS BACK!)
Houston 1-1 San Jose
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I had a WONDERFUL telephone conversation with my Sisser!
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Nighty-night
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PM God/dess Meditation: Paltar, you're the blameless god, gloriously shining god, restoration god, beloved son of Wotan and Frija.  Just as you restore Mittigart after Godotuom, restore us after we experience our own Godotuoms of life.  Let your goodness and your reconciliation smooth our paths on Earth. When our days here are over, light up death’s darkness with the promise of rebirth. Help is to avoid evil, and seek the good. Inspired by your example, we will keep our reputations spotless that our lives be proclaimed a victory of the Spirit, and our leaving his life a tragedy. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, PALTAR, as we honor the Paltar that resides in us all!
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Comments:  last check on all fur-kids
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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July/Heumânôd 30, 2016 Tag der Fruchtbarkeit 

7/30/2016

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(Heumânôd = Hay month)
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A VERY nice 7 hrs of sleep.
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Plans: work 12 hrs
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AM Ancestor Meditation: Tag der Fruchtbarkeit (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 offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
*not able to offer up tobacco for Granny Aggie.
*no doubt the ones who brought the family over from Europe.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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AM Elder Rune: Dagaz: Light of day, total enlightenment, awakening, the AH-HA moment, benefit from new information, achieving balance, harmony, hyper-consciousness, the light of dawn, awakening, positive focus on life, light at the end of the tunnel, increase, growth, an ending prior to a beginning, transformation, possibly related to the 3rd eye (the place where the two lobes of the brain join).
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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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AM 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.
 
Help, luck, eternal change, forward motion, binding, life/death/life, property, to grow, to wander, to destroy, to shred, guidance, help, 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).
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Interpretation: Enlightenment (Dagaz) leads to help (Fa).
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Outcome: seems a bit cooler…
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Toby and I out for a one mile walk with Toby on the retractable.
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Shitty AM work, I have reason to believe my lead is out to get me.  It just seems like he comes up with something EVERY DAY that I’m not doing right.
@ home for Toby, just because I had to get away.
Equally shitty PM work; the one “in charge” of where I’m working is a TEMP?  WTF?
*Dagaz/Fa right here; Fa in the form of “passing away”.
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Leftover casserole for dinner  
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I’ll catch up on MLS later…probably Monday
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GOTTA shower to get this stench off me.
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I really HATE these short evenings.
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ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Nighty-night
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PM God/dess Meditation: Saga, we greatly honor you, goddess of history; part and parcel of our ever expanding past.  As we share in Minnatranc, whisper to our hearts of the stories about our gods, our ancestors, our heroes and their glories.  Be the resource for our memories should we ever forget from whence we come.  Gently remind us that we all have a rich history from which to pull.  For it is as we remember and respect the past can we deal with our present, knowing that we will someday have to deal with our spiritual debt.  We honor you, Saga, as a repository for the basis of all that we are, all that we are coming to be, and all that our offspring will inherit from us.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, SAGA, as we honor the Saga that resides in us all.
*C. Reimer/V. Elmersson
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Comments:  last check on all fur-kids
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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July/Heumânôd 29, 2016 Frigastag 

7/29/2016

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(Heumânôd = Hay month)
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A major thunderstorm rolled-in right after bedtime.  One lightning strike was pretty close and even scared ME.  Toby was in bed, scared, too.  I can imagine Essie was in her safe closet.  I didn’t give Socks the chance of coming out from his house, so he was under shelter, but he was ready to come out from his house since all was , for the most part, clear.

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1st check on all fur-kids
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Plans: work 12 hrs
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AM Ancestor Meditation: Frigastag (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 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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AM Elder Rune: Fehu (U):  Cattle, wealth, Ing-Frô; the god of abundance, Audhumla; the primal bovine, the ability to create and maintain wealth and the accompanying power, creative forces, Odhumbal, the primeval bovine, fire, beginnings, productivity, positive energy, life force, self-respect, personal power, one’s condition in life, generosity that needs to come with the social responsibility of wealth.
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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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AM Armanen Rune: Eh: 
Havamal 161.
A seventeenth I know, through a wise law

To join two lives in love;
And everyone is willing, no virginal woman
Will leave me lightly after this.
 
Warns against frivolous, transient love affairs, the legal bond between man and woman, lasting love, two bound together by the primal law of life, unification, sanctity of marriage, the cross of wedlock, fulfillment, maintaining strict morals within the bonds of marriage, love, duality, bound by primal law, love, trust and marriage. Soul-mates, wedding, partnership, permanent bond, binding decision, hope, duration, horse, permanence and marriage as a law, unity of ego and you, sister souls, soul-love, God-Man-Woman, ideal love, twin souls, two made one, success, increase.
“Marriage is the raw-root of the Aryans” (List, 63).
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Interpretation: Self-respect (Fehu) leads to marriage (Eh).
*well?
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Outcome: a bit of cloud-to-cloud lightning and thunder remains; rain cooled morning.
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Toby and I out for a 03:30/3:30AM, 1-mile walk, with Toby on the retractable.
Socks was ready to go back into his house.
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Frustrating AM work; 1. a recently befriended colleague had been in the hospital since Monday.  He had a doctor’s excuse for work.  The company threatened him with termination of he used it.  WTF?  I don’t care what his attendance history has been.  ANY COMPANY needs to recognize a doctor’s excuse. 2. Believe me, I watch the weather very closely for Toby.  It didn’t seem bad early AM, and nothing seemed threatening.  By 07:00/7AM there was a downpour!  My hope was that Toby made his way into the shed.  3. I just can’t do anything to satisfy this lead-man.   When he says, “You’re doing it all wrong”, what he really means is, “You’re not doing it like I do it” …the fuck!
Lunch @ work since all forms of bad weather were gone.
PM work wasn’t horrible; loaned out again across the street.  At least it wasn’t 100F.
*PAY-DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Bank
Little Caesars pizza on the way home.
Corner convenience store for a newspaper
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Shower, bed nighty-night.
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PM God/dess Meditation: Forsizo; Heil to you, Forsizo, 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!
*C. Reimer/V. Elmersson
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Comments:  last check on all fur-kids
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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July/Heumânôd 28, 2016 Donarstag 

7/28/2016

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(Heumânôd = Hay month)
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Plans: ????????????????
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AM Ancestor Meditation: Donarstag (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, 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 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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AM Elder Rune: Berkana (U): The feminine, Frija, Alle-Mutter, maternal instincts, birth processes, rejuvenation, growth, compassion, nurturing, caregiver, mature wisdom, recuperation, purification, the birch tree, birth, becoming, life changes, life anew, now is the time, a fresh perspective, sanctuary, all forms of Mothering, Frija at her Most-Motherly, healing, bringing into being, life passages.
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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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​AM Armanen Rune: Eh: 
Havamal 161.
A seventeenth I know, through a wise law
To join two lives in love;
And everyone is willing, no virginal woman
Will leave me lightly after this.
 
Warns against frivolous, transient love affairs, the legal bond between man and woman, lasting love, two bound together by the primal law of life, unification, sanctity of marriage, the cross of wedlock, fulfillment, maintaining strict morals within the bonds of marriage, duality, bound by primal law, love, trust and marriage. Soul-mates, wedding, partnership, permanent bond, binding decision, hope, duration, horse, permanence and marriage as a law, unity of ego and you, sister souls, soul-love, God-Man-Woman, ideal love, twin souls, two made one, success, increase.
“Marriage is the raw-root of the Aryans” (List, 63).
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Interpretation: Mature wisdom (Berkana) leads to hope (Eh).
*So THAT’S it!
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Outcome: LOVE not waking up to an alarm clock.
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1st breakfast; a banana and a burrito from frozen.
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Essie outside briefly.
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Toby and I out to Meeka Park plus 3/5 of a mile.
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Yesterday’s breakfast was SO good it demanded a repeat today.
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Before the heat sets-in:
Started the drip irrigation on the baby shrubs.
I had to tote water out to the baby trees as I don’t have a hose to reach out that far at the moment.  They got about 15gal each.
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Call into the City; will be kicking-up my write-in campaign for 2019.
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Dillons; hey, running out of tea is serious business
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Well hel, one of these days Spirit Aerosystems may just get serious about hiring me.  I have another interview scheduled Sat Aug 6 @ 8:30AM.  Brittain will just have to suck-it for a few hours.
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Essie sure has spent a lot of time outside today, but she’s good to let me know when she’s had enough.
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DUMBELL/WEIGHT-LIFTING ROUTINE
Standing, 3 sets of 8, 2/15lbs
  • Forearm curls
  • Bicep curls
  • Overhead triceps extension
  • Shoulder press
  • Shoulder shrugs
  • Bent row
  • Reverse back-fly
  • Half-squats
Bench, 3 sets of 12, 2/15lbs
  • Chest press
  • Chest fly
  • Overhead pull
Plank, 3 sets @ 30secs each
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Early to bed for a 03:00/3AM wake-up…nighty-night
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PM God/dess Meditation: Die (pronounced “Dee”) 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” forms now in our deeds.
That which “is owed”, may be, but we cannot see.
We celebrate die Wurtâ, the Ladies Three, for all eternity.

*C. Reimer/V. Elmersson
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Comments:  last check on all fur-kids
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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July/Heumânôd 27, 2016 Wotanstag 

7/27/2016

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(Heumânôd = Hay month)
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Plans: ??????????????
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AM Ancestor Meditation: Wotanstag (grandparents, Mother) David F. Schmidt (1895-1952) and Mary Goertz (1888-1983)
David F. Schmidt (1895-1952)
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 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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AM 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.
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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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AM 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.
 
Help, luck, eternal change, forward motion, binding, life/death/life, property, to grow, to wander, to destroy, to shred, guidance, help, 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).
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Interpretation: Self-control (Isa) leads to luck (Fa)
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Outcome: Sleeping-in past sunrise is going to make a 03:00/3AM wake-up difficult come Friday.
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Essie out at sunrise.
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1st breakfast; a banana with cold cereal.
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Toby and I out for a 1-mile, well behaved walk.
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2nd breakfast; scrambled eggs with beer bread crumbles and meat gravy.
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LOL…Essie so proudly brought in a mouse from the back yard.  I tried to push it back outside with my feet but it got away.  Toby was on it SO quickly and made a quick kill of it.  Essie was so disappointed.
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DUMBELL/WEIGHT-LIFTING ROUTINE
Standing, 3 sets of 8, 2/15lbs
  • Forearm curls
  • Bicep curls
  • Overhead triceps extension
  • Shoulder press
  • Shoulder shrugs
  • Deadlift
  • Bent row
  • Reverse back-fly
Bench, 3 sets of 12, 2/15lbs
  • Chest press
  • Chest fly
  • Overhead pull
Plank, 3 sets @ 30secs each
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Started mowing the back yard circa mid-afternoon, the heat of the day, but temps are only in the low 90sF.
Mowed to Agathagart
*break; pan toasted beer bread with strawberry spread.
Mowed past Agathagart to the hindmost part
*break; cantaloupe
*dinner; hotdog with seasoned veggies.
*news
Finished back yard; DAMN Agathagart looks beautiful when she’s defined properly!
*more cantaloupe.
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A load of stinky yard-working clothes...
Showered a stinky yard-cleaning body
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A WONDERFUL telephone conversation with my WONDERFUL niece!
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Democratic national Convention
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Nighty-night
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PM God/dess Meditation: Heimo, HEAR ME!  Gellanhorn’s god, son of nine mothers and whitest of all gods.  You’re the genetic link between the gods and humankind. From your home in Himilberg, your keen eyes and sharp ears guard Ensigart, the world of the gods. As you stand so alert for the approach of giants, remind us that we must also watch for our own encroaching evil. Let weakness, cowardice, lies and dishonor be barred from Ensiwëg, the Rainbow Bridge, leading to our heart’s abode. Be a model for vigilance, that we may rise to the best that is in us, and someday join the Noble Gods in their shining homes. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, HEIMO, as we honor the Heimo that resides in us all!
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Comments:  last check on all fur-kids
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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July/Heumânôd 26, 2016 Dienstag 

7/26/2016

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(Heumânôd = Hay month)
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7hrs of undisturbed sleep…WONDERFUL!
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Plans: ???????????????????????
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AM 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 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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AM Elder Rune: Raido (U): 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 be in charge of one’s own journey in life, the proper course of faring, progress, perspective.
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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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​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.
 
Rebirth, renewal, rising from the ashes, 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).
“Fear not death - it cannot kill you (List, 58).
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Interpretation: movement (Raido) leads to renewal (Tyr).
*omgs, I surely hope so!
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Outcome: 1st breakfast; cold cereal and a banana.
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Essie out back @ sunrise
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Toby and I out for a 1-mile, early morning, excellently behaved, walk.
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2nd breakfast; ham-n-cheese omelet, hand-shredded hashbrowns, beer bread with strawberry spread, skim milk and apple juice; OMGs YUM!
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I think the Aloe-Vera plant I brought home from Prick the Skin in Garden City is going to be okay.  A lot of TLC and little repotting has worked wonders.  She really was knocking on Death’s door, but not now.
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FINALLY, I figured out how to remove over-microwaved caramel from a bowl.
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Air Capital Veterinary for Toby’s allergy meds.
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Started organizing bills with the bank’s bill paying service.
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LOTS of work and time spent with a customer service agent about getting into my fledgling, Fidelity 401K account with PCC: SUCCESS!
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DUMBELL/WEIGHT-LIFTING ROUTINE
Standing, 3 sets of 8, 2/15lbs
  • Forearm curls
  • Bicep curls
  • Overhead triceps extension
  • Shoulder press
  • Shoulder shrugs
  • Deadlift
  • Bent row
  • Reverse back-fly
Bench, 3 sets of 12, 2/15lbs
  • Chest press
  • Chest fly
  • Overhead pull
Plank, 3 sets @ 30secs each
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Early dinner; ½ pound ground turkey sandwich with cheese, mustard, pickle and onion.
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A load of laundry
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Mowed and trimmed front yard
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AGT http://www.nbc.com/americas-got-talent
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Democratic National Convention
*OMGs!  It’s well after dark and Essie is in the back yard!  Toby came inside well enough, but I didn’t see Essie even when I searched the back yard with a flashlight.  Suddenly, I see a pair of eyes peaking over the patio lounge chair…LOL!
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Shower, bed, nighty-night
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PM God/dess 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!
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Comments:  last check on all fur-kids
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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July/Heumânôd 25, 2016 Manostag

7/25/2016

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(Heumânôd = Hay month)
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1st check on all fur-kids
*rain; called Socks, he came a-running from the porch.
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Plans: naddadamnedthing!
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​AM Ancestor Meditation: Manostag (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.
Death 10 October 1963 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
*Married 23 June 1946
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 offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
*
Jewell Faye Reimer (1947)
*added 6/18/2016
Birth 12 Sept 1947, Newton, Harvey County, Kansas, Bethel Deaconess Hospital
Death 8 December 1947
*car accident
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Michael L. Reimer (1948-1997)
*added 6/18/2016
Birth 28 Nov, 1948, Newton, Harvey County, Kansas, Bethel Deaconess Hospital
US Army veteran, 1966, Military Police, Phu Bai, South Vietnam
Married 20 November 1971
Death 10 Sept, 1997, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas
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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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AM Elder Rune: Teiwaz (U): 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, motivated by a sense of justice, law and order, bravery, honesty, even-handedness, warfare as a part of evolution, mental and emotional order.
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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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AM 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.
 
The world tree, preservation of tribe or race, ancestors/ancestry, loyalty, that which is existing, defense, reversal of fortune, 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).
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Interpretation: A higher rationality (Teiwaz) leads to loyalty (Ka).
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Outcome: overcast, rain-cooled…a bit.
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1st breakfast; a banana, a plum and some milk
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Toby and I to Meeka Park plus 3/5 of a mile.
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2nd breakfast; two eggs sunny-side-up, whole wheat bread for sopping, hashbrowns, 6 deli-slices of ham, milk and apple juice.
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Absolutely lazy morning…
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A load of laundry
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The 3rd Planet http://townewestsquare.com/stores/third-planet; considering a new earring AND incense, but opted for the earring only with my current money shortage.  Candles instead of incense will have to suffice during my ancestor meditations.  Who knows?  It may become the norm.
BK for my free grilled dog sandwiches.
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Applied for AT LEAST 15 positions with Textron and another 3 positions with Spirit Aerosystems through KANSASWORKS.com.  Hm, I must be pretty unhappy with my current employment situation.
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Dinner: garden salad, homemade beer chicken, homemade beer bread from a box-mix; look out world, I’m living large!
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Law and Order S.V.U.
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Democratic national Convention
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Nighty-night
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PM God/dess Meditation: Nirdu, brother-husband to Nirda, parents of the Wanâ; Ing-Frô and the Frouwa, beloved god of harbors and seas close to land; help us to remember the cargoes of wealth that float to our doors daily from the wonderful Universe in which we live. Though our misfortunes may rise and fall like the tides, the chance of prosperity, like the eternal sea brimming with fish, is still there. Like the salt-sea spray, awaken us to the possibilities that surround us, so that our nets may be cast wide and return full of life’s gifts. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, NIRDU, as we honor the Nirdu that resides in us all!
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Comments:  last check on all fur-kids
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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July/Heumânôd 24, 2016 Sunnastag 

7/24/2016

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(Heumânôd = Hay month)
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Plans: work 12 hrs
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AM Ancestor Meditation: Sunnastag (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 offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
* no doubt the ones who brought the family over from Europe.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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AM Elder Rune: Mannaz (U): The human, Heimo; our genetic connection to the gods, humankind, cooperation between people, the special human, the human intellect, awareness, kinship, social structure, the ability to work well within a social structure in an effort be effective within it, social interaction and order, perfected intellect, attract support from your peers, attainment of common goals, Divine structure.
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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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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, a constant renewal of life in rebirth, 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.
“Preserve your ego” (List, 51).
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Interpretation: Social interaction (Mannaz) leads to strength (Thorn).
*excellent advice…thank you!
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Outcome: Toby and I out for a muggy 03:30/3:30AM walk.
*now WTF is A_ doing back @ R_’s?
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A better AM work; still across the street, but better.
Home for lunch to let Toby inside.
Better PM work, goddamn foot pain!
*at least temps didn’t break above 100F/38C
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OMGs…MUST shower!
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MY STRETCH JEANS FROM AMAZON ARIVED TODAY!  FUN!  FUN!  FUN!
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MLS http://www.mlssoccer.com/
Saturday
Portland 1-2 LA
New England 1-0 Chicago
Montréal 5-1 Philly woooooooooooooooooooooooooooow!
Toronto 4-1 DC equally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Columbus 2-2 Orlando
Colorado 1-1 Dallas
Houston 0-0 Vancouver
Today
NYRB 4-1 NYFC
Sporting KC v Seattle
*21st min GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*45+3 GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*@ the half, SKC 2-0 Seattle  
*79th min GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*end of match SKC 3-0 Seattle
*FINALLY, SKC WINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Dillons
Dillons petrol
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Nighty-night
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PM God/dess Meditation: 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!

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Comments:  last check on all fur-kids
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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July/Heumânôd 23, 2016 Tag der Fruchtbarkeit 

7/23/2016

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AM Ancestor Meditation: Tag der Fruchtbarkeit (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 offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
*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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AM Elder Rune: Ehwaz (U): 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.
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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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AM 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.
 
Hypnotic power of the forceful will, course of affairs, Rest, Ego, das Ich, Positivity, activity, personal will, self-domination, self-control, 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).
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Interpretation: Cooperation (Ehwaz) leads to the Self (Is)
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Outcome: warm, muggy, but Toby and I still got in a 1-mile walk.  I hate Kansas summers.
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Shitty AM work across the street in the heat.
@ home for lunch to let Toby inside.
Shitty PM work in the heat, will be there again tomorrow.
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Went ISO my validation for my extended warranty purchase for my a/c…it’s not keeping up any more.  Found it; purchased 3yrs extended warranty on May 14, 2016.
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Dinner; leftover casserole, sliced tomatoes with whole-wheat butter bred.
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Pre-made tomorrow’s lunch; that seems to work pretty well.
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Shower, bed, nighty-night
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PM God/dess Meditation: 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!
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Comments:  last check on all fur-kids
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Alaf Sal Fena!

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July/Heumânôd 22, 2016 Frigastag 

7/22/2016

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(Heumânôd = Hay month)
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Plans: work 12hrs
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AM Ancestor Meditation: Frigastag (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 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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AM Elder Rune: Naudiz: 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, perseverance to endure, eventual peace within the Self, accept the unchangeable, an evolutionary change toward a more holistic state, Fate.
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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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AM 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.
 
Hypnotic power of the forceful will, course of affairs, Rest, Ego, das Ich, Positivity, activity, personal will, self-domination, self-control, 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).
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Interpretation: Friction (Naudiz) leads to personal will (Is).
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Outcome: Toby and I out for a 03:30/3:30AM, muggy walk.
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SUCKY AM work; loaned out across the street AGAIN!
Home for lunch; Toby had taken shade somewhere in the hindmost part of the yard and CAME-A-RUNNING when I called him.
SUCKIER PM work; still across the street, no a/c, 106F/41C…JsFnChst!
*last 45min spent in HR singing papers.
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Showered immediately once home.
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Essie wanted to go out back, but was SO ready to come back inside quickly enough.
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Dinner; potato, jalapeno, mix-veggies, turkey-kielbasa casserole, lime Jell-O w/ fruit for desert.
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PM God/dess Meditation: Friga:
Friga, Great Alle-Mutter; 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!
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Comments:  last check on all fur-kids
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