(Heuuîmânôd = Hay Month)
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Ancestor Meditation: Wodanstag/Wodan’s Day/Wednesday (grandparents, Mother) David F. Schmidt (1895-1957) and Mary Goertz (1888-1983) (Gravesites at Lehigh Mennonite Cemetery).
David F. Schmidt (1895-1957)
Birth 28 Feb 1885 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas
Death 1 Oct 1957 in Marion County, Kansas
*Married 22 October 1922
Mary Goertz (1888-1983)
Birth 17 March 1888 in Kismet, Kansas
Death 27 Dec 1983 in Marion County, Kansas
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Mannaz: The human, Heimo; our genetic connection to the gods, humankind, social interaction, cooperation between people, the special human, the human intellect, awareness, kinship, social structure, the ability to work well within a social structure in an effort be effective within it, social interaction and order, perfected intellect, attract support from your peers, attainment of common goals, Divine structure.
Conversely:
Problems relating with Heimo and humanity, without cooperation between people, w/o social interaction, the inability to work within a social structure in an effective way, self-delusion, intellectual arrogance/ignorance, bigotry, inability to make peace with others, destructive social nature, closed mindedness, failed social interaction and disorder; anti-social behavior and lack of Divine structure.
*A3R4
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Rit: 
Havamal 150:
That I know as the fifth, should an enemy’s
Arrow come flying into the throng;
As bright as it might clash, I stem its power
Once I firmly fix my eye on it.
 
Incoming challenges, the exalted, the strength of Will, external power/strength squelched, fixation, attack squelched, introspective awareness, that which is passing, council, right, wheel, movement, rhythm, law, correctness, judgment, victory over the lower ego, holding, right order, the judge, advice, salvation, money, original law, that which flows away, religious feeling, ritual action/primal laws, orderliness in the world, the ritual, primal law/Urlag, things that are done correctly, spiritual feeling, ritual action, journey, Divine law, All justice, Rune of the cosmic rhythm of the worlds, wheels, personal empowerment.
“I am my rod (right), this rod (right) is indestructible, therefore, I am myself indestructible, because I am my rod (right)” (List, 53).
*H1R5
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Interpretation: Social interaction (Mannaz) brings incoming challenges (Rit).
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7 hrs of sleep with one post sunrise wakeup.
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1-egg open faced breakfast sandwich on light rye bread, topped with chives, cheese and pepperoni.
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Gathered up Socks and took him into the Vet for x-rays.
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BK for lunch
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Socks back from Vet.  No broken bones, but a torn ligament.
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It was a pretty good night at work.  My 1st shift colleague enjoyed his birthday card.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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​God/dess Meditation: (alternate Wodanstag) Heimo, HEAR ME!  Gellanhorn’s god, son of nine mothers and whitest of all gods.  You’re the genetic link between the gods and humankind. From your home in Himilberg, your keen eyes and sharp ears guard Ensigart, the world of the gods. As you stand so alert for the approach of giants, remind us that we must also watch for our own encroaching evil. Let weakness, cowardice, lies and dishonor be barred from Ensiwëg, the Rainbow Bridge, leading to our heart’s abode. Be a model for vigilance, that we may rise to the best that is in us, and someday join the Noble Gods in their shining homes. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, HEIMO, as we honor the Heimo that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!

(Heuuîmânôd = Hay Month)
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Ancestor Meditation: Dienstag/Thing Day/Tuesday (grandparents) Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967) and Maria Hildebrand (1895-72) (Gravesites at Alexanderwohl Friedhof Cemetery, Goessel, Kansas).
Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967)
Birth 15 May 1898 in Medford, Grant County, Oklahoma, USA
Death 26 Mar 1967 in Hesston, Harvey County, Kansas, United States
*Married 2 June 1920
Maria Hildebrand (1894-72)
Birth 30 Dec 1894 in Marion County, Ks, USA
Death 22 Jul 1972 in Newton, Harvey County, KS, USA
Gravesites @ Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church, Goessel, Ks
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Fehu:  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, financial security, good financial management, 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.
Conversely:
The negative blessing of prosperity, stagnant finances, lack of creative energies, productivity failure, and the inability to and/or create wealth, greed, financial insecurity, improper financial management, disconnected from the life source, fear of failure, an ending, an unfortunate condition, fiery powers extinguished, atrophy/decline, failed ambition, lack of self-esteem, an ineffective beginning and an irresponsible misuse of power.
*A1R1
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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 151:
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: Wealth (Fehu) brings imperviousness (Ka).
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
*Socks is still not putting weight on his right hind leg.
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Outcome: 6hrs of sleep, zero wakeups, slow get up with Lily demanding attention, sinus ache.
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Call into the Veterinarian.  X-rays tomorrow.
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Huggled with Socks in his house…cried.
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Wichita Cheesecake Company https://www.wichitacheesecakecompany.com/ to celebrate National Cheesecake Day https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-cheesecake-day-july-30/?fbclid=IwAR0CYld2MeEp8ee6b2ZH-wZYYNxSWSCJdh-NoTNoA8_53QpusvFt0elmtAo
*Key Lime Cheesecake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Grilled cheese sandwich with a garden salad topped with pepperoni.
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Well, well, well, an old Fb friend finally let something out.  Is there more of a problem that I ever realized?  Not overreacting at this point. I just don’t believe she would step-out on me.
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It was another pretty good night at work; no major catastrophes, no problems.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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(Heuuîmânôd = Hay Month)
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Ancestor Meditation: Manostag/Mano’s Day/Monday (parents) Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963) and Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994), Jewell F. Reimer [(sister) (1947)], Michael L Reimer [(brother) (1948-1997)], Beth Ann Reimer/Hinkle [(sister) (1956-2018)].
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; complications from M.S.
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; heart attack.
I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Sowulo: The Sun, Sunna, a lightning bolt, victory, success, feminine life force, lighting the way to new ideas, vitality, confidence, action, wholeness, optimism, the clear light of day, can be a destructive lightening flash (clearing), the will to victory, life purpose, cosmic energies effecting life, appearance of a guiding principle, guidance in journeying, spiritual guidance, leadership.
*A2R8
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Ar: 
Havamal 154:
A tenth 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.
 
Dangers calmed, protection, challenges eased, comfort/stillness, primal fire, nobles, destruction of physical darkness reborn into spiritual light, confidence, Ing-Frô, the Sun, the path to the Light, will, leadership, all that which is beautiful and Sun-like, change to good, virtues, honor, glory, rewarding work, completion, light, Divine spirit, power contained in light that washes away darkness, wisdom, beauty, virtue, trust, honor, fame, Rune of the initiate, Symbolism of the Lord of the Light-elves that returns home from darkness, Rune of peace and good seasons.
“Respect the primal fire” (List, 56).
*H2R4
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Interpretation: Success (Sowulo) brings dangers calmed (Ar).
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Thunderstorm and downpour overnight.
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Outcome: 7 ½ hrs. of solid sleep.
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Nothing says “Good Monday morning” like stepping in dog shit in the bathroom.  I was afraid that was going to happen with Toby’s inability to go out prior to bedtime due to the storm.
*clean up and a load of laundry of bathroom mats.
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Wifey conversation.
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Call into the VA pharmacy.  I’m going in to get a partial fill of metformin while waiting for it in the mail. 
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1-egg, open faced breakfast sandwich topped with cheese and mustard…yes MUSTARD…YUM!
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The VA was fairly quick in-quick out. 
Dillons
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Toby and I out for a 12:30pm, well behaved, 30min walk.
*sunny, warm, NNE breeze.
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Mediterranean crusted salmon + a garden salad.  Essie really enjoyed her portion, and Toby enjoyed his smaller portion.  I figure salmon; what harm can it do?
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JsFnChst!  I could’ve SWORN I ordered some Lisinopril.  Call into the VA.  They are overnighting a partial and put in my order for a full amount to be mailed later.
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Not a horrible night at work.  No major catastrophes.  Moderately busy to 11pm.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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​God/dess Meditation: (alternate Manostag) 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!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson

​Nirda, sister-wife to Nirdu.  We give thanks to the Great Goddess Nirda, Goddess of the land, of soil, and growing things.  Goddess, too, of the scythe and of the sacrifice.  Beautiful and terrible.  Wise in Your power.  We praise you…HEIL NIRDA, Mother of the Wanâ, sister-wife to Nirdu.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, NIRDA, as we honor the Nirda that resides in us all!  HEIL NIRDA Divine Queen! HEIL!  HEIL! HEIL!
*source: combination http://www.odins-gift.com/poth/P/prayertonerthus.htm and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson.
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Alaf Sal Fena!

(Heuuîmânôd = Hay Month)
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Plans: ???????????????????????
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Ancestor Meditation: (grave-sites @ Alexanderwohl Friedhof Cemetery, Goessel, Ks and Medford Oklahoma Mennonite Cemetery respectively) Tag der Fruchtbarkeit/Day of Fertility/Saturday (2nd great grandparents) Peter Amos Reimer (1832-1905) and Agatha Dirksen (1840-1905)
Peter A Reimer (1832-1905)
Birth 17 Sept 1832 in Ohrloff, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 3 Sept 1905 in Goessel, KS
*Married 22 September 1858
Agatha Dirksen (1840-1905)
Birth 07 Apr 1840 in Sparrau, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 3 Apr 1905 in Medford, OK
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
*no doubt the ones who brought the family over from Europe.
*offered up some tobacco for Granny Aggie.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Ansuz: In favor of the gods, Wodan specifically, the Divine Father, Wodanic wisdom, Divine communication, the Athem - Divine/vital breath, the force of creation, taking inventory of one’s Tru Spirit and spiritual balance, a higher source of inspiration, communication skills and divine ancestry, higher consciousness, mental stability, self-discipline, the loving/bright/compassionate Alle-Vater, spiritual balance.
Conversely:
Outside the favor of Alle-Vater Wodan vital/divine breath and the ancestral/Wodanic wisdom/Divine communication, separation from one’s true Spirit, spiritual imbalance, spiritual shunning, neurotic compulsive liar, exercise caution with communication and dealings including intelligence; a lack of inspiration, tough-love Fathering, the absent All-Father, the shadow/dark/mysterious side of Alle-Vater Wodan.
*A1R4
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Fa: 
Havamal 146:
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: Divine communication (Ansuz) brings generous help (Fa).
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 8hrs of sleep with one wakeup.
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Good!  Socks is on the porch.  He seems to be putting even more weight on that right hind foot.
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My health by the numbers:
             Today                                                                       Last week
Weight: 249                                                                          245
Glucose (out of metformin since Thursday): 130                122
BP: 123/73                                                                           133/76
Pulse: 72                                                                              72 
*not a good day for vitals.
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Cold cereal for starters
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Wifey conversation
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Brunch: 2 sunny side up eggs + diced potatoes.
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I finally got around to listening to my entire podcast interview.
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Toby and I out for a fairly well behaved, 1:15pm, 30min walk.
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Checked on Socks.  Gave him his pain medication.  Still limping but better.  When I let him out, he seems to be content to stick close.
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Fruit smoothie for wifey and me.
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What the hela happened to day?
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Wonderful call in from my Irminenschaft brother from Maine.
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Bionic Burger for dinner…omgs, too much food.
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MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/
New England 4:1 Orlando
NYRB 2:3 Columbus
Chicago 0:0 DC
Dallas 0:0 Salt Lake
Houston 0:1 Seattle
Minnesota 0:0 Vancouver
Montréal 4:0 Philly 
Toronto 2:1 Cincinnati
San Jose 3:1 Colorado
Portland 4:0 LA on FS1/Sling TV
*watched with wifey who made it through the 1st half, I fell asleep in the 2nd.
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Experimenting with some oral gel topical on my big toe nail.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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1am nighty night.  Sleeping with wifey tonight.
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(Heuuîmânôd = Hay Month)
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Ancestor Meditation: (picture source: Ancestry.com) (Gravesites @ Mennonite Brethren Church Cemetery, Lehigh, Kansas)
 
Frijastag/Frija’s Day/Friday (great grandparents) David D. Schmidt (1852-1924) and Elisabeth Zülke (apx1856-1932) 
David D. Schmidt
Birth 11 June 1852
Death 18 March 1924 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas, USA
Married 22 February 1876
Elizabeth Zülke (1856-1932)
Birth 4 JAN 1856 in Waldheim, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 19 JUN 1932 in Lehigh, Kansas
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
 
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Mannaz: The human, Heimo; our genetic connection to the gods, humankind, social interaction, cooperation between people, the special human, the human intellect, awareness, kinship, social structure, the ability to work well within a social structure in an effort be effective within it, social interaction and order, perfected intellect, attract support from your peers, attainment of common goals, Divine structure.
Conversely:
Problems relating with Heimo and humanity, without cooperation between people, w/o social interaction, the inability to work within a social structure in an effective way, self-delusion, intellectual arrogance/ignorance, bigotry, inability to make peace with others, destructive social nature, closed mindedness, failed social interaction and disorder; anti-social behavior and lack of Divine structure.
*A3R4
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Laf: 
Havamal 159:
A fourteenth I sing to the assembled Folk
When naming the divine names;
The Aesir and Alves and their various kinds
No one can spell out without learning.
 
Determination, learned knowledge, singing before the All, presentation, Urlag; life fate and destiny, life as law, life following the law, experience, test, temptations by life-circumstances, water, sea, good management, test of life, school of the lives, relations, defeat and the laws of nature, life and primal law, psychic & spiritual awareness, cosmic flow, seeds of thought, the etheric part of the body, initiation that experiences life on earth as a continuous process of initiation, The Cosmic Ocean.
“First learn to steer, then dare the sea-journey” (List, 60).
H3R2
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Interpretation: Kinship (Mannaz) brings determination (Laf).
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
*goddamn Socks!  I was giving him meds, and loving on him.  He still was not putting much weight if any on that right find leg.  When I had to go, he made a mad dash between my legs and over the fence.  Now the concern begins.  He’s still injured.  He’s not moving as fast as he did before he hurt himself, but he still insists on being outside.  Have it your way Socks.  I’m going to keep my eye out for you.
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Outcome: 7yrs of solid sleep.
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Hearing aids in because that was my part of the therapist’s suggestion.
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1-egg breakfast sandwich plus a banana.
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Wifey conversation.
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Wifey to Family Dollar.
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Ordered my extended magazine from Mossberg.
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The podcast for which I was interviewed: Making Peace with Your Religious Past: http://makepeacepodcast.libsyn.com/ep-10-leaving-the-family-faith-and-finally-coming-home-vagar-ingvald-elmersson?fbclid=IwAR32XB2sK371F4J5oyXtYv_vZz-MA7403EnfYSXzi9spYdnA65to851YgoQ
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Toby and I out for a fairly well behaved, 12:15, 30min walk.
*sunny, very warm, refreshing and stout SSW wind.
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Return call from the Social Security Admin.  I answered all their questions about my home address, but I just wasn’t comfortable giving out my SSN over the phone for any reason.  They were good with that.
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BK for lunch + a homemade chocolate sundae.
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Good!  Socks came home and is back in his house.
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Well shit!  I’m out of Metformin and forgot to order more.  Order sent.
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Surprise call from Emprise thanking me for my business.
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I left early from work.  Still turned in 8+hrs for a 6hrs shift.
*wifey said Toby reeks from his cadaver interest from his walk this morning.  She asked me to bathe him.
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Against my better judgement I let Socks come out from his house.  I watched him for a while as she squiggled in the driveway and sidewalk.  He is certainly moving and stretching his leg.  He also seems to be putting a bit more weight on it.  I’ll be up for a while, should he want back in his house.
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Bathed Toby
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MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/
NYCFC v Sporting Kansas City Home in time to catch the replay on FSKC
*41st min goal NYCFC
*@ the half, NYCFC 1:0 SKC
*54th min goal NYCFC
*62nd min red card SKC.  SKC now playing a man down.
*73rd min GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*77th min goal NYCFC
*end of match NYCFC 3:1 Sporting Kansas City (smh).
LAFC 4:3 Atlanta
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WTF?  Neighbors started popping off some fireworks just after midnight?  FUCK!  Socks was almost inside.
Last check on all fur-kids. 
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1am, fell asleep in the recliner.  Gaming wifey is in her office tonight.
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(Heuuîmânôd = Hay Month)
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Plans: Socks to Vet, couples counseling @ the VA, work 8hrs.
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Ancestor Meditation: Flags:

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

Donarstag/Donar’s Day/Thursday (great, grandparents) Peter Reimer (1868-1937) and Eva Hiebert (1874-1929)
Peter Reimer (1868-1937)
Birth 17 July 1868 in, Kleefeld, Molotschna, Russia
Death 12 Jan 1937 in Kern County, California, United States
*Married 9 April 1893
Eva Hiebert (1874-1929)
Birth 13 Jan 1874 in, Alexanderwohl, Molotschna, Taurida, Russia
Death 20 Aug 1929 in Fresno, Fresno, California, United States
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Eihwaz: Irminsul, the Cosmic pillar, inner strength, stress and difficulties, overcoming obstacles, need to have backbone to get through, endurance, “Shit happens, get over it! “, temporary cosmic consciousness, stability over external circumstances, resilience, the Shamanic link of experiences within the All.  “That which does not kill us makes us stronger” (Friedrich Nietzsche).
*A2R5
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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 160:
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, that which is rising, 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: Inner strength (Eihwaz) brings magical empowerment (Man).
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 6 ½ hrs. of solid sleep.
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Wifey conversation.
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1-egg breakfast sandwich + a banana.
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Wifey conversation.
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Socks to Vet.  He has no fracture.  He has the equivalent of a sprained ankle.  Pain meds.  Quarantined to his house until I can see he’s putting weight on that foot.
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Watered shrubs.  They sure look better today than they did yesterday.
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Began couples counseling.  I’ve purposed to hold back nothing.
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Toby and I out for a 1pm, two-block, somewhat stubborn, roundy.
*sunny/high clouds, very warm, stout south wind.
*wifey and I did enough walking around the VA.
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Lasagna casserole from a box + a fresh garden salad.
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Returned the call from the Social Security Admin.  Left a message with instructions when to return my call.
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Not a horrible night at work; saved by a simple hand-forming job that netted 4hrs of time allotments for next to nothing effort.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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2am nighty night.  Wifey is in pain in her office tonight.
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(Heuuîmânôd = Hay Month)
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Plans: fur kids, wifey, work 8hrs.
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Ancestor Meditation: Wodanstag/Wodan’s Day/Wednesday (grandparents, Mother) David F. Schmidt (1895-1957) and Mary Goertz (1888-1983) (Gravesites at Lehigh Mennonite Cemetery).
David F. Schmidt (1895-1957)
Birth 28 Feb 1885 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas
Death 1 Oct 1957 in Marion County, Kansas
*Married 22 October 1922
Mary Goertz (1888-1983)
Birth 17 March 1888 in Kismet, Kansas
Death 27 Dec 1983 in Marion County, Kansas
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Pertho: Dice cup, issues concerning: the lucky roll of the dice, questions of luck, the consideration of Wurt/Urlag (the ordeal of Humankind), the Wurtâ; Urda (that which was), Werdanda (that which is becoming) and Sculd (that which is owed), the realization of hidden potential, interwoven yet independent Wurt, good fellowship and happiness, secrets revealed, the collective consciousness, the Well of Knowledge for true growth.
Conversely:
The presence of negative Wurt, an unlucky roll of the dice, bad luck, secrets remaining secret, delusions, fantasies, megalomania, outside the collective/individual consciousness, out of touch with reality, negative forces set in motion, that which is unknowable, the need to deal with uncertainty, unpleasant contractions of birth pains, secrets remaining secret, take no chances.
*A2R6
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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: Eh: 
Havamal 162:
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.
 
Dedication, faithfulness, fidelity, 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 legal 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).
*H3R5
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Interpretation:
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
*Socks is not putting any weight on his right hind foot.  I certainly didn’t notice it when I came home from work.  It was very noticeable this morning.  I got the attention of wifey and she came out to look at him.  Call into the Vet, but he was uber booked this morning.  He’ll be isolated in his house until tomorrow.
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Outcome: 6hrs of sleep, two uber groggy wakeups, with an EXTREMELY slow get up due to Lily demanding attention.  Good for her!
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1-egg breakfast sandwich on light rye bread topped with cheese and banana peppers + a banana.
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Wifey conversation.
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Toby and I out for a perfektly behaved, 11:15am, 30min walk.
*partly cloudy, mildly warm, refreshing SSE breeze.
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I’ve saved a tree trunk slice for a friend ever since the trees were cropped.  Evidently, he’s not coming to get it, even after a couple of reminders, so I pulled a sawhorse in front of a tree, lifted the trunk slice and wifey helped maneuver it for an ax-throwing target.  I can hardly wait to try it!
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Took pics of wifey on her bike with Goose in the backpack.
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Pruned and watered shrubs.
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Called around a bit ISO an extended magazine for my new rifle, to no avail.  At least now I know the model I have: Mossberg .22LR model 702, made in Brazil.
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Breakfast for lunch; 2-eggs sunny side up, fist size diced potato cooked with Vienna Sport Peppers, light rye bread for sopping.
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It was a frustrating night at work.  I had to surrender some time allotments because I just couldn’t get the hand forming right.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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1:30am nighty night.  I’m sleeping with my wife tonight.
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(Heuuîmânôd = Hay Month)
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Plans: fur kids, wifey, work 8hrs
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Ancestor Meditation: Dienstag/Thing Day/Tuesday (grandparents) Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967) and Maria Hildebrand (1895-72) (Gravesites at Alexanderwohl Friedhof Cemetery, Goessel, Kansas).
Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967)
Birth 15 May 1898 in Medford, Grant County, Oklahoma, USA
Death 26 Mar 1967 in Hesston, Harvey County, Kansas, United States
*Married 2 June 1920
Maria Hildebrand (1894-72)
Birth 30 Dec 1894 in Marion County, Ks, USA
Death 22 Jul 1972 in Newton, Harvey County, KS, USA
Gravesites @ Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church, Goessel, Ks
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Mannaz: The human, Heimo; our genetic connection to the gods, humankind, social interaction, cooperation between people, the special human, the human intellect, awareness, kinship, social structure, the ability to work well within a social structure in an effort be effective within it, social interaction and order, perfected intellect, attract support from your peers, attainment of common goals, Divine structure.
Conversely:
Problems relating with Heimo and humanity, without cooperation between people, w/o social interaction, the inability to work within a social structure in an effective way, self-delusion, intellectual arrogance/ignorance, bigotry, inability to make peace with others, destructive social nature, closed mindedness, failed social interaction and disorder; anti-social behavior and lack of Divine structure.
*A3R4
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Sig: 
Havamal 156:
This I know as an eleventh, when
I accompany my dear friend into combat;
I sing it into the shield, so that he triumphs in battle
And that luck and happiness surrounds him always.
 
Triumph, surrounded with luck and happiness, victory, success, gain, well-being, victorious and happy, into the fray, blessing from above, successful fight, achieved goal, school, and salvation by light, inspiration, soul, and power of the sun, inspiration, soul, life force, wholeness, reliable success, healing, good luck, spiritual completion, and the path of the soul, Rune of the spiritual ray of inspiration, wisdom, and illumination.
“The creative spirit must conquer” (List, 57).
*H2R5
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Interpretation: Social interaction (Mannaz) brings success (Sig).
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7hrs of solid sleep!
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Wifey is really hurting this morning.
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1-egg open-faced breakfast sandwich topped with cheese and banana peppers on whole grain bread + banana.
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Wifey with Goose to the Vet for checkup.  Took Toby with us to weigh him: 50.2lbs…no change.
*while there I talked with a rep from the Kansas Honor Flight.  He strongly suggested I go, even though I really don’t feel worthy compared too others who gave more than I did.
*filled out application: https://kansashonorflight.org/
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Toby and I out for a fairly stubborn, 11:15am, 30min walk.
*partly cloudy, mildly warm, fairly stout NNE wind.
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To Knapp Weaponry to sign up for the conceal carry class and to wheel-n-deal for a new weapon: BOTH SUCCESSFUL!  The new weapon is a really cool Mossberg 10/22 custom rifle.
*Mannaz/Sig
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A well dressed, triple decker turkey bologna sand with cheese + ½ a small can of Pringles + a slice of watermelon…YUM!
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 Not a horrible night at work, moderately busy; but then, I don’t ever get in a hurry.
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After 1st break, I get a text message from my former and most evil brother’s ex-wife saying she needed to talk to me about something and wanted me to call her prior to 7pm.  Already pissed, I told her I was at work and inquired why she needed to talk to me.  Long story short, she wanted me to help her get her daughter out of jail.  JsFnChst I WANTED TO SCREAM!  AM I YOUR PERSOAML FUCKING BANK?  I don’t know how much money I spent putting gas in her now deceased daughter’s truck.  I lost $1,000 getting her son out of jail.  So now I guess she felt emboldened asking for money to get her other daughter out of jail for some kind of traffic violation; A TRAFFIC VIOLATION!  Every fucking one of her offspring has had very little to do with us as a family for DECADES, but they want money?  OH, FUCK NO!
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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2am nighty night.  Wifey is in a lot of pain tonight, so she’s sleeping in her office.
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​(Heuuîmânôd = Hay Month)
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Plans: fur kids, wifey, work 

Ancestor Meditation: Manostag/Mano’s Day/Monday (parents) Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963) and Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994), Jewell F. Reimer [(sister) (1947)], Michael L Reimer [(brother) (1948-1997)], Beth Ann Reimer/Hinkle [(sister) (1956-2018)].
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; complications from M.S.
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; heart attack.
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 well-lived, life ever-flowing; seen and unseen, going with the flow, 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, the struggles of life, 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: Gibor: 
Havamal 163:
An eighteenth I learned, yet I would never
Let a woman or maid know it,
For everyone knows what’s best for himself-
This leads me to the conclusion of the songs-
The one it shall be then, that lies in my arms
As betrothed wife and as sister.
 
The scald, awakening, passion, mystery, the end, comprehension of the diving from below upward; from humanity outward, secrecy, gift/giver, gift of life, that which is best for the individual, fulfillment, sacred marriage, being ONE with the sister soul, protection against evil forces, being/seeing the Divine, the cosmic consciousness and the divine principle, two forces having a singular origin, the spiritual ego, death-life cycle, protection against evil forces, union of the gods and the World, the uninterrupted chain in the cycle of eternal returns, the Creator and the Created, the deepest mysteries of the Universe, the end.
“Man, be one with God” (List, 67).
*H3R6
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Interpretation: Fluidity (Laguz) brings an awakening (Gibor).
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7hrs of sleep, one wakeup.
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To the VA for bloodwork.  Surprisingly quick in and quick out.
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Toby and I out for a 30min walk we haven’t had the chance to do in days due to excessive heat!  He was a bit stubborn, but came around after a few sternly worded voice commands.
*mildly warm, thin high clouds, fairly stout NNE winds.
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I’ve tried several times this morning, but FINALLY got thru to pay my trash bill since I was a bit late.
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1-egg open-faced breakfast sandwich topped with cheese on whole grain bread + a banana.
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Wifey to Family Dollar
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Since the dusting-n-cleaning of my PC, it’s been hela difficult signing into familiar websites.  I spent quite a bit of time changing them all, but this time, writing them down instead of depending on Last Pass, which I cant get into either.
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Long overdue conversations with wifey; one for sure on eternity.  The other was about my health and family health history.
*Laguz/Gibor
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Last of the foodie experiment placed in a burrito + oven backed curly fries.
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Prepped the bedroom for wifey’s return
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Not a horrible night at work, just frustrating as hela.  Bashed the fuck out of my left middle finger on a fairly heavy hydro block.
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QT to get my tank off vapors.
Dillons to fill.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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2am nighty night.  WIFEY IS BACK!  WE ARE BACK (at least to some degree)!
*Laguz/Gibor
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(Heuuîmânôd = Hay Month)
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Plans: Fur-kids, domestic stuff
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Ancestor Meditation: (picture source: The Mennonite Heritage and Agricultural Museum, Goessel, Kansas) (Gravesites at Alexanderwohl Friedhof Cemetery, Goessel, Kansas).
Sunnastag/Sunna’s Day/Sunday (2nd great grandparents) David   A. Schmidt (1822-1892) and Maria Nachtigal (1828-1911)
David A. Schmidt (1822-1892)
Birth 19 May 1822 in Alexanderwohl, Molotschna South, Russia
Death 18 Dec 1892 in Marion County, Kansas, United States
*Married 15 November 1849
Maria Nachtigal (1828-1911)
Birth 23 Jan 1828 in Majdan Królewski, Podkarpackie, Duchy of Poland, West Prussia
Death 01 Apr 1911 in Goessel, Marion County, Kansas, United States
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
* no doubt the ones who brought the family over from Europe.\
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Ansuz: In favor of the gods, Wodan specifically, the Divine Father, Wodanic wisdom, Divine communication, the Athem - Divine/vital breath, the force of creation, taking inventory of one’s Tru Spirit and spiritual balance, a higher source of inspiration, communication skills and divine ancestry, higher consciousness, mental stability, self-discipline, the loving/bright/compassionate Alle-Vater, spiritual balance.
Conversely:
Outside the favor of Alle-Vater Wodan vital/divine breath and the ancestral/Wodanic wisdom/Divine communication, separation from one’s true Spirit, spiritual imbalance, spiritual shunning, neurotic compulsive liar, exercise caution with communication and dealings including intelligence; a lack of inspiration, tough-love Fathering, the absent All-Father, the shadow/dark/mysterious side of Alle-Vater Wodan.
*A1R4
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Bar: 
Havamal 158:
A thirteenth I mention, when I sprinkle the son,
The young one, with holy water,
If once he faces the foe, then he cannot fall,
No sword can wound him so he collapses in the dust.
 
Blessing, shielding, inspiration, encouragement, security, impending accidents that effect fate, life, birth: birth of the future life that is preordained for us, becoming, being projected, help in birth, son, bread, song, fountain, mountains, meaning of life on this planet/in this world, the power of becoming, reconstruction, Rune of continuous transformation, death and rebirth metamorphosis, return to the Mothers; the fountain as female symbol, the eternal spring of humans.
“Thy life strands in the hand of God, trust it in you” (List, 60).
H3R1
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Interpretation: Wodanic wisdom (Ansuz) brings encouragement (Bar).
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 8+hrs of sleep with ZERO wakeups.
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My health by the numbers:
                   Yesterday                      Last week                   
Weight:       245                               246
Glucose:     122                               124
BP:             133/76                          139/74
Pulse:         77                                  84
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WOW!  My wife and I had an actual, full conversation this morning.  What the hela, I made her bacon.
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2 loads of laundry
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Waffle and a few slices of wife’s bacon + a banana.
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Toby and I out for an 11:15am, two-block, roundy.  I finished 20min on the treadmill.
*very warm, cloudy/a bit of thunder, slight south breeze.
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2 more loads of laundry of things going to the thrift store.  Wifey interrupted this idea as I forgot about her planning a thrift store/cat café.
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Lite housekeeping.
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2 meat burritos + a foodie experiment rice side dish.
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Dillons
*return trip because I forgot my sushi.  Wifey asked me to also pick up some bitters.
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SUSHI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Met with the Jarl and Jarlskona of Hammerstorm Wichita.  They are always kind enough to Toby to save him hambones!  Toby, of course, LOVES ‘em!
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MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/
Cincinnati 0:2 New England
Orlando 0:1 NYRB on FS1/Sling TV
Seattle 1:2 Portland Cascadia Cup on FS1/Sling TV
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WOW!  We really reconnected tonight.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Early to bed for an early rise.
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​God/dess Meditation: (alternate Sunnastag) Paltar, you're the blameless god, gloriously shining god, rising god, restoration god, husband to the faithful Nanda, beloved son of Wodan and Frija.  Just as you restore Mittigart after Godotuom, restore us after we experience our own Godotuoms of life.  Let your goodness and your reconciliation smooth our paths on Earth. When our days here are over, light up death’s darkness with the promise of rebirth. Help us to avoid evil and seek the good. Inspired by your example, we will keep our reputations spotless that our lives be proclaimed a victory of the Spirit, and our leaving his life a tragedy. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, PALTAR, as we honor the Paltar that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!