(Gelomânôd = Yellow month)
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Plans: my love my fiancée, work 8hrs
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Ancestor Meditation: (picture source: Ancestry.com)
Frijastag/Frija’s Day (great grandparents) David D. Schmidt (1852-1924) and Elisabeth Zülke (apx1856-1932) 
David D. Schmidt
Birth 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: Ansuz: In favor of the gods, Wodan specifically, Wodanic wisdom, 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, 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 145.
The first one promises to help generously
In sorrow, sickness and pain;
In eternal change, man goes forth
From death to new creation.
 
Generous help, luck, eternal change, forward motion, binding, life/death/life, new creation, property, to grow, to wander, to destroy, to shred, guidance, Father, potential change reflected in a beginning; preface of that which is becoming, being and passing away; procreation, creative father principle, Alle-Vater principle.  primal Fire, the power of spirit and change as well as the power of creativity, the Divine Masculine Principle, success, pure, generated fire that acts creatively in love, will that spares manifestation down to the material levels, necessity of change.
“Generate your luck and you will have it” (List, 49).
*H1R1
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Interpretation: Divine wisdom (Ansuz) brings generous help (Fa).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 7hrs of sleep, two wake-ups
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Good morning chat with my love my fiancée
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Quick clean of the house.
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Whole grain cereal with a whole-wheat English muffin, an egg, and leftover gravy. 
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Toby and I out for a fairly well-behaved, 25min walk.  He found a fresh squirrel cadaver, aaaaaaaand his walk was done.  I finished 5min on my own.
*partly cloudy, mild, stout south wind.
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Sister-in-law over for care and feeding instruction of fur kids
Insurance office for proof of insurance
Auto Smart because my “check engine” light came on again; computer glitch between gear-shift and dashboard
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Lunch from frozen
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Bundesliga http://www.bundesliga.com/en/
Schalke 2-0 Mainz on FS1/Sling-TV
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WTF do you have in your mouth, Toby?   Did you kill a squirrel in the backyard?  Jeez…
Pretty good 8hrs shift @ work.  SHFs are becoming easier…usually.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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PTA shower, bed, nighty-night
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(Gelomânôd = Yellow month)
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Plans: my love my fiancée, work 8 or 9hrs
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(Gelomânôd = Yellow month)
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Plans: my love my fiancée, yard, work 9hrs
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Ancestor Meditation: Wodanstag/Wodan’s Day (grandparents, Mother) David F. Schmidt (1895-1957) and Mary Goertz (1888-1983)
David F. Schmidt (1895-1957)
Birth 28 Feb 1885 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas
Death 1 Oct 1957 in Marion County, Kansas
*Married 22 October 1922
Mary Goertz (1888-1983)
Birth 17 March 1888 in Kismet, Kansas
Death 27 Dec 1983 in Marion County, Kansas
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: 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: Tyr: 
Havamal 156.
A twelfth one I sing, when I see through the brush
The hanged one swinging from the hemp;
He climbs down from the trunk, must tell me his tale
When I carve the Runes right.
 
Rebirth, renewal, rising from the ashes, excitation, 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: enlightenment (Dagaz) leads to rebirth (Tyt).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 7hrs of sleep with two wake-ups
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Quick good morning chat with my love my fiancée
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WTF TOBY?  Was there something in that bag-o-beer cans that you REALLY needed; enough to rip open the bag and scatter it around the backyard?
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Turkey gravy on whole-wheat English muffins (yes, plural.  It was that good), with one egg.
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Mowed yard in its entirety.  Mowing is certainly easier with a battery powered electric mower.  Braced up the edging around the bushes from my fall.
Edging/trimming tomorrow.
Rolled up the water hoses for Agathagart for winter.
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PH for lunch
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Not a horrible shift.  Not enough to keep me for 9hrs; rather, 8hrs instead.  That’s okay as I have a 9AM appt.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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PTA shower, bed, nighty-night.
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God/dess Meditation: Wodan; Alle-Vater god!  Wandering god!  Rune god! Wolf god! Raven god! Wodan!! Husband to Frija, the Alle-Mutter.  Son to Paru and Bezzia, brother to Willo and Wîh; We call out to you, not as slaves or on bended knee, but on our feet and open-armed as befits your offspring. Watch us as we struggle, but the fight and fame must both be ours! Grant us that victory which we win by OUR might and mane! After a life battle-worn, Wodan, grant us access to our Great Ancestral Hall, where we may feast, drink the glorious mead and be merry with our heroes and our Altmâgâ. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, Wodan, as we honor the Wodan that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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(Gelomânôd = Yellow month)
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Plans: Auto Smart, my love my fiancée, work 9hrs
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Ancestor Meditation: Dienstag/Thing Day (grandparents) Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967) and Maria Hildebrand (1895-72)
Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967)
Birth 15 May 1898 in Medford, Grant County, Oklahoma, USA
Death 26 Mar 1967 in Hesston, Harvey County, Kansas, United States
*Married 2 June 1920
Maria Hildebrand (1894-72)
Birth 30 Dec 1894 in Marion County, Ks, USA
Death 22 Jul 1972 in Newton, Harvey County, KS, USA
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Raido: Wheel, horse transportation, riding, issues concerning: ordered/rhythmic movement, a journey, the journey of life, travel, seek wise counsel, spiritual quest, the law of the cosmic right, freedom and moral responsibility of the Self, ordered change, planning, ethical conduct, personal discipline, to oversee one’s own journey in life, the proper course of faring, progress, perspective.
Conversely:
Spinning one’s wheels, lack of movement, unwise counsel, a breakdown in (divine) order, restlessness, make no travel plans, upsetting the cart, wrong action and disorder, the opposite of that which is right, off the proper course, slow motion, vehicular failure, without a sense of purpose, personal irresponsibility, a failed or disappointing journey, void of progress or proper perspective.
*A1R5
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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​Armanen Rune: Man: 
Havamal 159.
A fourteenth know I Volkrast, the dwarf,
Sings early at the gates of dawn,
To strengthen the Aesir, to empower the Alves,
But to myself, All-Father, to gain wisdom.
 
Strength, magical empowerment, acquisition of Divine wisdom, propagation of the human race, encompasses both the exoteric and the esoteric concepts of humanity, great gain, male mysteries/leadership, manly actions, pulling down the spiritual into material form, human/humanity, increase, masculinity, health, plenty, magic, spirit, truth, God-Man, male principle in Cosmos, birth, health, increase, maleness and man, Divine man, male principle in Cosmos, magic power, thaumaturgy, true self, the resurrected god, the upper part of the world tree, Irminsul, Rune of spiritual powers, of directing Manna powers; the sacred Rune of humankind encouraging us to be human.
“Be a man” (List, 61).
H3R3
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Interpretation: Movement (Raido) leads to empowerment (Man).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: Barely five hours of sleep?  WTF??????????????
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Whole grain cereal
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Quick good morning chat with my love my fiancée
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Oh gods, THAT’S why the minimal sleep.  I forgot to take my night-time meds.
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QT for an Ultimate Burrito and a Coke Zero.
Auto Smart; tire rotation, balance, fluid check, nail in tire (9lbs of pressure) repaired…all free due to the warranty I purchased with the tires.
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Fucking tired…
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Toby and I out for a late morning, 25min walk, with a 5min visit with Preacher Gump, encouraging him to keep in touch with my sister.
*sunny, mild, stout south breeze.
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Attempt at a nap…not happening
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Lunch from frozen, garden salad added
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Energy level only allows for core work
Ab-roller + 25lbs, 4 sets @ 25 ea.
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No sign of Socks all day.
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The shift started off well enough, but became frustrating when I noticed screwed up the front thread sleeves and almost every small bolt.
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Last check on all fur-kids.  I love it when Socks comes a-running when I come home.
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Shower, bed, nighty-night
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(Gelomânôd = Yellow month)
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Plans: my love my fiancée, attorney, work 9hrs
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Ancestor Meditation: Manostag/Monday (parents) Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963) and Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994), Jewell F. Reimer [(sister) (1947)], Michael L Reimer [(brother) (1948-1997)].
Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963
Birth 24 October 1924 in Whitewater, Butler County, Kansas, USA
*US Navy veteran, Joint Intelligence Center, Pacific Ocean Area (JICPOA)
**Naval Intelligence Office, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
*Married 23 June 1946
Death 10 October 1963 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994)
Birth 20 January 1926 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas, USA
Death 23 September 1994 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: 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: Ar: 
Havamal 153.
A ninth one I sing, when dangers at sea forces me
To protect my ship from the stormy waves;
The storm I calm down, no matter how billowing the sea,
And I cradle the waves to sleep.
 
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: loyalty to family (Othilla) leads to dangers calmed (Ar).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 8hrs of solid sleep!
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Good morning chat with my love my fiancée.
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Toby and I out for a mid-morning, well behaved, 30min walk.
*cool, sunny, south breeze
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One egg breakfast sandwich on ½ a whole-wheat, English muffin with ham and cheese
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Attorney; I hope things go well with this.  I don’t want to expect TOO much, at the same time, I was to expect what is fair.
*really a nice visit!
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Homemade turkey burger with cheese and French fries.
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Fucked off way too long
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Core workout:
Ab-roller + 25lbs, 4 sets @ 25 ea.
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‘Twas a busy shift:
1. 1st shift table shaper colleague left two bags of cans in his truck, but says he won’t be bringing me cans anymore.  He SAYS he’s quitting drinking.  While I respect that decision…we’ll see.
*…and someone else comes forward with an eventual can offering.
2. Got a flu shot and a health check
*BP: 119/65 (expected < 120/< 80)
*Cholesterol: 172 (expected < 200)
*HDL: 30 (expected > 40)
*Glucose: 105 (expected < or = 140)
3. New supervisor; Jeez…I worked with this guy back in the mid-80s.  He remembered me from warehouse 3.  He also remembered some other life details about me.  He only looked familiar to me.
4. Issues between two shop colleagues.
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LOVELY cool night!
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Last check on all fur-kids…aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand off goes Socks.  There HAS to be some kind of kitty business in need of his attention overnight.
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PTA shower, bed, nighty-night.
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(Gelomânôd = Yellow 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 (2nd great grandparents) David   A. Schmidt (1822-1892) and Maria Nachtigal (1828-1911)
David A. Schmidt (1822-1892)
Birth 19 May 1822 in Alexanderwohl, Molotschna South, Russia
Death 18 Dec 1892 in Marion County, Kansas, United States
*Married 15 November 1849
Maria Nachtigal (1828-1911)
Birth 23 Jan 1828 in Majdan Królewski, Podkarpackie, Duchy of Poland, West Prussia
Death 01 Apr 1911 in Goessel, Marion County, Kansas, United States
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
* no doubt the ones who brought the family over from Europe.
(picture added 3/26/2016)
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Jera: Harvest, 12th Rune of the Futhark, the number 12, cycles, a turning point, cause and effect, the Rune of return, two halves of a cyclic whole, harmony-in-movement-in-balance, improvement, expansion, growth, progress, patience, fruition of plans, the mystic union between Earth and the Cosmos, the result of a previous action, appropriate reward for the right (or wrong) action.
*A2R4
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Not: 
Havamal 152.
An eighth is mine, to all the Folk
Useful to know in their suffering;
Where hatred rises-up between man and man,
This I can settle fast.
 
Distress, suffering, compulsion of fate, separation, confrontation, strife settled, understanding suffering, settled calm, mind over matter, necessity of fate, misery and death, change of luck as necessity, decision of the Wurtâ, Wurt/Urlag paid-for, cause-effect relations, capability to restructure Wurt/Urlag, That which cannot be averted, the Ur-law that is active in every creature, stress, karmic debt, karmic need, but with outlook for change of karma, banishing ill fortune by means of accepting karma and karmic law, Skuld, Divine justice that balances.
“Use your fate, do not strive against it” (List, 55).
*H2R2
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Interpretation: Harvest (Jera) leads to a settled calm (Not).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 7hrs of sleep with only one wake-up
*well, it was the start of one, anyway…
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My health by the numbers:
Weight: 252
Glucose: 122
BP: 136/72
Pulse: 73
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Sent in my health numbers to my online VA L-2 program.
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Good morning chat with my love my fiancée.
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Malt-O-Meal with syrup and a banana.
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Bundesliga http://www.bundesliga.com/en/
Leverkusen 2-2 Wolfsburg on FS1/Sling-TV
Bremen 0-2 M’Gladbach on FS2/Sling-TV
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Toby and I out for a misbehaved, late-mid-morning, 30min walk.  Twice Toby took-off into somebody’s backyard.  He knows better.  He was placed on the retractable for the last half of the walk.
*cool, sunny, north breeze.
*when it’s cool like this and neither of Socks’ temperature control units are engaged, I don’t mind cracking open his sliding glass door while I’m home.
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Call into Sister, she’s going home today.  I’m encouraging her to go to Preacher Gump’s church.  Yeah, I private joke, I know, but still funny!
*Jera/Not
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3 loads of laundry
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Errands:
To the D.A.V. Thrift store to drop off offering; well, they’re no longer open on Sunday.
Dollar General
Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market
*supported Children’s Miracle Network with a hotdog, cook1e and water; $1.25
*supported Boy Scouts with popcorn; $10
Dillons; $162.72 reduced to $109.64 with store and vendor coupons
Dillions petrol; .02c off, holding .30c gas points for this weekend.
*filled out my feedback to get 50 extra fuel points.
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Finished paperwork for attorney
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Spicy Italian bräts, potato salad and a garden salad for dinner…OMGs GOOOOOOOOOOD!
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Wooooooooooooooooow…19:30hrs and DARK!
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It’s a HUGE Soccer Sunday (Decision Day) with the MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/
Chicago 3-2 Philly
New England 2-1 NYCFC
NYRB 0-0 Atlanta on FS1/Sling-TV
Orlando 0-1 Columbus
Toronto 0-1 Montreal
 Colorado v Salt Lake
Sporting Kansas City v Houston on FS2/Sling-TV
*all SKC needs is a tie (1 point), or a win (3 points) would be better, to put them into the playoffs.
*@ the half, 0-0
*end of match 0-0 (EXCELLENT goalkeeping!)
*with this “tie” SKC is in the playoffs
LA 3-0 Minnesota
Seattle 4-0 Dallas on FS1/Sling-TV
Vancouver 1-1 San Jose
Portland 4-0 DC
*playoff standings: https://www.mlssoccer.com/standings/live
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That’s it…I’m done
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Shower, bed, nighty-night.
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(Gelomânôd = Yellow month)
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Plans: my love my fiancée, errands, ICT Bloktoberfest
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Ancestor Meditation: (gravesites @ Alexanderwohl Mennonite, Goessel, Ks and Medford Oklahoma Mennonite respectively) Tag der Fruchtbarkeit/Day of Fertility (2nd great grandparents) Peter Amos Reimer (1832-1905) and Agatha Dirksen (1840-1905)
Peter A Reimer (1832-1905)
Birth 17 Sept 1832 in Ohrloff, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 3 Sept 1905 in Goessel, KS
*Married 22 September 1858
Agatha Dirksen (1840-1905)
Birth 07 Apr 1840 in Sparrau, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 3 Apr 1905 in Medford, OK
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
*no doubt the ones who brought the family over from Europe.
*offered up some tobacco for Granny Aggie.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Gebo: The mystical union of gift and giver, repay gift for gift, generosity, a fair exchange between people or gods and the Luck that accompanies it; freely exchanged, obligations, contracts, relationships, sometimes sexual, sacrifice, and hospitality, do not take more than we are willing to give, the voluntary sacrifice of resources.
*A1R7
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Laf: 
Havamal 158.
A fourteenth I sing to the assembled Folk
When naming the divine names;
The Aesir and Alves and their various kinds
No one can spell out without learning.
 
Determination, 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: Gift (Gebo) leads to determination (Laf).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 7hrs of uninterrupted sleep…priceless!
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Quick good morning chat with my love my fiancée. 
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Errands
FedEx for a copy of my receipt with Jewels for Me
Post office to send my ring for repair
Bank for cash for haircut
QT FOR BREAKFAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Bundesliga http://www.bundesliga.com/en/
Hoffenheim 2-2 Augsburg
Berlin 0-2 Schalke
Mainz 3-2 Hamburger
Hannover 1-2 Frankfurt
München 5-0 Freiburg (WOW!)
Borussia Dortmund v Leipzig
*4th min TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*10th min tor/goal Leipzig
*25th min tor/goal Leipzig
*@ the half, BVB 1-2 Leipzig
*49th min tor/goal Leipzig
*<smh>
*64th min TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*end of match BVB 2-3 Leipzig…well scheisse.  I THINK Leipzig snapped the longest home-winning streak in the Bundesliga.
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Extended telephone conversation with the Jarl of Hammerstorm Wichita about wedding plans.  I asked the Jarl to be my best-man.  He said he would be honored!  Actually, I am the one who is honored.
*Gebo/Laf
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Amazing, one of Essie’s brushes resurfaced after the house ate it.
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Haircut
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ICT Bloktoberfest http://xclusiveeventservices.com/bloktoberfest/
*got there too late to really enjoy anything.  I DID, however, get my VIP stein filled, and a t-shirt for my honey since they didn’t have my size.  I enjoyed snacks at the VIP tent and walked around a bit, THEN the rain hit!  I was done.
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My blanket showed up when I was trying to nap.  I bought a patchwork blanket while at the Delano Fall Fair last weekend.  It was in need of repair.  She delivered it upon completion.
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I just feel like…well…being alone, and that’s easily done.
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Gotham S4 E4 https://www.fox.com/gotham/?cmpid=org=dcg::ag=360i::mc=cpc::src=google::cmp=foxweb::add=gotham
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Socks has been gone all last night and today.  He finally showed up @ 19:45hrs, a bit damp, however, none the worse for wear.  I haven’t seen that German-shepherd/Huskie mix today, but that didn’t keep me from worrying about Socks.  I always feel better knowing Socks is safe in his house.
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Wonderful evening chat with my love my fiancée 
*Gebo/Laf
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Purchased “Wonder Woman” http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0451279/ on Google Play, Chromecast to my television…WOW!
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Last check on all fur-kids.  Toby LOVES camping-out all night when it’s cool.
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Nighty-night
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(Gelomânôd = Yellow month)
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Plans: work 8 or 9 hours
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Ancestor Meditation: Donarstag/Donar’s Day (great, grandparents) Peter Reimer (1868-1937) and Eva Hiebert (1874-1929)
Peter Reimer (1868-1937)
Birth 17 July 1868 in, Kleefeld, Molotschna, Russia
Death 12 Jan 1937 in Kern County, California, United States
*Married 9 April 1893
Eva Hiebert (1874-1929)
Birth 13 Jan 1874 in, Alexanderwohl, Molotschna, Taurida, Russia
Death 20 Aug 1929 in Fresno, Fresno, California, United States
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Wunjo: Joy, pasture, happiness attained with the fulfillment of a wish, the strong Clanic relationship, social contacts, family ties, Clanic solidarity, fellowship, happiness, optimism, realization of true will, social and domestic harmony, good cheer, new social relationships, Fridu attained within a secure setting, a bright attitude of Wodan exposed.
Conversely:
Sadness, disruption/breakdown in the Clanic relationship, questionable social contacts, loser, miserable, loneliness, shunning, weakened family/Clanic ties, social and domestic disharmony, the inability to attain a wish, strife, alienation, pessimism, failed social relationships, Fridu is challenged, the shadow/dark side of Wodan is exposed.
*A1R8
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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: Thorn: 
Havamal 147.
A third I take, when danger threatens,
To bind the enemies through magic:
Thus, I dull the steel of the furious opponent.
Like the staff, his sword does not cut anymore.
 
Donar, a constant renewal of life in rebirth, deflecting an opponent, making ineffective, protection from danger, enemies bound through magic, impermeable, an awakening, the power to turn, the divine will to act, the law of eternal reincarnation, power to become, Return, new emergence from what's apparently old and dried-up, formative power of the seed, the thunderbolt, targeting goals, activity and the phallus, mental telepathy, projection of the will, fierce protection, psychic attack & defense, penetrating time & space, Rune of opposing polarities and of joining opposites, binding of and victory over the enemy.
“Preserve your ego” (List, 51).
*H1R3
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Interpretation: Joy (Wunjo) leads to protection (Thorn).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 6hrs of sleep…
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Good morning chat with my love my fiancée
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Call in from my niece.  My sister in in a bad way.  She’s in the ambulance now headed to the emergency room.
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Toby and I out for a well behaved, 30min walk
*mild, sunny, stout south wind
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Texts from niece; sister will be admitted with an infection in the arm and the start of pneumonia.
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On hold…
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Bionic Burger for lunch
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Sister has been admitted into the hospital.
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Call into attorney
Call into preacher for sister’s benefit.
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No time left at all to workout
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Active work shift:
*Text messaging with K_.  Preacher Gump did indeed make a hospital visit, but Sister was still out of it.  Preacher Gump visited and ministered to K_.
*I successfully lead plumber/maintenance to replace the air-hose-reel on the table shaper; nice new reel, nice new sufficient hose.
*colleague from vapor degrease brought my attention to some parts he thought for sure I worked on occasion.  They turned out to be my bread-n-butter parts…TWO SETS!  Another two sets of similar parts were with them.  So, 2 sets with 460min each and 2 sets with 127min each.  A colleague in the shop suggested I hide two sets.  See?  I would have never thought of doing that.  I completed the one set of 460min + 127min, couple that with what I already completed today.  Provided no one bugs the ones I hid in an adjoining shop, I already have my 9hrs covered for tomorrow. 
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WTF?  That shepherd/husky was once again in the backyard with Toby.  It took off to the hindmost parts and jumped the fence.
*Socks was smart enough to keep a distance, watching, waiting for me to take care of the situation. 
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*Comment for posterity only*
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Shower, bed, nighty-night
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(Gelomânôd = Yellow month)
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Plans: my love my fiancée, work 8 or 9 hours
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Ancestor Meditation: Wodanstag/Wodan’s Day (grandparents, Mother) David F. Schmidt (1895-1957) and Mary Goertz (1888-1983)
David F. Schmidt (1895-1957)
Birth 28 Feb 1885 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas
Death 1 Oct 1957 in Marion County, Kansas
*Married 22 October 1922
Mary Goertz (1888-1983)
Birth 17 March 1888 in Kismet, Kansas
Death 27 Dec 1983 in Marion County, Kansas
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: 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: Rit: 
Havamal 149.
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.
 
The exalted, the strength of Will, external power/strength 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: Inner strength (Eihwaz) leads to outer strength (Rit) or, inner strength emanating outward.
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 6 ½ hours of up and down sleep
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Good morning chat with my love my fiancée.
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One-egg breakfast burrito with ham and cheese.
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Toby and I out for a fairly well behaved 30min walk.
*mildly cool, sunny, slight north breeze
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Internet wasn’t working properly.  I went from Google Chrome back to Microsoft Edge.  NOW things are working better.
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JsFnChst!  I fucked off on the internet until 13:00hrs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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BK for lunch
*WELL GODSDAMNIT!  When I went out to take Toby with me, that German Shephard mix was in the back yard again!  This is getting to be a problem.  Something HAS to be done.
*I cruised the neighborhood…nothing
*called animal control.
*OH GODS!  Now I’m going to worry about Socks…
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Okay, this is getting stupid.  I NEED to MAKE TIME for working out.  It’s after 14:00hrs.  Core workout only:
Ab-roller + 20lbs, 4 sets @ 25 ea.
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WOW!  I go into work to discover more part orders on the incoming rack @ the table shaper than I’ve seen in a VERY long time.  Not only that, but more was brought in.  I didn’t have to deburr anything just to look busy.  Worked 9hrs.
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There’s Socks!  I really do love it when he comes a-running off the porch and over to the driver’s side of the car to greet me when I come home.
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The US has been eliminated from the 2018 World Cup. 

• https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2017/10/10/what-theyre-saying-about-us-failing-qualify-2018-world-cup
• http://www.espnfc.com/united-states/story/3227089/landon-donovan-says-us-didnt-deserve-to-qualify-for-2018-world-cup
• http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/11/557128715/revenge-shock-and-rage-after-u-s-mens-team-whiffs-on-world-cup

JsFnChst!  Not surprised.  That’s okay, GERMANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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PTA shower, bed, nighty-night
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(Gelomânôd = Yellow month)
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Plans: my love my fiancée, work 8 or 9hrs
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Ancestor Meditation: Dienstag/Thing Day (grandparents) Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967) and Maria Hildebrand (1895-72)
Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967)
Birth 15 May 1898 in Medford, Grant County, Oklahoma, USA
Death 26 Mar 1967 in Hesston, Harvey County, Kansas, United States
*Married 2 June 1920
Maria Hildebrand (1894-72)
Birth 30 Dec 1894 in Marion County, Ks, USA
Death 22 Jul 1972 in Newton, Harvey County, KS, USA
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
*sometimes the time with them can be SO emotional…just like this morning…
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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: Wunjo: Joy, pasture, happiness attained with the fulfillment of a wish, the strong Clanic relationship, social contacts, family ties, Clanic solidarity, fellowship, happiness, optimism, realization of true will, social and domestic harmony, good cheer, new social relationships, Fridu attained within a secure setting, a bright attitude of Wodan exposed.
Conversely:
Sadness, disruption/breakdown in the Clanic relationship, questionable social contacts, loser, miserable, loneliness, shunning, weakened family/Clanic ties, social and domestic disharmony, the inability to attain a wish, strife, alienation, pessimism, failed social relationships, Fridu is challenged, the shadow/dark side of Wodan is exposed.
*A1R8
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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 161.
A seventeenth I know, through a wise law
To join two lives in love;
And everyone is willing, no virginal woman
Will leave me lightly after this.
 
Warns against frivolous, transient love affairs, the legal bond between man and woman, lasting love, two bound together by the primal law of life, unification, sanctity of marriage, the cross of wedlock, fulfillment, maintaining strict morals within the bonds of marriage, love, duality, bound by primal law, love, trust and marriage. Soul-mates, wedding, partnership, permanent bond, binding decision, hope, duration, horse, permanence and marriage as a law, unity of ego and you, sister souls, soul-love, God-Man-Woman, ideal love, twin souls, two made one, success, increase.
“Marriage is the raw-root of the Aryans” (List, 63).
*H3R5
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Interpretation: Joy (Wunjo) leads to marriage (Eh).
*OH, HELA YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I love my baby SO MUCH!  She IS my joy!  She IS the one I REALLY want to marry!
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 8hrs of sleep with only 2 wake-ups.
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OOOOOooooo…44F/7c…EXCELLENT!
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My love my fiancée is already busy this morning.
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The main home heating unit is working well.  I have yet to test the space heater for the bedroom.  Of course, my first concern is always for Socks’ heating units.  Both are working well!
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Malt-O-Meal with syrup and a banana for breakfast
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Space heater in the bedroom works well, too.
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Toby and I out for a late morning, well-behaved, 30min walk.
*cool, overcast, nice north breeze; and Toby’s energy was boundless.
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Reduced weight/increased reps for wrist pain
Ab-roller + 20lbs, 4 sets @ 25 ea.
*this has become pretty intense.
Standing,

• Wrist curls 3 sets of 10 @ 2/20lbs (eliminated)

• Forearm curls 3 sets of 6 @ 2/20lbs (reduced to 3 sets of 12 @ 2/10lbs)
• Bicep curls 3 sets of 6 @ 2/20lbs (reduced to 3 sets of 12 @ 2/10lbs)
• Overhead triceps extension 3 sets of 6 @ 2/20lbs (reduced to 3 sets of 12 @ 2/10lbs)
• Shoulder press 3 sets of 6 @ 2/20lbs (reduced to 3 sets of 12 @ 2/10lbs)
• Standing shoulder row 3 sets of 6 @ 2/20lbs (reduced to 3 sets of 12 @ 2/10lbs)

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Made my VA copay and juggled accounts
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Afternoon chat with my love my fiancée
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Not a horrible night at work.  Even though there were a few orders on the table shaper, I opted to stay off it to work on an easy order of 18 parts in layout/trim/drill that I KNEW would take all night.  WHY?
*rough sawed to remove excess
*drilled two .250 tooling holes
*located per tooling holes, laid-out rough scribe, drilled 46 #30 pilot holes
*band-sawed per rough scribe
*pin routed net periphery
**easy and busy
**worked 9hrs
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41degF on the way home.
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Last check on all fur-kids.  Sock’s house was well heated, but yet there was some kind of kitty business somewhere that demanded his attention.
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Shower, bed, nighty-night
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