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December/Iulmânôd 20, 2017 Wotanstag, 1st Day of Yule

12/21/2017

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(Iulmânôd = Yule Month)
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Plans: my love my fiancée, work 8hrs
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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).

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Ancestor Meditation: Wodanstag/Wodan’s Day/Wednesday (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: Fehu (U):  Cattle, wealth, Ing-Frô; the god of abundance, Audhumla; the primal bovine, the ability to create and maintain wealth and the accompanying power, creative forces, Odhumbal, the primeval bovine, fire, beginnings, productivity, positive energy, life force, self-respect, personal power, one’s condition in life, generosity that needs to come with the social responsibility of wealth.
Conversely:
The negative blessing of prosperity, stagnant finances, lack of creative energies, productivity failure, and the inability to and/or create wealth, greed, disconnected from the life source, fear of failure, an ending, an unfortunate condition, fiery powers extinguished, atrophy/decline, failed ambition, lack of self-esteem, an ineffective beginning and an irresponsible misuse of power.
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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: Personal power (Fehu) leads to introspective awareness (Rit).
*wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow…
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 6hrs of solid sleep
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Breakfast sandwich
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Contacted New Day USA https://www.newdayusa.com/ about financing the room addition
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Good morning chat with my love my fiancée
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Toby and I out for a fairly well behaved, late morning, 30min walk.
*cloudy, cool, no breeze.
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Back to Boost Mobile for a bit more help with a charging cable.
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Bundesliga German Cup Round of 8; a competition including every level of Germen football; all clubs invited.
M’Gladbach 0-1 Leverkusen
Heidenheim 1-2 Frankfurt
Munich 2-1 Dortmund
https://www.soccer24.com/germany/dfb-pokal/
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Lunch from frozen
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Good 8hrs @ work.  My 1st shift colleague was NOT happy because I exposed his not cleaning under the machine.  Good dinner at work.  I collected more than a case of cans.  My bread-n-butter parts showed up late in the shift, but was able to get it done.  Table shaper went down @ 11:55PM when I was trying to oil the tongue-n-groove areas.  The gear once again sheared.  It wasn’t that long ago it was replaced.  Called it in.
*I made good headway in the ability to use my new smartphone.  I was having oneheluva time simply accessing it.  Now I know.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Shower, nighty night.
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God/dess Meditation: Heimo, HEAR ME!  Gellanhorn’s god, son of nine mothers and whitest of all gods.  You’re the genetic link between the gods and humankind. From your home in Himilberg, your keen eyes and sharp ears guard Ensigart, the world of the gods. As you stand so alert for the approach of giants, remind us that we must also watch for our own encroaching evil. Let weakness, cowardice, lies and dishonor be barred from Ensiwëg, the Rainbow Bridge, leading to our heart’s abode. Be a model for vigilance, that we may rise to the best that is in us, and someday join the Noble Gods in their shining homes. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, HEIMO, as we honor the Heimo that resides in us all!
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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December/Iulmânôd 19, 2017 Dienstag, Sisser’s birthday, The Night Before Yuletide

12/20/2017

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(Iulmânôd = Yule Month)
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Plans: my love my fiancée, work 8hrs, 2nd day of a 4day workweek
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Ancestor Meditation: Dienstag/Thing Day/Tuesday (grandparents) Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967) and Maria Hildebrand (1895-72)
Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967)
Birth 15 May 1898 in Medford, Grant County, Oklahoma, USA
Death 26 Mar 1967 in Hesston, Harvey County, Kansas, United States
*Married 2 June 1920
Maria Hildebrand (1894-72)
Birth 30 Dec 1894 in Marion County, Ks, USA
Death 22 Jul 1972 in Newton, Harvey County, KS, USA
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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: Naudiz: The Rune of Need (whether mortal, emotional, spiritual), a Wurtâ Rune, forced friction, a stress indicator, opportunity for change, urgency, a generating force for the greater good, friction, transformation, resistance leading to strength, perseverance to endure, eventual peace within the Self, accept the unchangeable, an evolutionary change toward a more holistic state, Fate.
*A2R2
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: 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: Inner strength (Naudiz) leads to luck (Fa).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 6hrs of sleep, woke up with a sinus ache.
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Egg sandwich, ham on the side
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Good morning chat with my love my fiancée; another family emergency…smh…
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Toby and I out for a late morning, well behaved, 30min walk.
*cool, cloudy, no breeze
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Well, here I go…Boost Mobile…smartphone…
*whew…I don’t have time now, but I’ll just have to play with it to figure it out.
*Naudiz/Fa
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Crab cakes from frozen with leftover scalloped potatoes
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SHFs all shift, but at least there was enough to keep me on the table shaper.
*shot my dinner break trying to figure out how to message with my new phone.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Shower, nighty night
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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.
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I said to myself, “I'll soon have them beat!"
Then 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.
I heard 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,
Quite certain I'd seen them somewhere 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!"

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God/dess Meditation: Ostara, trustworthy goddess; wife to Brego; the adherent god of scalds, keeper of the golden apples of youth and eternal life, keep us young inside. When we are starving for laughter, hungry for the lightness that comes with having few years on our shoulders, slip us one of those gleaming fruits that we may see the world through youthful eyes. Let springtime be in our steps, love in our hearts and a song on our lips. Change us to the core! Fill us with optimism and dreams for the future. WE GIVE YOU MOST A HEART-FELT HEIL, OSTARA, as we honor the Ostara that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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December/Iulmânôd 18, 2017 Manostag

12/19/2017

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(Iulmânôd = Yule Month)
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Plans: my love my fiancée, work 8hrs (1st day of a 4-day workweek).
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Ancestor Meditation: Manostag/Mano’s Day/Monday (parents) Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963) and Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994), Jewell F. Reimer [(sister) (1947)], Michael L Reimer [(brother) (1948-1997)].
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: Ehwaz: Horse, the special, controlled relationship between a rider and a horse, absolute trust, taking control of relationships and with higher-powers, instinct, intuition, progress, working in tandem with another, toward a single goal, control of a situation, adaptability, two halves that make-up the whole, following one’s instincts, teamwork, trust, loyalty, partnership, cooperation.
Conversely:
The relationship of a horse and rider out of control, disharmony, quarrelsome tendencies, mistrust, betrayal, stranded, indecisiveness, false friends/unfriendliness, treachery, change and/or movement for the worse, loss, break-up of a relationship, disruption of relationships, reluctant to trust, friendless, blockage, treachery, indecision, an enemy comes to the gate.
*A3R3
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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: 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.
 
Calm in the face of distress, comfort, hypnotic power of the forceful will, course of affairs, Rest, Ego, das Ich, Positivity, activity, personal will, self-domination, self-control, confidence, determination, extension of the Divine center, the upright human being, the awakened Self, influence, personal power, magical power, power to banish evil, unity in the Universe, duration, action in the Cosmos, activity, will, self-domination, influence, personal power, self-discipline, unity in the Universe, duration, magical powers, axis/column/Irminsul of the world, action in the Cosmos, elimination of that which is unnecessary, calm.
“Win power over yourself and you will have power over everything in the spiritual and physical worlds that strive against you” (List, 56).
H2R3
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Interpretation: Things are under control (Ehwaz) so stay calm (Is).
*counting on it.
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: Did I really just sleep NINE HOURS with two wake-ups?
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Good morning chat with my love my fiancée.
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Two eggs with leftover ham and scalloped potatoes.
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Toby and I out for a well behaved, late morning, 30min walk.
*sunny, cool, slight south breeze.
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Paid back my niece.  She never DEMANDED repayment, but I always told her I would.  I figured this was the perfekt time of the year to do it.
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Salads: Jell-O with fruit and whipped cream, garden with turkey kielbasa
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Not a horrible 8hrs @ work; enough to keep me busy on the table shaper.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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PTA shower, nighty-night.
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God/dess Meditation: Nirdu, brother-husband, to Nirda, parents of the Wanâ; Ing-Frô and the Frouwa, beloved god of harbors and seas close to land; help us to remember the cargoes of wealth that float to our doors daily from the wonderful Universe in which we live. Though our misfortunes may rise and fall like the tides, the chance of prosperity, like the eternal sea brimming with fish, is still there. Like the salt-sea spray, awaken us to the possibilities that surround us, so that our nets may be cast wide and return full of life’s gifts. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, NIRDU, as we honor the Nirdu that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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December/Iulmânôd 17, 2017 Sunnastag

12/18/2017

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(Iulmânôd = Yule Month)
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Plans: ????????????????
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Ancestor Meditation: (picture source: The Mennonite Heritage and Agricultural Museum, Goessel, Kansas)
Sunnastag/Sunna’s Day/Sunday (2nd great grandparents) David   A. Schmidt (1822-1892) and Maria Nachtigal (1828-1911)
David A. Schmidt (1822-1892)
Birth 19 May 1822 in Alexanderwohl, Molotschna South, Russia
Death 18 Dec 1892 in Marion County, Kansas, United States
*Married 15 November 1849
Maria Nachtigal (1828-1911)
Birth 23 Jan 1828 in Majdan Królewski, Podkarpackie, Duchy of Poland, West Prussia
Death 01 Apr 1911 in Goessel, Marion County, Kansas, United States
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
* no doubt the ones who brought the family over from Europe.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Naudiz: The Rune of Need (whether mortal, emotional, spiritual), a Wurtâ Rune, forced friction, a stress indicator, opportunity for change, urgency, a generating force for the greater good, friction, transformation, resistance leading to strength, perseverance to endure, eventual peace within the Self, accept the unchangeable, an evolutionary change toward a more holistic state, Fate.
*A2R2
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: 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: Inner strength (Eihwaz) leads to marriage (Eh).
*at least that’s the hope.
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: I dunno, something like 6 ½ or 7hrs of sleep with only one wake-up.
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Good morning chat with my love my fiancée
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Can’t wake-up
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Leftover ham and scalloped potatoes with scrambled eggs, whole wheat English muffin with strawberry jelly.
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/
Hannover 4-4 Leverkusen, last half on FS2/Sling-TV
Leipzig 2-3 Berlin
Standings @ the winter break: https://www.bundesliga.com/en/stats/table/
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QT
Dillons
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Reviewed Gotham S4 E11 just to make sure I have everything right…excellent!
https://www.fox.com/gotham/?cmpid=org=dcg::ag=360i::mc=cpc::src=google::cmp=foxweb::add=gotham
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The Last Kingdom, S2 E3 on Netflix
https://www.netflix.com/watch/80164469?trackId=14183702&tctx=0%2C2%2C7a9ab616-9d69-4032-9002-48aa2f068cac-2874199
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MASL http://www.maslsoccer.com/
St. Louis Ambush 6-5 Cedar Rapids Rampage
Ontario Fury 9-2 Rio Grande Valley Barracudas
Monterrey Flash 9-5 El Paso Coyotes
Tacoma Stars 4-3 Sonora Soles
San Diego Sockers 9-2 Turlock Express
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The Jarl and Jarlskona made an unannounced visit to bring me the card stuff I left @ the Hammerstorm Yule.  The one card I was so worried about was this really cool one from this Celtic woman; most excellent!
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Not the most exciting day…
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God/dess Meditation: Sunna, goddess of the Sun:
Greetings to you Sunna, in all your feminine, fertile glory; Lamp of Wodan, newly risen! Hail to you who is the counterpart to Mano, male aspect of the Moon.  You have shown on all our ancestors, you shine on us, and you 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!

*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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December/Iulmânôd 16, 2017 Tag der Fruchtbarkeit

12/17/2017

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(Iulmânôd = Yule Month)
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Plans: my love my fiancée, Hammerstorm Yule
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Ancestor Meditation: (gravesites @ Alexanderwohl Mennonite, Goessel, Ks and Medford Oklahoma Mennonite respectively) Tag der Fruchtbarkeit/Day of Fertility/Saturday (2nd great grandparents) Peter Amos Reimer (1832-1905) and Agatha Dirksen (1840-1905)
Peter A Reimer (1832-1905)
Birth 17 Sept 1832 in Ohrloff, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 3 Sept 1905 in Goessel, KS
*Married 22 September 1858
Agatha Dirksen (1840-1905)
Birth 07 Apr 1840 in Sparrau, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 3 Apr 1905 in Medford, OK
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
*no doubt the ones who brought the family over from Europe.
*offered up some tobacco for Granny Aggie.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Naudiz: The Rune of Need (whether mortal, emotional, spiritual), a Wurtâ Rune, forced friction, a stress indicator, opportunity for change, urgency, a generating force for the greater good, friction, transformation, resistance leading to strength, perseverance to endure, eventual peace within the Self, accept the unchangeable, an evolutionary change toward a more holistic state, Fate.
*A2R2
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Bar: 
Havamal 157.
A thirteenth I mention, when I sprinkle the son,

The young one, with holy water,
If once he faces the foe, then he cannot fall,
No sword can wound him so he collapses in the dust.
 
Blessing, shielding, inspiration, encouragement, security, impending accidents that effect fate, life, birth: birth of the future life that is preordained for us, becoming, being projected, help in birth, son, bread, song, fountain, mountains, meaning of life on this planet/in this world, the power of becoming, reconstruction, Rune of continuous transformation, death and rebirth metamorphosis, return to the Mothers; the fountain as female symbol, the eternal spring of humans.
“Thy life strands in the hand of God, trust it in you” (List, 60).
H3R1
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Interpretation: Inner strength (Naudiz) leads to inspiration (Bar).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 6 ½ hours of sleep with two wake-ups
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I wished my love my fiancée a “good morning” with no response.  She must be pretty busy.
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My health by the numbers:
Weight: 254
Glucose: 113
BP: 136/79
Pulse: 81
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Breakfast pizza
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Started prepping for Hammerstorm Yule
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Bank: money for haircut
Starbucks: for vanilla bean Frappuccino
Dillons: because if there’s one thing I’ve learned is, if one is going to feed, feed well.  In other words, this scalloped potato project for Hammerstorm Yule is taking twice as much as originally planned; holding to the idea of feeding well.  I cook in the oven, then transfer the potatoes to a crockpot to keep warm.
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Three loads of laundry
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Toby and I out for a well behaved, 30min stroll around Newman U.
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/
Köln 1-0 Wolfsburg
Frankfurt 2-2 Schalke
Augsburg 3-3 Freiburg
Stuttgart 0-1 München on FS2/Sling-TV
Bremen 2-2 Mainz
Borussia Dortmund (BVB) v Hoffenheim
*21st min tor/goal Hoffenheim
*@ the half, BVB 0-1 Hoffenheim
*63rd min TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*89th min TOR/GAOL BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
**PULISIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*end of match BVB 2-1 Hoffenheim
*BVB WINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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WONDERFUL Hammerstorm Yule!  I think the Jarl and Jarlskona were amazed at my gift of a 3ft nutcracker.  There was also a PowerPoint presentation of the last 30yrs of Hammerstorm, and yours-truly made it a few times into the presentation.  Lots of food.  Lots of friendship.  It was a good time.
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Vikings http://www.history.com/shows/vikings
S4 E5
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MASL http://www.maslsoccer.com/
Harrisburg 6-5 Baltimore
Cedar Rapids v Kansas City
1st qtr. 4-1
2nd qtr. 3-4
3rd qtr. 3-3
4th qtr. 4-3
Final: Cedar rapids 14-11 Kansas City
Milwaukee 10-4 St. Louis
Tacoma 4-10 Sonora
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Last check on all fur-kids.  Socks into his house.  A bit of rain?
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God/dess Meditation: Frouwa & Ing-Frô:
Frouwa, most lovely of all goddesses; who could not love you?  Women as their own inner glory and highest attainment as the self-made woman, men for your beauty, passion and strength. Praise to you for the gift of life, and for the love that makes life worth living. Remind us always that it is the strong who love the best and the most, and that only the mighty can truly be gentle. Fill our lives with passion and lust that we may live our lives to the fullest. WE GIVE YOU MOST A HEART-FELT HEIL, FROUWA, as we honor the Frouwa that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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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!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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December/Iulmânôd 15, 2017 Frijastag

12/16/2017

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(Iulmânôd = Yule 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/Friday (great grandparents) David D. Schmidt (1852-1924) and Elisabeth Zülke (apx1856-1932) 
David D. Schmidt
Birth 11 June 1852
Death 18 March 1924 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas, USA
Married 22 February 1876
Elizabeth Zülke (1856-1932)
Birth 4 JAN 1856 in Waldheim, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 19 JUN 1932 in Lehigh, Kansas
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Uruz: The Auroch beast, the primal instinct, life force, survival, endurance, the ability of action, creation taking shape, expansion, tenacity, vital strength, instinct of survival, stability, raw physical power, taking risks, stick-to-itiveness, foundation, a stabilizing effect, moral strength, healing, good health, rejuvenation, energy levels, rage, health and energy, primal drizzle.
Conversely:
A weakened position, deprivation, out of sync, an impulse towards inaction, a severe lack of foundation, energy at low levels, illness, reduction, instability, elasticity, uncontrolled rage, without the will to survive, misdirected force, taking no risks at this time, weakness; either physical or emotional, illness, the inability to overcome obstacles.
*A1R2
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Ka:
Havamal 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.
 
Imperviousness, a reversal of fortune, the world tree, preservation of tribe or race, ancestors/ancestry, loyalty, that which is existing, defense, the polarity of the male/female principle in the Universe, opposing energies, earthly love, as executive power of balancing justice, art, capability, artist, genius, being favored, procreation, the child, force, that which is established, World Tree/the Irminsul/the All, power, generation, ability and artfulness, sensuality, higher consciousness, return.
“Your blood, your highest possession” (List, 53).
*H1R6
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Interpretation: A good foundation (Uruz) leads to being favored (Ka).
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1st check on all fur-kids; Socks was ready to come out from his house
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Outcome: 7 ½ hours of sleep with only two wake-ups
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Man, my feet have come down to this; I HAVE to have something between my feet and the floor.  In the middle of the night, it’s a struggle to put on a simple pair of slippers, but I think I have come up with a solution.  I’m going to keep a pair of old insoles inside a pair of socks while I sleep.  That way I don’t have to worry about putting on anything as my support will already be inside the socks that I normally wear to bed anyway.
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Good morning chat with my love my fiancée; OMGs, her daughter was in a serious car accident!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*hit by a truck, then a car coming the opposite direction…JsFnChst…
*car is totaled, but her daughter and grandson are okay.
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Fucked around on the internet until almost 11AM…JsFnChst!
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Breakfast from frozen
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Toby and I out for a well behaved, late morning, 30min walk.
*sunny, cool, slight breeze
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Burger King for lunch; OMGs that’s a man-sized sandwich https://www.bk.com/menu-item/farmhouse-king
Dillons
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/
M’Gladbach 1-0 Hamburger
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MASL http://www.maslsoccer.com/
Florida 6-7 Baltimore
Harrisburg 5-8 Syracuse
Turlock 6-8 Rio Grand Valley
*WOW!  All visiting teams won…
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SHFs all night at work; boring.  Not a bit of overtime, but yet I’m exhausted.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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PTA shower, nighty-night
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God/dess Meditation: Frija:
Frija, Great Alle-Mutter; caregiver of Family, Hearth and Home, wife to Alle-Vater Wodan.  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!  HEIL ALLE MUTTER HEIL!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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December/Iulmânôd 14, 2017 Donarstag

12/15/2017

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(Iulmânôd = Yule Month)
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Plans: my love my fiancée, work 8hrs
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Ancestor Meditation: Donarstag/Donar’s Day/Thursday (great, grandparents) Peter Reimer (1868-1937) and Eva Hiebert (1874-1929)
Peter Reimer (1868-1937)
Birth 17 July 1868 in, Kleefeld, Molotschna, Russia
Death 12 Jan 1937 in Kern County, California, United States
*Married 9 April 1893
Eva Hiebert (1874-1929)
Birth 13 Jan 1874 in, Alexanderwohl, Molotschna, Taurida, Russia
Death 20 Aug 1929 in Fresno, Fresno, California, United States
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Ansuz: In favor of the gods, Wodan specifically, The Divine Father/Alle Vater, 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: Hagal: 
Havamal 151.
A seventh I learned, if the hall is burning

With fire around bench and comrades;
However bright it burns, I will banish the blaze,
As soon I sing the magic chant.
 
To enclose/destroy, danger brought under control, introspection, awareness, eternal change, the Mother of all Runes, the cohesion of the world, die (pronounced ‘dee’ German for ‘the’) Alle Mutter, Frija, that which cares and maintains, protects, and preserves; that which is motherly; wisdom, harmony, salvation, blessing, protects from hail and fire, eternal change, caring and maintaining principle in the Universe, Higher Self, the perfect human being, Divine within, the Rune of humanity, married to the World, Rune of enclosure but contains a potential for growth, builder/architect of the worlds, the macrocosm of the world itself.
“Harbor the All in yourself, and you will control the All” (List, 54).
*H2R1
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Interpretation: Alle Vater (Ansuz) leads to Alle Mutter (Hagal).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 6hrs of sleep/one wake-up @ 7:30
Toby wanted out
Socks want in his house
Toby wanted back in
Slept-in until 9:30
WOW
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Good morning chat with my love my fiancée
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Essie with some extended, semi-supervised, back yard time; she LOVES watching her squirrel-o-vision.
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Whole grain oat cereal with PB&J on an English muffin
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Toby and I out for a fairly well behaved, late morning, 30min walk
Mostly sunny/high clouds, cool, slight north breeze
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Core: Ab-Roller+5lbs, 4 sets @ 25 reps
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Lunch from frozen
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Gotham https://www.fox.com/gotham/?cmpid=org=dcg::ag=360i::mc=cpc::src=google::cmp=foxweb::add=gotham
S4 E11…half season finale…FUCKING WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Good 8hrs @ work; enough to keep me on the table shaper all shift.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Shower, nighty-night
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God/dess Meditation: Donar;
Donar, Son of Wodan and Erda, husband to Sibba with the Golden Hair, 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!

*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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December/Iulmânôd 13, 2017 2017 Wotanstag

12/14/2017

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(Iulmânôd = Yule Month)
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Plans: my love my fiancée, work 8 hrs
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Ancestor Meditation: Wodanstag/Wodan’s Day/Wednesday (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: Teiwaz: The God Ziu, one handed god of war and honor, valor, uncompromising in judgments, personal management, a higher rationality, dedication to an ideal, balanced, victory in conflict, the spiritual warrior, self-sacrifice, spiritual birth/rebirth, motivated by a sense of justice, law and order, bravery, honesty, even-handedness, warfare as a part of evolution, mental and emotional order.
Conversely:
Outside the favor of Ziu; the god of honor, dishonor, without victory in conflict, injustice, imbalance, mismanagement, failure, unbalanced, dishonesty, naiveté compromised judgments, defeat, warfare without purpose, disengagement with the sacrificial Self, spiritual death, legal dilemma, disorder/chaos, cowardice, the inability to fight for what’s right, void of the will to succeed, double standards.
*A3R1
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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: honesty (Teiwaz) leads to great gain (Man).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 6 ½ hours of sleep with only one wake-up
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Good morning chat with my love my fiancée
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Breakfast sandwich (good) reheated tater tots (not so good).
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Toby and I out for a fairly well behaved, late morning, 30min walk.  He’s lucky he responded quickly when he wandered into the curb area.
*sunny/high clouds, mild, fairly strong north/northwest breeze.
Core work; Ab-Roller + 5lbs, 4 sets of 25 reps.
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/
Yesterday?
Wolfsburg 1-1 Leipzig
Freiburg 1-0 M’Gladbach
Hamburger 1-2 Frankfurt
Today?
Hoffenheim 1-0 Stuttgart on FS2/Sling-TV
Berlin 3-1 Hannover on FS2/Sling-TV
München 1-0 Köln on FS2/Sling-TV
Schalke 3-2 Augsburg on FS2/Sling-TV
Leverkusen 1-0 Bremen
They must be getting ready to go into Winter break.
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Hamburger Helper lasagna, green beans.
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Table shaper back up in full.  Bread-n-butter parts (460min) similar parts (127min), two SHF orders, 10.79 hours turned in for an 8hr shift.
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Dillons petrol
McDs
QT, because Dillons charges to use their air hoses.  QT is free.  Well, hela, I have a problem in my right-rear tire.  Luckily, I bought extended warranty on the new set of ties.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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PTA shower, 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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Alaf Sal Fena!
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December/Iulmânôd 12, 2017 Dienstag

12/13/2017

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(Iulmânôd = Yule Month)
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Plans: my love my fiancée, work 8hrs
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Ancestor Meditation: Dienstag/Thing Day/Tuesday (grandparents) Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967) and Maria Hildebrand (1895-72)
Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967)
Birth 15 May 1898 in Medford, Grant County, Oklahoma, USA
Death 26 Mar 1967 in Hesston, Harvey County, Kansas, United States
*Married 2 June 1920
Maria Hildebrand (1894-72)
Birth 30 Dec 1894 in Marion County, Ks, USA
Death 22 Jul 1972 in Newton, Harvey County, KS, USA
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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: Naudiz: The Rune of Need (whether mortal, emotional, spiritual), a Wurtâ Rune, forced friction, a stress indicator, opportunity for change, urgency, a generating force for the greater good, friction, transformation, resistance leading to strength, perseverance to endure, eventual peace within the Self, accept the unchangeable, an evolutionary change toward a more holistic state, Fate.
*A2R2
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: 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: beneficial friction (Naudiz) leads to protection from danger (Thorn).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 6hrs of sleep with one wake-up
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My health by the numbers:
Weight: 255
Glucose: 136
BP: 135/78
Pulse: 77
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Quick chat with my love my fiancée, she was on a conference call with her employer
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Breakfast sandwich
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Essie with extended supervised outside time
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FINALLY got things straightened out (I think) with Navient.
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Toby and I out for a perfektly behaved, noon hour, 30min walk.
*mildly cool, sunny, slight west breeze
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Reviving core workout; Ab-roller+5lbs, 4 sets of 25reps
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Fish patties from frozen, tots from frozen, corn
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Table shaper still down.  All shift spent in layout.  Table shaper finally operational 11:20pm.
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Last check on all fur-kids; Socks out from his house…Socks back into his house…smart boy.  All fur-kids are under shelter.
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Shower, bed, nighty-night
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God/dess Meditation: Holle, magnificent German goddess, you who seem to be the perfect counterpart to Alle-Vater Wodan.  Just like Alle-Vater, you come to us with many names.  Just like Alle-Vater, you appear to us with many faces.  You have become known to us through place-names, fairy-tales, sagas, legends, poetry, customs, traditions, mythology, and yes, even food.  You are the young maiden.  You are the Old Crone.  You are everything in between.  You reward the diligent worker.  You punish the slothful.  Your Spirit permeates humankind.  We recognize you as a German Goddess!  Alle Mutter Holle, Goddess holy and wise, We give you a most HEART-FELT HEIL, as we honor the Holle that resides in us all. 
*C. Reimer/V. Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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December/Iulmânôd 11, 2017 Manostag

12/12/2017

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(Iulmânôd = Yule Month)
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Plans: my love my fiancée, work 8 or 9 hrs
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Ancestor Meditation: Manostag/Mano’s Day/Monday (parents) Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963) and Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994), Jewell F. Reimer [(sister) (1947)], Michael L Reimer [(brother) (1948-1997)].
Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963
Birth 24 October 1924 in Whitewater, Butler County, Kansas, USA
*US Navy veteran, Joint Intelligence Center, Pacific Ocean Area (JICPOA)
**Naval Intelligence Office, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
*Married 23 June 1946
Death 10 October 1963 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994)
Birth 20 January 1926 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas, USA
Death 23 September 1994 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Eihwaz: Irminsul, the Cosmic pillar, inner strength, stress and difficulties, overcoming obstacles, need to have backbone to get through, endurance, “Shit happens, get over it! “, temporary cosmic consciousness, stability over external circumstances, resilience, the Shamanic link of experiences within the All.  “That which does not kill us makes us stronger” (Friedrich Nietzsche).
*A2R5
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: 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 external power (Rit).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: no idea how long I slept, but I know there were three wake-ups
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Brief good morning chat with my love my fiancée; the distance is REALLY starting to get to me with seemingly no visit in the near future.  I KNOW it will get better, but right now, it’s frustrating.
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Breakfast sandwich
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Toby and I out for another misbehaving walk.  I give him three strikes for each verbal command.  The first verbal command is strike one.  The second verbal command is a stern strike two.  Failure to respond to strike two is strike three and on the retractable.  I usually put him on the retractable to get his attention then let him off a bit later.  I’m not doing that any more.  If Toby strikes out, he’s on the retractable on the duration to home.
*sunny, mild (too damn mild for almost mid-December), slight north breeze.
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Separated recyclables
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Interesting salmon sausages I found at the store last shopping day; potato coins and fried okra
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Well hela, an attempt to get assistance on paperwork from Navient failed.  I have a returned scheduled call in from them for tomorrow @ noon.
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Quick attempt to revive my core workout; abroller+25lbs, 4 sets, 10 reps
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 A bit of lite housework
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Table shaper down all shift; worked in layout; 8hrs @ work.
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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: 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.  You’re the counterpart to Sunna, the feminine aspect of the sun.  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!

*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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