(Aranmânôd = Harvest Month)
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Plans: my love my wife, work 8hrs
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Ancestor Meditation: Dienstag/Thing Day/Tuesday (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
Gravesites @ Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church, Goessel, Ks
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Othilla: Home and heritage (spiritual or mortal); the strong family, the home within, nobility, the sacred enclosure, spiritual heritage, ancestral spiritual power/favor, true kinship; kinship with humanity, genetic, cultural and spiritual inheritance, ancestry, loyalty to family - tribe or village, group prosperity, order, interaction, or freedom, union/connection with the family of humankind.
Conversely:
Problems in relating to home - heritage - spiritual heritage, and ancestors; Family difficulties, difficulties at home, shunning, unbalanced kinship, chaotic home-front, loss of property/land, genetic disconnection, slavery, homelessness, disruption of family ties - race - culture and the environment, racialism, alienated/disconnected with the family of humankind.
A3R8
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Hagal: 
Havamal 152:
A seventh I learned, if the hall is burning
With fire around bench and comrades;
However bright it burns, I will banish the blaze,
As soon I sing the magic chant.
 
To enclose/destroy, danger brought under control, introspection, awareness, eternal change, the Mother of all Runes, the cohesion of the world, die (pronounced ‘dee’ German for ‘the’) Alle Mutter, Frija, that which cares and maintains, protects, and preserves; that which is motherly; wisdom, harmony, salvation, blessing, protects from hail and fire, eternal change, caring and maintaining principle in the Universe, Higher Self, the perfect human being, Divine within, the Rune of humanity, married to the World, Rune of enclosure but contains a potential for growth, builder/architect of the worlds, the macrocosm of the world itself.
“Harbor the All in yourself, and you will control the All” (List, 54).
*H2R1
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Interpretation: Proper home and heritage (Othilla) brings dangers brought under control (Hagal).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 7hrsof sleep with two wake-ups.
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Good morning conversation with my wife.  Everything is better in her circle of friends, but her body is not cooperating at all.
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WTF Essie?  You WANT to go outside?  This is odd.
*nice, she didn’t leave the porch.
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Breakfast sandwich made with REAL bacon…OMGs…how long has it been since I’ve had any bacon?  My wife had six slices that needed to be used.  I cooked her four pieces, I snagged two.
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Okay, Essie keeps digging at something.  The easiest thing to do right now is to get her back on her flea stuff.  If she keeps digging, then I will take in poop.
*Air Capital Veterinary.
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Toby and I out for a noon hour, well behaved, 30min walk.
*partly cloudy, mildly warm, slight west breeze.
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Cheddar cheese bräts, leftover asparagus, diced potatoes with onions…YUM!
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2 SHF orders (minimal time) + bread-n-butter parts #1 + bread-n-butter parts #2 = > 15hrs of time turned-in.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Shower, 02:00, nighty-night, I get to sleep with my wife!
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(Aranmânôd = Harvest Month)
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Plans: my love my wife, work 8hrs.
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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 [(sister) (1956-12018)].
Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963)
Birth 24 October 1924 in Whitewater, Butler County, Kansas, USA
*US Navy veteran, Joint Intelligence Center, Pacific Ocean Area (JICPOA)
**Naval Intelligence Office, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
*Married 23 June 1946
Death 10 October 1963 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994)
Birth 20 January 1926 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas, USA
Death 23 September 1994 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Gebo: The mystical union of gift and giver, repay gift for gift, generosity, a fair exchange between people or gods and the Luck that accompanies it; freely exchanged, obligations, contracts, relationships, sometimes sexual, sacrifice, and hospitality, do not take more than we are willing to give, the voluntary sacrifice of resources.
*A1R7
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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​Armanen Rune: Ur:
Havamal 147:
Another I name, that all need to have
Who officiate as curing healers;
Know yourself, and you will know the world,
And learn to discern between evil and its causes.
 
Self-knowledge/awareness, all-knowing, discernment, witches/shamans/doctors, the primordial, eternity, primal fire, primal light, primal, primal bull, recognize the cause of an event, healing. that which is grasped or permanent, medical help, the healing powers of medical drugs, nurturing at the original basis, original cause, origin, root of all material and cosmic phenomena, contact with the transcendent, contact with the dead, life after mortal death, Mother-God, Creative Mother Principle, a physician’s rune and represents resurrection, eternity, and continuity, root of all material and cosmic phenomena, root of eternity, causality; the origin of time, cause and effect in the eternal power of becoming.
“Know yourself, then you will know all” (List 50).
*H1R2
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Interpretation: A gift (Gebo) brings healing (Ur).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 8hrs of sleep with only one Toby wake-up.
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FUN TIME WITH MY WIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*Gebo/Ur!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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WTF?  It’s SO COOL outside.  The windows are open and the A/Cs are on fan only.
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Thanks to my wife, she found what looks like a good trash service.  She knew that I was interested in a service that charges less if we throw away less.  We signed up for our own trash service with Air Capital Waste http://www.aircapitalwaste.com/index rather than depend on the kindness of my brother.  My brother has been SO GOOD about letting me bring over a bag of trash whenever I needed, but it’s time to be more responsible.
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Toby and I out for a fairly well behaved, late morning, 30min walk.
*surprisingly cool, overcast, stout NNW wind.
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FINALLY, got around to creating a space for hanging clothes in the fancy shed in an effort to keep a guest closet in the house.
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Chicken patties from frozen topped with cheese, fresh steamed asparagus, last ear of corn for lunch: YUM!
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YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Plaque wash success, a bit of pain at first but made it thru; first time in more than a week!!!
*GEBO/UR!
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Not enough on the table shaper to keep me busy all shift, so I opted to stay in layout.  Not a lot of time turned-in, but a fair amount.  An SPL order did show up on the table shaper that demanded my immediate attention.  I’ve learned the importance on an SPL order.  An SPL order says that someone fucked up a part, probably on assembly, and a replacement part is needed immediately.
*WOW!  69degF on the way home.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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It’s been more than a week since my shingles outbreak.  It’s exactly a week since I’ve been to the doctor and have been on the anti-viral prescription.  I think things are drying up pretty well, but this damned jaw pain is relentless.  I can eat or drink most things, but I have to keep anything off the lest lower side of my mouth.  I HOPE that as things progress forward from this shingles thing that the jaw pain, too, will subside, as I think this shingles thing and the jaw pain are somehow interrelated.  When I was at the VA dealing with this I called my dentist who was dumfounded because there has been NO indication of anything in my history or exams that might indicate a cause this jaw pain; hence, the mega amount of OTC stuff.  While the jaw pain has improved, it is still there; that’s my concern.  WHY is it still there?  I dread the thought of going back to the dentist to find anything major, which is why I have been so diligent about regular check-ups, cleaning, and my own personal, daily hygiene.  If this jaw pain doesn’t subside completely, and soon, I may have to give the dentist another call.
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Shower, 02:00, nighty-night, I get to sleep with my wife.
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(Aranmânôd = Harvest Month)
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Plans: more domestic stuff
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Ancestor Meditation: (picture source: The Mennonite Heritage and Agricultural Museum, 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: Dagaz: Light of day, total enlightenment, awakening, the AH-HA moment, benefit from new information, achieving balance, harmony, hyper-consciousness, the light of dawn, the twilight/dawn polarity, positive focus on life, light at the end of the tunnel, increase, growth, an ending prior to a beginning, transformation, possibly related to the 3rd eye; the mystical place where the two lobes of the brain join.
*A3R7
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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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: The AH-HA moment (Dagaz) that leads to a reversal of fortune (Ka).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 7hrs of solid sleep.
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Beautiful rain!
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Showered, for the first time in DAYS I successfully used my Waterpik, but when I tried plaque wash…OWIE!
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My wife and I are barely talking, which is odd for us.  We’re definitely not talking about the things that need to be discussed.  I guess if that’s the way things are…
*Dagaz/Ka
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FINALLY, some beneficial conversation.
*Dagaz/Ka
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Toby and I ATTEMPTED a late morning walk…rain has stopped…walk started…lite-rain…two blocks in…DOWNPOUR…walk halted…soaked…damn.
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4 loads of laundry
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Changed out both litter boxes completely; made sure Socks and Essie have fresh kibble.
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Freddy’s Frozen Custard and Steakburgers https://freddysusa.com/store/ridge/
Lowe’s https://www.lowes.com/
Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market
Dillons
Dillons petrol
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WOW!  My wife is MUCH better at cleaning this house than I am.
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WWE Summerslam…yay…I’m all a-flutter.
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Salmon strips from frozen with an ear of corn.
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Today’s MLS https://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/schedule/2018-08-19
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Okay, one more load of laundry.
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Lazy in my recliner chair.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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24:00. Nighty-night, I get to sleep with my wife.
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(Aranmânôd = Harvest Month)
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Plans: domestic stuff
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Ancestor Meditation: (grave-sites @ Alexanderwohl Mennonite, Goessel, Ks and Medford Oklahoma Mennonite 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: Inguz: Ing-Fro, the god of Ar; prosperity, abundance, sexuality and fridu, gestation, the womb and the tomb, fertility, fruitfulness, peace and plenty, internal growth, personal development, solitude, well-being, nature wisdom, process/manifestation of creativity; wholesome, healthy sexuality, sacrifice for the positive, potential, completion of one stage and progressing to the next, internal/spiritual growth, enhancing male energy.
*A3R6
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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, 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: Prosperity (Inguz) brings strength (Man).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 7hrs of solid sleep!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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My health by the numbers:
Weight: 255
Glucose: 114
BP: 137/75
Pulse: 72
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Troubling morning conversation with my wife.
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Bank
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Toby and I out for a noon hour, totally misbehaved, 30min walk.  Toby absolutely ignored a common voice command which made other dogs react.  I WAS LIVID, but only kept him on the retractable briefly.
*HOT, partly cloudy, no breeze.
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German food truck for lunch
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Trimmed front yard and was done in the TAH-DAH nick of time.
Niece over with great-nephew to mow my front yard…EXCELLENT visit with the whole family.  Thank you, my WONDERFUL niece, for mowing the backyard.
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HAPPY NATIONAL FAJITA DAY, celebrated with fajita take-out from Los Compadres  https://loscompadresmexicangrillwichita.com/
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MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/
Sporting Kansas City v Portland Timbers
28th min GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
37th min GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@ the half; SKC 2:0 Portland
89th min GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
End of match, SKC 3:0 Portland!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
https://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2018-08-18-sporting-kansas-city-vs-portland-timbers/feed
Other MLS matches today: https://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/schedule/2018-08-15
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Bathed Toby as he’s been scratching quite a bit lately.  I can’t remember the last time I bathed that grimy pooch.  That dog didn’t have flea one on him.  He started ripping thru the house, and I HAD to let him outside so he didn’t go tearing thru the bedroom where my wife had already go to bed.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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01:00, nighty-nighty, I get to sleep with my wife.
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(Aranmânôd = Harvest Month)
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Plans: my love my wife, work 8hrs
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Ancestor Meditation: (picture source: Ancestry.com) (Gravesites @ Mennonite Brethren Church Cemetery, Lehigh, Kansas)


Frijastag/Frija’s Day/Friday (great grandparents) David D. Schmidt (1852-1924) and Elisabeth Zülke (apx1856-1932) 
David D. Schmidt
Birth 11 June 1852
Death 18 March 1924 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas, USA
Married 22 February 1876
Elizabeth Zülke (1856-1932)
Birth 4 JAN 1856 in Waldheim, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 19 JUN 1932 in Lehigh, Kansas
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Othilla: Home and heritage (spiritual or mortal); the strong family, the home within, nobility, the sacred enclosure, spiritual heritage, ancestral spiritual power/favor, true kinship; kinship with humanity, genetic, cultural and spiritual inheritance, ancestry, loyalty to family - tribe or village, group prosperity, order, interaction, or freedom, union/connection with the family of humankind.
Conversely:
Problems in relating to home - heritage - spiritual heritage, and ancestors; Family difficulties, difficulties at home, shunning, unbalanced kinship, chaotic home-front, loss of property/land, genetic disconnection, slavery, homelessness, disruption of family ties - race - culture and the environment, racialism, alienated/disconnected with the family of humankind.
A3R8
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: 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: Spiritual heritage (Othilla) brings imperviousness (Ka).
*OH HELA YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 7hrs of solid sleep.
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Good morning greeting from my wife.
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Scrambled eggs with cheese.
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Toby and I out for an exceptionally well behaved, late morning, 30min walk.
*mildly warm, mostly cloudy/high clouds, nice north breeze.
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Call into ADP at work to get more taken out for taxes.
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PH for lunch for my LOVELY wife and me.
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ENT with the VA called to schedule an appointment TBD.
*verified Mid Kansas ENT, Aug 24th @ 10:45
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It was a better night at work than last night’s fiasco.  I turned in 10hrs of work for an 8hr shift.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Shower, 01:45, nighty night, I get to sleep with my wife.
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(Aranmânôd = Harvest Month)
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Plans: my love my wife, work 8hrs
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​Ancestor Meditation: Flags:

1. Holy Roman Empire Prussia 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: Othilla: Home and heritage (spiritual or mortal); the strong family, the home within, nobility, the sacred enclosure, spiritual heritage, ancestral spiritual power/favor, true kinship; kinship with humanity, genetic, cultural and spiritual inheritance, ancestry, loyalty to family - tribe or village, group prosperity, order, interaction, or freedom, union/connection with the family of humankind.
Conversely:
Problems in relating to home - heritage - spiritual heritage, and ancestors; Family difficulties, difficulties at home, shunning, unbalanced kinship, chaotic home-front, loss of property/land, genetic disconnection, slavery, homelessness, disruption of family ties - race - culture and the environment, racialism, alienated/disconnected with the family of humankind.
A3R8
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: 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: home and heritage (Othilla) brings blessings (Bar).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: EIGHT HOURS OF SLEEP WITH ONLY ONE POST-SUNRISE WAKE?  WTF?  Slept-in until 10am…WOW!  10AM???????????????????  That pretty much shot the morning, didn’t it?
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Conversation with my wife.
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Scrambled eggs with cheese and diced-sliced ham.
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Toby and I out for a late morning, well behaved, 30min walk.
*sunny, warm/high clouds, slight breeze.
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BK for lunch for me and my wife.
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Methinks I’m feeling a bit better.
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JsFnChst!  1st shift set me up on some of the worst shit ever!  150lb SHF and 8 parts that took me 5-6 hours to complete with only 26min allotted.  The one side of the parts wasn’t bad, but ONE HINDRED FIFTY POUND SHF!  The other side of the parts was an intricate cut that had to run TWICE; once as a rough cut, the 2nd cut the final cut.  I enlisted help from the shop to finish the blending of the mismatch, but it was FUCKING done.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Shower, 01:30 nighty-night, I get to sleep with my WONDERFUL wife!
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(Aranmânôd = Harvest Month)
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Plans: my love my wife, VA eye clinic, work 8hrs.
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Elder Rune: Naudiz: The Rune of Need (whether mortal, emotional, spiritual), a Wurtâ Rune, forced 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.
*A2R2
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Tyr:
Havamal 157:
A twelfth one I sing, when I see through the brush
The hanged one swinging from the hemp;
He climbs down from the trunk, must tell me his tale
When I carve the Runes right.
 
Rebirth, renewal, rising from the ashes, excitation, revelation, mysteries revealed, sacrifice, rebirth of the Sun god, fertility and/or destruction, generation, power, success, wisdom, duties fulfilled, art of concealment and hiding, rebirth into the light - life of the soul, the power to make situations turn completely around, spiritual understanding, the power of regeneration, warrior strength, justice, balance, personal sacrifice of the father, resurrection/reincarnation/born again; “Do not fear anything, even dying cannot kill you.  Better to die than to be dead alive” (Gorsleben).
“Fear not death - it cannot kill you (List, 58).
H2R6
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Interpretation: Stress (Naudiz) brings rebirth (Tyr).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: Did I just get 8hrs of undisturbed sleep?  PERFEKT!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Good morning conversation with my wife.
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Scrambled eggs with cheese and cubed ham slices.
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…aaaaaaaaaaaand there’s a new legion on my bottom lip…. painful.
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VA Eye appointment went well; no invasion of shingles onto my eye.
*stuck around to have my eye glasses better adjusted to my face.
*call into the VA to schedule a shingles vaccine, but have to wait until this shingles outbreak clears.
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Toby and I out for an exceptionally well behaved, noon hour, 30min walk.
*mostly cloudy, warm, slight north breeze,
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Call into the MLS store…well crap…
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Dillons
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Vegetable soup for lunch; no need to chew.
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Call in from brother to check on me…LOVE my brother!
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I spent all shift on SHFs.  SHFs are notorious for having very poor time allotments, yet are the most labor intensive; hence, not much time turned-in, but was kept sufficiently busy.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Showered, 02:00, nighty-night, I get to sleep with my BEAUTIFUL wife!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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(Aranmânôd = Harvest Month)
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Plans: my love my wife, work 8hrs
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Ancestor Meditation: Dienstag/Thing Day/Tuesday (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
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: Gebo: The mystical union of gift and giver, repay gift for gift, generosity, a fair exchange between people or gods and the Luck that accompanies it; freely exchanged, obligations, contracts, relationships, sometimes sexual, sacrifice, and hospitality, do not take more than we are willing to give, the voluntary sacrifice of resources.
*A1R7
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Ka:
Havamal 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: A gift (Gebo) brings imperviousness (Ka).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 7hrs of sleep with only one post-sunrise wake-up.
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RAIN!  Beautiful rain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Morning conversation with my wife.  She’s concerned about the sores that keep surfacing on my face.  She had me put garlic juice on my sores.
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I’m just amazed at the print my Coastie buddy sent.  I shared it in my group for Lightship Sailors on Fb: https://www.facebook.com/groups/112954141440/
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Soft food is the order of the day: scrambled eggs with cheese and diced ham.
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Okay, another spot has surfaced.  EVERYHING is becoming painful.  I called the VA and luckily, they were able to get me a 2:30pm appointment.
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Toby and I out for an early afternoon, well behaved, 30min walk.
*mild/slightly muggy, mostly overcast/clearing west, no breeze.
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Into the VA for my worked-in doctor’s appointment.  It is shingles, it just so happens to be on my FACE!  While waiting on the ꝶ at the VA, I had GOOGLE call (yes, it really worked) my dentist office.  I talked to them about whether or not they have seen ANYTHING in my chart that would suggest this jaw/teeth pain other than this onset of shingles, which they did not.  They suggested a combination of 600mg of ibuprofen and 500mg of Tylenol, which I immediately took with my ꝶ.
*Well hela, thank you for this gift (Gebo) as I feel so damned impervious (Ka).
*White Dove on the way home.
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Stayed home; trying to get the OTC pain relivers to work.
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Vegetable soup for dinner, swallowed, not chewed at all.
*four pieces of turkey bologna later; carefully chewed.
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Still hurting.
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9:30pm and my wife is still in her office?  Oh wait, there she is.
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Purchased this for my wife: https://www.elementees.net/collections/wow-awesome-blanket/products/alliance-hooded-blanket
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Last check on all fur-kids.  Since the rain has stopped, Socks was more inclined to go out for the night.
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23:30 nighty-night, I get to sleep with my wife.
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(Aranmânôd = Harvest Month)
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Plans: my love my wife, work 8hrs.
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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 [sister) (1956-12018)].
Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963)
Birth 24 October 1924 in Whitewater, Butler County, Kansas, USA
*US Navy veteran, Joint Intelligence Center, Pacific Ocean Area (JICPOA)
**Naval Intelligence Office, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
*Married 23 June 1946
Death 10 October 1963 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994)
Birth 20 January 1926 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas, USA
Death 23 September 1994 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: 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: Ur:
Havamal 147:
Another I name, that all need to have
Who officiate as curing healers;
Know yourself, and you will know the world,
And learn to discern between evil and its causes.
 
Self-knowledge/awareness, all-knowing, discernment, witches/shamans/doctors, the primordial, eternity, primal fire, primal light, primal, primal bull, recognize the cause of an event, healing. that which is grasped or permanent, medical help, the healing powers of medical drugs, nurturing at the original basis, original cause, origin, root of all material and cosmic phenomena, contact with the transcendent, contact with the dead, life after mortal death, Mother-God, Creative Mother Principle, a physician’s rune and represents resurrection, eternity, and continuity, root of all material and cosmic phenomena, root of eternity, causality; the origin of time, cause and effect in the eternal power of becoming.
“Know yourself, then you will know all” (List 50).
*H1R2
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Interpretation: Inner strength (Eihwaz) brings discernment (Ur).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: up at 8:45am, not sure how much sleep I got but it was solid.
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Wife is still not well this morning.
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Breakfast sandwich on wheat toast.
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Toby and I out for a late-morning, well behaved, 30min walk.
*mild/muggy, cloudy/sprinkles, slight south breeze.
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Call into the MLS store to verify I have no orders out thru them; verified.
Call into PayPal all is refunded…now I’m confused.
Re-made the order with MLS store anyway.  Order verified on website.
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Chicken patties from frozen/cheese added, ear of corn, garden salad.
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Here is the dilemma my wife has dealing with her chronic illness; Saturday, she was fun-loving and having a great time, but today, she’s down for the count.
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Not a horrible shift @ work.  I turned in just a WEE bit more than 8hrs for the 8hr shift.
*two-year anniversary recognized by giving me my vacation hours: 93 (85 reg + 8 remaining).  Sick leave will start building again, but I had 24 hrs remaining.
*I have NO IDEA why the lower left quadrant of my jaw is hurting so.  Stopped in @ the QT for some Orajel http://www.orajel.com/.
*three places on my body I’m dealing with aggravating little pain:
Three zit-like face sores
Lower-left quadrant jaw/tooth
Lower right back
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OMGs!  I forgot all about my Coastie buddy from Maine saying he was sending me a gift.  It arrived today.  It’s a picture/painting of a Nantucket Lightvessel.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Wooooooooooooow…my Irminenschaft website is getting MEGA hits this week: 960 unique visitors and 613 page views.  It’s the most I’ve EVER seen.
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Shower, 02:00, nighty-night, I get to sleep with my wife.
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Hehe...just for fun...

(Aranmânôd = Harvest Month)
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Plans: domestic stuff.
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Ancestor Meditation: (picture source: The Mennonite Heritage and Agricultural Museum, 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. (picture source: The Mennonite Heritage and Agricultural Museum, 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: Gebo: The mystical union of gift and giver, repay gift for gift, generosity, a fair exchange between people or gods and the Luck that accompanies it; freely exchanged, obligations, contracts, relationships, sometimes sexual, sacrifice, and hospitality, do not take more than we are willing to give, the voluntary sacrifice of resources.
*A1R7
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: 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, 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: A sacrificial gift (Gebo) brings magical empowerment (Man).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 7hrs of sleep with one wake-up.
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Good morning conversation with my wife.
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Lite housekeeping.
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Niece over with my great-nephew to mow my front yard + a very nice visit.
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Might as well be lunch; 3-eggs sunny side up, wheat bread for sopping, leftover diced potatoes, deli ham.
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Wife off to Best Buy
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DFL/German Supercup https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_DFL-Supercup
Eintracht Frankfurt v Bayern München
*21st min TOR/GOAL Bayern
*27th min TOR/GOAL Bayern
*@ the half 0-2
*54th min TOR/GOAL Bayern
**smh
*63rd min TOR/GOAL Bayern
**smh, smh
*86th min TOR/GOAL Bayern
**smh, smh, smh
*end of match; Eintracht Frankfurt 0:5 Bayern München
*smh, smh, smh, smh
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OH NO!  Wife came back from Best Buy with a $2300 gaming computer + accessories for $1,000…silly girl, but onehelauva great bargain shopper.
*Gebo/Man in an odd sort of way.
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3 loads of laundry.
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Patricia’s https://www.patriciasgiftshop.com/pages/wichita-kellogg
*success!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dillons
Dillons petrol
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2 pork fritters with cheese and jalapeno corn chips.
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MLS yesterday https://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/schedule/2018-08-11
LAFC v Sporting Kansas City
*17th min GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*@ the half 0:1
*66th min GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*end of match; LAFC 0:2 Sporting Kansas City!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MLS today https://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/schedule/2018-08-12
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To brother’s house with a bag of trash and a toy for the kitty that Socks never used.
O’Reilly https://locations.oreillyauto.com/ks/wichita/autoparts-224.html
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Wife is having intestinal issues tonight.
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8:30pm and DARK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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WOW!  Fell asleep HARD in my wife’s recliner; not sure when.  Got up @ 3am to crawl in bed with my beautiful wife!
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