(Iulmond = Yule month)

I have NO IDEA what happen last night during sleep; no alcohol, no smoke, but I passed out in the Green Chair at some point, then woke up at 01:30/1:30AM.  Undisturbed by Toby I slept-in until almost 07:00/7AM.

The Essie/Toby mouse killing team is on it this morning!  Essie flushes them out and Toby finishes them off.

The “Good Yule” project is complete and re-hung. 

2nd Day of Yule – The Winter Solstice
The Winter Solstice represents the shortest day and the longest night. Winter begins for us in this modern era.  We give HAIL to the turning of the wheel!  From this day onward Sunna, the feminine aspect of the Sun, gains strength and eventually breaks winter's spell. Celebrate Sunna's return and the fertility she brings!  Take time to honor this very holy night.

Plans: clean house and finish laundry 

AM Meditation: Sunnastac/Sunday, we meditate on Sunna, goddess of the Sun:
Greetings to you Sunna, in all your feminine, fertile glory; Lamp of Wodan, newly risen! Hail to you who has shown on all our ancestors, who shines on us, and who will yet shine on our decedents yet unborn. Share with us some of your light, your energy, your power, so that we might better fight our battles and attain our goals. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL SUNNA, as we honor the Sunna that resides in us all!

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

AM Elder Rune: Jera (irreversible): 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, the result of a previous action, reward for the right (or wrong) action.


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

AM 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.

Confidence, Ing-Frô, still, comfort, 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.

Interpretation: Harvest (Jera) leading to peace and good seasons (Ar).
*it seems I’m doing something very right with Hammerstorm.

Outcome: 1st breakfast, cinnamon toast cereal, toast with honey and butter, ½ a grapefruit. 

Toby ran like the wind at Meeka Park this morning.

2nd breakfast @ McDs
*I love taking Toby with me.

Bundesliga http://www.bundesliga.com/en/ 
(home/away)
Berlin 0-5 Hoffenheim (WOW!)
Freiburg 2-2 Hanover 

Over to brother’s with a bag-o-trash and a gift for his guardian/granddaughter 
*stopped off at Wal-Mart for bows
*nice visit, she fully enjoyed my gift http://www.target.com/p/disney-princess-toddler-aurora-doll/-/A-15185556?ref=tgt_adv_XSG10001&AFID=google_pla_df&LNM=15185556&CPNG=Toys&kpid=15185556&LID=34pgs&ci_src=17588969&ci_sku=15185556&kpid=15185556&gclid=CjwKEAiA_NmkBRCe3ubC1aWAtEcSJACxkkbq0px-IdEtLYWcHhgot2qsQ0gjj9Rdy52Kpf1SFK1e2BoCGnrw_wcB 

Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market
Dillons
Aldi

Earlier today I set out two old fashioned mouse traps and by early afternoon both were occupied by mouse cadavers.  I reloaded them for action. 

To FedEx
*print more Yule cards
*pick up (disappointing) return labels

Separated recyclables
Freshened Toby’s water.

Vikings, episode 209; the Choice http://www.history.com/shows/vikings/videos/recap-ep-209-the-choice 

MASL (Major Arena Soccer League) http://paslsoccer.com/ 
(team @ team) 
Dallas 3-4 Hidalgo 
Las Vega 8-6 Monterrey 

Lite housework 

Nighty-night 

PM Meditation: Eger und Râhana, mysterious keepers of the deep hall at ocean’s bottom, host to the drowned and the sea lost. Your dwelling might be thought sad and gloomy, but you are known to be kind and hospitable ale givers. In your goodness then, cheer us when waves of misfortune pound our life’s fragile boats to the bottom. For even at the bottom, there is warmth, cheer and hope. Be our assurance; be our inspiration to strive on despite the swells and swirls of fate. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, EGER UND RÂHANA, as we honor the Eger und Râhana that resides in us all!

PM Clarification Rune: none

Comments:  last check on animals

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Iulmond = Yule month)

Plans: day off

1st breakfast; homemade turkey-sausage, egg and cheese on a whole wheat muffine.

1st day of Yule – Mother’s Night
Mother's Night welcomes in the Season of Yule. As we encourage the return of Sunna (the feminine aspect of the Sun) we honor the feminine all around us. Honor the Idises, Asynjor, all Mothers, Great Grandmothers and your feminine ancestors. Raise a horn to the glorious women who give birth to us and to the feminine spirits that support us. Give this time in honor to all Mothering aspects (Vaygar Ingvald Elmersson).

AM Meditation: Saturn’s Day/Saturday/Tag der Fruchtbarkeit, we meditate on Frouwa & Ing-Frô:
Frouwa, most lovely of all goddesses; who could not love you?  Women as their own inner glory and highest attainment as the self-made woman, men for your beauty, passion and strength. Praise to you for the gift of life, and for the love that makes life worth living. Remind us always that it is the strong who love the best and the most, and that only the mighty can truly be gentle. Fill our lives with passion and lust that we may live our lives to the fullest. WE GIVE YOU MOST A HEART-FELT HEIL, FROUWA, as we honor the Frouwa that resides in us all!
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Ing-Frô, you’re the Great God of Fridu (all-encompassing safety and protection), Ar (peace, good seasons), the good harvest and prosperity: you are indeed the god of this World. When the day to day wears us down remind us of pleasures and joys. Help us recall the wonderful excesses that brought our lives into being and which sustain the human spirit during good times and bad. Without you, there would be no life and certainly little delight. Thank you, Ing-Frô, for the rushing life spirit and the eternal play of passions that make our lives fruitful.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, ING-FRÔ, as we honor the Ing-Frô that resides in all of us!

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

AM Elder Rune: Uruz (R): A weakened position, deprivation, depletion of energy, out of sync, an impulse towards inaction, a severe lack of foundation and energy at low levels, reduction, elasticity, uncontrolled rage, without the will to survive, taking no risks at this time, weakness, illness, the inability to overcome obstacles.


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

AM Armanen Rune: Tyr:  
Havamal 156.
A twelfth one I sing, when I see through the brush 
The hanged one swinging from the hemp;
He climbs down from the trunk, must tell me his tale
When I carve the Runes right.

Excitation, mysteries revealed, sacrifice, rebirth of the Sun god, fertility and/or destruction, generation, power, success, wisdom, duties fulfilled, art of concealment and hiding, rebirth into the light - life of the soul, the power to make situations turn completely around, wisdom, spiritual understanding, the power of regeneration, warrior strength, justice, balance, personal sacrifice of the father, resurrection/reincarnation/born again; “Do not fear anything, even dying cannot kill you.  Better to die than to be dead alive” (Gorsleben).

Interpretation: Depletion (Uruz) leading to rebirth (Tyr)
*fucking wow!

Outcome: There’s frost n the pumpkin, and car windows, this morning.

Online fun

Exercise routine #1; abs, biceps curls, triceps extensions, shoulder press

Toby out for a fairly well behaved 1-mile walk.
Essie on her tether n the front yard.

2nd breakfast; egg and cheese omelet, potatoes O'Brien, turkey-sausage 
*that was the most picture perfekt omelet that I've made in a long time,

Bundesliga http://www.bundesliga.com/en/ 
(home/away)
Schalke 0-0 Hamburg  
Leverkusen 1-1 Frankfurt 
Augsburg 2-1 M’Gladbach 
Bremen v Dortmund 
Online radio: http://tunein.com/radio/Bundesliga-English-s205123/ 
*3rd min goal Bremen 
*62nd min goal Bremen  
*69th min TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!
*end, 
*Bremen 2-1 BVB
*well Scheisse, can BVB really be headed for relegation?
Stuttgart 0-0 Paderborn 
Wolfsburg v Koln 

Started reworking Yule project 
Trip to Lowe’s

4 loads of laundry 

I’ve decided to go ahead and go to Hammerstorm Yule

Dillons
Dillons petrol
McDs for a triple cheeseburger snack.

EXCELLENT time at Hammerstorm Yule!  Pics already on Facebook to prove it.
Uruz and Tyr…RIGHT HERE!

MASL http://paslsoccer.com/ 
(team @ team)
Syracuse 11-12 Rochester 
Tulsa 3-9 Milwaukee 
Dallas 11-3 Brownsville 
Texas v Wichita 
*1st qtr 3-2 
*2nd qtr 5-4 
*3rd qtr 8-5 
*4th qtr 8-7
(well damn…)
Turlock v Sacramento TBA
Chicago 10-9 

Bathing in today’s afterglow; ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…

Beddy-bye

PM Meditation: Nirdu, brother-husband to Nirda, parents of the Wanâ; Ing-Frô and the Frouwa, beloved god of harbors and seas close to land; help us to remember the cargoes of wealth that float to our doors daily from the wonderful Universe in which we live. Though our misfortunes may rise and fall like the tides, the chance of prosperity, like the eternal sea brimming with fish, is still there. Like the salt-sea spray, awaken us to the possibilities that surround us, so that our nets may be cast wide and return full of life’s gifts. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, NIRDU, as we honor the Nirdu that resides in us all!

PM Clarification Rune: none

Comments:  last check on animals

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Iulmond = Yule month)
Plans: work 8hrs 

#A Heathen Night Before Yuletide

Author Unknown: 
Rewritten by Vaygar-Ingvald Elmersson to reflect a more adequate style in meter and verse.

'Twas the night before Yuletide and all through the Hall
Not a creature was stirring, not warrior nor thrall.
I in my armor, my greaves and my helm
Was drunker than anyone else in the Realm.

I staggered upstairs and fell into bed
With four quarts of mead ablaze in my head.
Then up from below came sounds of a brawl
I grabbed up my axe and ran down to the Hall.

I missed the last step and crashed down in a heap
Thinking, "Why can't those low-lifes downstairs go to sleep?"
When what to my wondering eyes should appear
But two brawny strangers with hammer and spear.

I said to myself, “I'll soon have them beat!"
Yet noticed ten warriors laid out at their feet.
I gave out a yell and leapt to the fray...
I'll always regret my poor choice of that day.

For the one laid his hammer to side of my nose
And up, up, up to the rafters I rose.
Then came a lone voice from down on the floor,
"They’re no mortal warriors -- that's Odin and Thor!"

They looked at each other and said, "Battle's done.
Since they know who we are, it’s no longer fun."
Then Thor raised his hammer at his elbow he bent,
And with a loud crash, through the ceiling they went.

I crawled through the Hall and flung open the door,
Not really sure that I'd seen them before.
The snow bathed in moonlight, the stars intercede,
I saw them ride off on an eight-legged steed.

I heard them exclaim, 'ere they flew out of sight,
"TO HELA WITH YULETIDE, WE JUST LOVE A GOOD FIGHT!"

AM Meditation: Frijastac/Friday, we meditate on Frija:
Frija, Great All-Mother; caregiver of Family, Hearth and Home.  Teach us to be patient but not passive; wise but not haughty in our wisdom; far seeing yet not blind to that which is before us. May we nurture life, increase life, and live our own lives more fully. Through you we give honor to our human mothers. Through you we see all the beauty that surrounds us as well. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, FRIJA, as we honor the Frija that resides in us all!

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

AM Elder Rune: Kenaz (U): The torch, light, shaping, fabrication or fashioning of primordial material, the hearth fire, brightly burning, knowledge, divine inspiration under control of human craft, knowledge from within, intuition, Self-awareness, creativity and transformation, clarity of thought, the application of the Divine.


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

AM Armanen Rune: Sig:  
Havamal 155.
This I know as an eleventh, when
I accompany my dear friend into combat;
I sing it into the shield, so that he triumphs in battle
And that luck and happiness surrounds him always. 

Will, victory, success, gain, well-being, victorious and happy, blessing from above, successful fight, achieved goal, school, and salvation by light, inspiration, soul, and power of the sun, inspiration, soul, life force, wholeness, reliable success, healing, good luck, spiritual completion, and the path of the soul, Rune of the spiritual ray, of inspiration, wisdom, and illumination.

Interpretation: Wisdom (Kenaz) leading to victory (Sig).

Outcome: Socks scurried out from the Cat House.  I think Toby will spend the day outside, too.

Good AM work
Home for lunch; it remained chilly and overcast.  I became concerned about Toby.
Good PM work.  I scored the bottom half of a mobile toolbox.  It’s been sitting underneath the roller belt on which we keep orders.  I cleaned it out.  I claimed it.  My toolbox went on top.

To Air Capital Veterinary to get Toby some meds.  He’s back to scratching.  I discussed with the office administrator about the possibility of looking in on Toby and how much he would charge if work goes nuts like I think it will go.

My Irminenschaft brother called!

To McDs to try their triple cheeseburger.  It was okay.

To the corner convenience store for a newspaper
To Dillons for a Super Kansas Cash lottery ticket http://www.kslottery.com/ 
*six sets of numbers, $3, three draws, $3 = a $9 ticket.

Toby out for a rather brisk, 1-mile walk, after dark, completely on the retractable.

Wooooooooooooooooow…raccoon goes scampering across the porch.

Bundesliga http://www.bundesliga.com/en/ 
(home/away)
Mainz 1-2 Munich 

MASL http://paslsoccer.com/ 
(team @ team)
Baltimore 12-4 Syracuse 
Sacramento 5-10 Turlock 
Las Vegas 7-6 Saltillo 

Oh…my…gods!  It’s time to set mouse traps.  Mice have had their hay-days in the cabinet above the microwave.  That comes to an end right now; that is, as soon as I can get to the store to get some traps.  I’m very disappointed in myself that I have allowed this.  You just wait and see.  I shall use wisdom (Kenaz) as a means to obtain  victory (Sig).  

Vikings, episode 208; Boneless

Three shots of honey-whiskey, a bit of smoke…BOOM, BOOM!
*felt gooooooooooooooooooooooooood!

Nighty-night 

(Iulmond = Yule month)

Re-cleared all walkways; a bit challenging @ 4AM

Plans: work 10hrs; Company lunch 

AM Meditation: Donarstac/Thursday, we meditate on Donar:
Donar, Son of Wodan and Erda, husband to Sibba, wielder of Malant and Great God of thunder, thunder forth in our lives. When we would hold back, encourage us to advance. When we would be weak, hearten us be strong. When we would shun life’s pleasures, inspire our appetites for that which is lusty and good. Excite our growth from strength to strength; teach us, elder brother, how to throw our own Hammer, and slay the giants who oppose our will. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, DONAR, as we honor the Donar that resides in us all!

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

AM Elder Rune: Pertho (U): Dice cup, the lucky roll of the dice, the presence of positive Wurt/Urlag (the ordeal of Humankind), the Wurtâ; Urda (that which was), Werdanda (that which is becoming) and Sculd (that which is owed), the realization of hidden potential, interwoven yet independent Wurt, good fellowship and happiness, secrets revealed, the Well of Knowledge for growth.

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

AM Armanen Rune: Fa:  
Havamal 145.
The first one promises to help generously
In sorrow, sickness and pain;
In eternal change, man goes forth 
From death to new creation.

Guidance, help, Father, eternal change reflected in a beginning; preface of that which is becoming, being and passing away; procreation, creative father principle, Father-God 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.

Interpretation: Positive Wyrd (Pertho) leading to a beginning (Fa).

Outcome: Last night I started a crock-pot of corn…smells gooooooooooood this morning!

Socks out, Sock back in the Cat House.

Roughly 2.5” of snow, according to the patio table.
*pretty close, news just said 2.7” at the airport.

Wow, I’m just a wee bit sore from clearing snow.

HAHAHAHAHAHA…I’m noticing that none of my furry babies have a waistline; just like dad!  Hey, we’re just putting on our winter weight.

I've cleared off a couple of dry spots.  He’ll be fine.  I think I’m going to put Toby outside so I can enjoy today’s lunch at work.


Good AM work; workload dwindles 
Excellent holiday lunch @ work
*I took WAY too much corn.  I have a lot of corn to eat.
*I won my money back I invested into the company raffle, but started the trend of giving the money to the family we, as a company, are helping during the holidays.
Good PM work; workload improves 

Chicken nuggets, potato coins and corn…LOTS of corn.

Using the “paint” program, I developed a drawing of the Alexanderwohl grounds with cemetery.  I need to pictorially see where my great grandfather might be.

Okay, so I REALLY suck at keeping an exercise schedule.

Shower and bed.

PM Meditation: Wuldar, glory-god, hunting-god, ski-god, dueling-god; Son of Sibba, step-son of Donar, you glide through the snow-clad forests bringing death to game and life to your people. Remind us that life feeds on life, and that the beauty of the prey is formed generation after generation by the culling ferocity of the predator. Let your Yew-bow be the great World-Yew under another guise.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, WULDAR, as we honor the Wuldar that resides in all of us!

PM Clarification Rune: none

Comments:  last check on animals

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Iulmond = Yule month)

Plans: work 10hrs 

AM Meditation: Wodanstac/Wednesday, we meditate on Wodan:
All-Father God!  Wandering God!  Rune god! Wolf God! Raven god! WODAN!! 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!

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

AM Elder Rune: Perth (neutral) so it could be either:
Pertho (U): Dice cup, the lucky roll of the dice, the presence of positive Wurt/Urlag (the ordeal of Humankind), the Wurtâ; Urda (that which was), Werdanda (that which is becoming) and Sculd (that which is owed), the realization of hidden potential, interwoven yet independent Wurt, good fellowship and happiness, secrets revealed, the Well of Knowledge for growth.

Or 

Pertho (R): The presence of negative Wurt, an unlucky roll of the dice, bad luck, secrets remaining secret, delusions, fantasies, megalomania, outside the collective/individual consciousness, out of touch with reality, negative forces set in motion, the need to deal with uncertainty, unpleasant contractions of birth pains. 

Or both 

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

AM Armanen Rune: Gibor:  
Havamal 163.
An eighteenth I learned, yet I would never
Let a woman or maid know it,
For everyone knows what’s best for himself-
This leads me to the conclusion of the songs-
The one it shall be then, that lies in my arms
As betrothed wife and as sister.

Secrecy, gift/giver, gift of life, fulfillment, sacred marriage, being ONE with the sister soul, protection against evil forces, being/seeing the Divine, the cosmic consciousness and the divine principle, two forces having a singular origin, the spiritual ego, death-life cycle, protection against evil forces, union of the gods and the World, the uninterrupted chain in the cycle of eternal returns, the Creator and the Created, the deepest mysteries of the Universe.

Interpretation: Questions of luck (Pertho) leading to the Divine.
*WOW!

Outcome: THUNDER PAWS (a scampering Essie) stem to stern; port to starboard

Some winter-isch weather is on  the way. 

Good AM work; workload remains high.
Good home for lunch.  Toby was ready to potty.  Socks didn’t get a choice, he stayed inside his Cat House, as did Essie…of course.
Good PM work…late notice; work will have a holiday lunch tomorrow.  TOMORROW!?  WTF???

SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMGs, WICHITA WILL DIE!  ROTFLMFnAO!

Stopped off at Dillons to get corn for tomorrow’s lunch @ work. 

Placed my sister’s b-day card out for tomorrow’s post for her to get it ON her b-day.

Socks was yet unwilling to come out from his Cat House.

Hodgepodge for dinner 

I TOLD YOU…well, Wichita isn’t exactly dieing, but crashes all over the city.

6:45PM/18:45; an inch, perhaps a little more of snow, and it‘s still snowing.  My patio table is an excellent place to measure.

I took Essie onto the porch.  She less than impressed.

Cleared snow from the back porch, the back sidewalk to the Haruc, the stoop to the Haruc, the driveway and the sidewalk…shirtless.  Now THERE is my workout for tonight.

Socks out, Socks in.

Shower and bed.

PM Meditation: Scata, Winter goddess, fleet on your skis and let me be the game you bag with you bow. Stun me with your grace and beauty, tuck me in the skin-sack at your side, and then take me to your home where wolves howl. There, show me the crisp freedom of winter and wilderness.  Just as you were ready, willing and able to obtain your revenge on the Aesir for the killing of your father, Thiazi, grant us the same ferocity in our lives.  Direct us to be strong, able and favored of you. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, SCATA, as we honor the Scata that resides in us all!

PM Clarification Rune: none

Comments:  last check on animals

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Iulmond = Yule month)

Last night, just prior to bed, there was something in the neighbor’s yard that had Socks’ tail all in a tizzy and Toby on alert.

Plans: work 10hrs 

AM Meditation: Ziustac/Tuesday, we meditate on Ziu:
Ziu, husband to Zisa, Great God of bravery, one-handed god, you chained the Fenris Wolf that threatened the worlds. We can’t do that, but we can do other things, some ordinary, others heroic. Remind us of your bravery and your sacrifice. Give us the courage and strength we need to fetter our own Fenris. Keep us mindful of our duties, and help us keep our fears bound as tightly as you bound old Slaver Mouth. Thus doing, may we share in your glory by imitating you.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, ZIU, as we honor the Ziu that resides in us all!

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

AM Elder Rune: Jera (irreversible): 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, the result of a previous action, reward for the right (or wrong) action.


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

AM Armanen Rune: Is:   
Havamal 153.
A ninth one I sing, when dangers at sea forces me 
To protect my ship from the stormy waves;
The storm I calm down, no matter how billowing the sea,
And I cradle the waves to sleep.

Course of affairs, Rest, Ego, das Ich, Positivity, activity, personal will, self-domination, self-control, determination, extension of the Divine center, the upright human being, the awakened Self, influence, personal power, magical power, power to banish evil, unity in the Universe, duration, action in the Cosmos, activity, will, self-domination, influence, personal power, self-discipline, unity in the Universe, duration, magical powers, axis/column/Irminsul of the world, action in the Cosmos, elimination of that which is unnecessary, calm

Interpretation: Harvest (Jera) leading to calm (Is).

Outcome: MUCH colder today…windy.  Toby will no doubt be inside this morning and Ill come home over lunch to let him out.
Socks was outside only briefly then ready to go back into his HEATED Cat House.

Good AM work
Home for lunch.  Toby was so ready to be outside.  Checked on Socks.  He was cuddled up to a space heater.  He looked at me, like, “What are you doing here?”
Good PM work.  Coming up on mid-week and we are full to overflowing.  

Hodgepodge for dinner.

Oh, Hanukkah starts tonight:
http://www.history.com/topics/holidays/hanukkah 
http://www.chabad.org/holidays/chanukah/article_cdo/aid/102911/jewish/What-Is-Hanukkah.htm 
http://judaism.about.com/od/holidays/a/hanukkah.htm 

FINALLY, Yule cards have started coming back at me. 

Damn, a Big Bang Theory episode I’ve never seen and missed most of it.
Damn, a Bones episode I’ve never seen and missed most of it.

Exercise routine #2; abs, inclined chest press, inclined flys, reverse flys.
*oh my…

Shower, bed, sleepy-sleep.

PM Meditation: Paltar, blameless god, gloriously shining god, restoration god, beloved son of Wodan and Frija.  Let your goodness and your reconciliation smooth our paths on Earth. When our days here are over, light up death’s darkness with the promise of rebirth. Help is to avoid evil, and seek the good. Inspired by you, we will keep our reputations spotless that our lives be proclaimed a victory of the Spirit, and our leaving his life a tragedy. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, PALTAR, as we honor the Paltar that resides in us all!

PM Clarification Rune: none

Comments:  last check on animals

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Iulmond = Yule month)

Toby is not well this morning.  He passed up breakfast then barfed in the living room.  My poor boy.

It’s odd that YaWK is back so soon.  I don’t worry about him any more.  Now he’s sporting a collar, so someone IS taking care of him.  Nonetheless, I gave him some kibble. 

Plans: work 10hrs 

AM Meditation: Manostac/Monday, we meditate on Mano, god of the moon:
Greetings to you, Mano, glorious male aspect of the moon; silver messenger on high.  You’re the measurer and teller of time.  As you fly silently on your way reflect into our souls the glory of the High Ones that we might aspire to the realms of the gods. Bathe our world in soft brightness, and whisper to our souls of joyous realms beyond our knowing. Mano let us see the goodness within us and without us, all the nights and days of our lives.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, MANO, as we honor the Mano that resides in us all!

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

 AM Elder Rune: Othilla (U): Home and heritage (spiritual or mortal), family, the home within, nobility, the sacred enclosure, spiritual heritage, true kinship; genetic, cultural and spiritual inheritance, loyalty to family - tribe or village, group prosperity, order, interaction, or freedom, union/connection with the family of humankind.


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

 AM Armanen Rune: Thorn:  
Havamal 147.
A third I take, when danger threatens,
To bind the enemies through magic:
Thus I dull the steel of the furious opponent.
Like the staff, his sword does not cut anymore.

Donar, protection from danger, impermeable, an awakening, the power to turn, the divine will to act, the law of eternal reincarnation, power to become, Return, new emergence from what's apparently old and dried-up, formative power of the seed, the thunderbolt, targeting goals, activity and the phallus, mental telepathy, projection of the will, fierce protection, psychic attack & defense, penetrating time & space, Rune of opposing polarities and of joining opposites, binding of and victory over the enemy.

Interpretation: Heritage (Othilla) leading to protection (Thorn).

Outcome: Toby went right back onto the couch.  I’ll monitor him wile I’m getting ready for work then make a determination if he’s going to be inside or outside this morning. 
*well, he accepted some breakfast ham, but back curled up on the couch.  Not sure what to do.
*eh, I think I’ll keep him inside and check on him at lunch.

Good AM work
Home for lunch to check on Toby.  He’s still not quite right.  I watched him as he went out to potty; quite lethargic.  Back inside as soon as I could get him.  
Good PM work.  3PM, got a 2-part order of fairly large parts.  According to the production supervisor, they’re hotter than the hubs-o Hades and he specifically gave them to me.  I solicited some help and got it done in about a half hour.

Toby seems better.

Yummy ground turkey with onions, baked potato and salad.

Exercise routine #1; abs, biceps curls, triceps extension, shoulder press., 

Damn good WW2 Navy/submarine movie on TCM (Turner Classic Movies):  Destination Tokyo http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035799/ 

Shower, beddy-bye 

PM Meditation: Sibba, Great Goddess of Fertility and Family, wife of Donar; let us see you in all the growing things that sustain our lives. Help us look beyond the packaging and promotion, to the richness of the Earth from which all bounty comes. When ordinary eyes see only corn, let us see your golden hair hid in its silk. When others see only bread, let us see the grain, beyond that, your smile and laughter. Feed our might and main, Holy Sibba, that we may do our work in the world. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, SIBBA, as we honor the Sibba that resides in us all!

PM Clarification Rune: none

Comments:  last check on animals

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Iulmond = Yule month)

Took down Obama stuff and put up my wreaths made by “A Wreath In Time”.
*on Etsy and Facebook

Plans: CLEAN HOUSE!

AM Meditation: Sunnastac/Sunday, we meditate on Sunna, goddess of the Sun:
Greetings to you Sunna, in all your feminine, fertile glory; Lamp of Wodan, newly risen! Hail to you who has shown on all our ancestors, who shines on us, and who will yet shine on our decedents yet unborn. Share with us some of your light, your energy, your power, so that we might better fight our battles and attain our goals. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL SUNNA, as we honor the Sunna that resides in us all!

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

AM Elder Rune: Wunjo (R): Sadness, disruption in the Clanic relationship, questionable social contacts, loser, miserable, loneliness, shunning, weakened family ties, social and domestic disharmony, the inability to attain a wish, strife, alienation, failed social relationships, Fridu is challenged, the shadow side of Wotan.


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

AM Armanen Rune: Yr:  
Havamal 160.
A sixteenth I speak if a maid is reluctant,
To wake her lust and desire;
I change the heart of the delightful woman,
Then to me her wishes turn.

Perfection, Female mysteries, roots of the World Column, the carrier of genetic material, God-woman, femininity, desire, sensual love, passion, perfection, Mother, chaos from which creation emerges, female principle in the Cosmos, the night, death and instinct, anger, falsehood, error and the oppositions found in humankind, mystical union, night, moon, well grounded, roots of Irminsul from which all life springs, woman as the opposite/balance to man, the descending Divine being.

Interpretation: Clanic disruption leading to perfection.
*yeah, I can see this.

Outcome: It seems like another spring morning more than mid-December.

Toby was well behaved on his 1-mile walk.

To the corner convenience store for tape and a newspaper.

Exercise routine #2; abs, inclined chest, inclined flys, reverse flys 

Bundesliga http://www.bundesliga.com/en/ 
(home/away)
Leverkusen 1-1 M’Gladbach 
Wolfsburg v Paderborn 

Yummy breakfast; three eggs sunny-side-up, turkey-sausage, hash-browns, whole-wheat English muffins with sugar free jam, milk and juice.

Lite housework; that’s all I can handle today.

I’ve decided against going over to my brother’s house to use his sander.  I scraped and wire-brushed my “Good Yule” project that keeps falling apart.  Painting may have to wait because of rain.

Finished leftovers from yesterday’s Mexican feast.

Hand delivered my homemade Yule cards to neighbors.

Over the last few days we’ve been dealing with overcast \skies with spots of rain.  After my aforementioned deliveries, the rain had definitely picked up.

It’s seriously raining now.

ROTFLMFnAO!  I tried to take Essie out onto the porch so she could experience rain.  SHE WOULD HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT!

I’ve killed the plant I’ve had in the window.  The only thing that changed was my spraying the leaves with fertilized water; probably burned it up.  I’ve found the only surviving shoot and have started re-rooting again.

Exercise routine #3; abs, un-weighted squats un-weighted elevated toe raises, dead lifts (+70lbs),. 
*after 8 sets of 25 today (+30lbs), my ab area is SCREAMING!!!!!!!!!!!

MASL http://paslsoccer.com/ 
(team @ team)
Tulsa v Dallas TBA
Detroit 4-15 Chicago 
Ontario 10-13 Seattle 

Separated recyclables

Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market
Dillons petrol
*wow!  There’s lightening in them-thar clouds!

Vikings, episode 206

Nighty-night 

PM Meditation: All you gods and goddesses bless and keep your Holy Folk. From the cold shadows of the glaciers to the colder shadows of space, always, we have been your people. Guide and guard your North Folk as you did in ages past. Wodan, give wisdom and craft to wits shaped by ice and fire that our foes be foxed. Donar, give us strength and the will to use it. Ing-Frô and Frouwa, give full wombs so that bodies will be found for the souls of heroes. Let your Northern Folk grow in number and in power, so that our kind may live, love, survive and thrive, not just today, not for a millennium, but for ever and ever!  HEIL!  HEIL!!  HEIL!!!

PM Clarification Rune: none

Comments:  last check on animals

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Iulmond = Yule month)

12/13/14: 
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2014/12/13/12-13-14-date/20350501/ 
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/weird-science/12-13-14-last-chance-calendar-coincidence-until-2103-n267281 

Plans: day off

AM Meditation: Saturn’s Day/Saturday/Tag der Fruchtbarkeit, we meditate on Frouwa and Ing-Frô:
Frouwa, most lovely of all goddesses; who could not love you?  Women as their own inner glory and highest attainment as the self-made woman, men for your beauty, passion and strength. Praise to you for the gift of life, and for the love that makes life worth living. Remind us always that it is the strong who love the best and the most, and that only the mighty can truly be gentle. Fill our lives with passion and lust that we may live our lives to the fullest. WE GIVE YOU MOST A HEART-FELT HEIL, FROUWA, as we honor the Frouwa that resides in us all!
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Ing-Frô, you’re the Great God of Fridu (all-encompassing safety and protection), Ar (peace, good seasons), the good harvest and prosperity: you are indeed the god of this World. When the day to day wears us down remind us of pleasures and joys. Help us recall the wonderful excesses that brought our lives into being and which sustain the human spirit during good times and bad. Without you, there would be no life and certainly little delight. Thank you, Ing-Frô, for the rushing life spirit and the eternal play of passions that make our lives fruitful.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, ING-FRÔ, as we honor the Ing-Frô that resides in all of us!

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

AM Elder Rune: Berkana (U): The feminine, Frija, All-Mother, birth processes, rejuvenation, growth, nurturing, caregiver, mature wisdom, recuperation, purification, the birch tree, birth, becoming, life changes, the kind Mother, Frija at her most Motherly, healing, bringing into being, a significant life passage.


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

AM 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, 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.

Interpretation: Growth (Berkana) leading to Fate (Laf).
*yesterday’s PM work?

Outcome: Leftover pizza for breakfast 

MUCH online activity this morning.

Town West for calendar shopping
McDs for 2nd breakfast 
Two trips to FedEx
*copies
*created return address labels 
Post office; sent off Marius’ Yule gift.

Pickled a half-dozen eggs; nothing fancy, just hard-boiled them then stuck them in a pickle jar with leftover pickle juice.

To Dillons for a box and a few grocery items
Dillons petrol

I’ve decided to tackle my own Yule wrapping instead of taking into Town West for someone else to do.  I can do this…
HA…surprised myself; 2 of 3 done.  Now I need to get just a wee bit more wrapping.

Return trip to Town West to spend my Yule gift cash (+2.50) on quality rather than Wal-Mart.
Return trip to Dillons for homemade taco night.

I make EXCELLENT homemade tacos; coupled with Mexican rice…YUM!
*stuffed
*miserable

ZzzZZZzzzZZZzzzZZZzzz 

Bundesliga http://www.bundesliga.com/en/ 
(home/away)
Schalke 1-2 Koln 
Augsburg 0-4 Munich 
Berlin 1-0 Dortmund (well shit)(on the brink of relegation) 
Bremen 3-3 Hannover 
Freiburg 0-0 Hamburg 
Mainz 1-1 Stuttgart 

MASL http://paslsoccer.com/ 
(team @ team)
Harris 8-26 Syracuse 
Wichita 3-12 Missouri 
Tulsa 4-17 Texas 
Seattle 10-17 San Diego 
Las Vegas v Sacramento TBA
Milwaukee 10-14 Baltimore 
Detroit 6-7 St. Louis 

PM Meditation: Saga, you’re the goddess of history; part and parcel of our ever expanding past.  As we share in Minnatranc, whisper to our hearts of the stories about our gods, our ancestors, our heroes and their glories.  Be the resource for our memories should we ever forget from whence we come.  Gently remind us that we all have a rich history from which to pull.  For it is as we remember and respect the past can we deal with our present, knowing that we will some day have to deal with our spiritual debt.  We honor you, Saga, as a repository for the basis of all that we are, all that we are coming to be, and all that our offspring will inherit from us.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, SAGA, as we honor the Saga that resides in us all.

PM Clarification Rune: none

Comments:  last check on animals

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Iulmond = Yule month)

Last night, just prior to bed, I happened to look at myself in the bathroom mirror.  I about got so excited!  My abdomen area is taking shape.  Granted, I still have plenty of frontal belly-fat to work through, but definition has begun at the sides of the abdomen area!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Plans: work 8hrs

AM Meditation: Frijastac/Friday, we meditate on Frija:
Frija, Great All-Mother; caregiver of Family, Hearth and Home.  Teach us to be patient but not passive; wise but not haughty in our wisdom; far seeing yet not blind to that which is before us. May we nurture life, increase life, and live our own lives more fully. Through you we give honor to our human mothers. Through you we see all the beauty that surrounds us as well. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, FRIJA, as we honor the Frija that resides in us all!

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

AM Elder Rune: Thurisaz (U): Giant, Donar, the Strong One, defender of the Folk and Ensigart, strength, raw masculine power, reactive and directed force, courage, self-empowerment, defend against outside forces, crisis for good or ill, assertiveness, the ultimate mortal fighting force, fertility, fight or flight: choosing to fight.


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

AM Armanen Rune: Kun:  
Havamal 150.
A sixth one is mine, if a man wounds me
With the root of a trunk still with  juice;
Then I am unscathed, the man himself is consumed
By the evil with which he threatened me.

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.

Interpretation: Strength (Thurisaz) leading to return (Kun)

Outcome: OMGs!  YaWK IS HERE!!!!  WOW!  He’s looking SO good!    The last time he was here he looked so poorly.  I thought for sure he was on his death-bed; here just to say good-bye.  LOOK AT HIM NOW!  WOW!  I am so relieved.  I’ve saved a few inexpensive cans of cat food from Aldi just for this occasion.  He chomped it right down.  Socks needed one, too.
*Thurisaz and Kun, right here!
*YaWK comes…YaWK goes.  That’s the way it is with him.  I’m good with that. 

Good AM work
Good lunch at work; Frey, God of the World
Good PM work; it took them long enough, but I actually did get introduced to a machine; the Makino, something similar to this: http://www.makino.com/images/mediacenter/a81M.jpg   I MADE SOME PARTS!

Stopped off at Dillons.  I picked up my FIRST EVER lottery ticket.  I’m playing Super Kansas Cash http://www.kslottery.com/ I figured my chances are better if I limit my area.  I picked up a ticket for $9, 6 string of numbers, played three times (Sat, Mon, Wed).  My curiosity got the better of me.

Toby out for a fairly well behaved 1-mile walk.

Picked up my wreaths from “A Wreath in Time”
Michael’s, http://www.michaels.com/ in New Market Square since I was in the area
QT for a newspaper
I NEVER get turned around while driving in Wichita but, I did tonight; scary
Pizza Hut, the days of $10 pizza is over 

Three loads of laundry 

Oh Green Chair, I love you and hate you t the same time. 

 Nighty-night