(Lenzomônd = Lent month)

Now what the hel am I doing awake this early? 

Plans: work 10hrs 

AM Meditation: Wotanstac/Wednesday, we meditate on Wotan:
All-Father God!  Wandering God!  Rune god! Wolf God! Raven god! Wotan!! 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, Wotan, 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, Wotan, as we honor the Wotan 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: Ehwaz (R): 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, treachery.


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: Ur:  
Havamal 146.
Another I name, that all need to have
Who officiate as curing healers; 
Know yourself, and you will know the world,
And learn to discern between evil and it’s causes.

Healing. that which is grasped or permanent, medical help, the healing powers of medical drugs, nurturing at the original basis, original cause, origin, root of all material and cosmic phenomena, contact with the transcendent, contact with the dead, life after mortal death, Mother-God, Creative Mother Principle, a physician’s rune and represents resurrection, eternity, and continuity, root of all material and cosmic phenomena, root of eternity, self-aware, causality; the origin of time, cause and effect in the eternal power of becoming.

Interpretation: Indecisiveness (Ehwaz) leading to healing (Ur)

Outcome: There’s another fresh blanket of snow on the ground.  Now why in the world would Socks be so insistent to come out from his house?
*soon enough, though, he’s ready to go back into his House.

There’s probably an inch, inch and a half of snow powder on the ground.

Cleared driveway and walkways. 

Good AM work; OMGs!  The parts I thought I scrapped several days ago were accepted “as is” by the customer!  I AM OUT OF HOT WATER!  Ehwaz and Ur right here! 
Good @ home for lunch, Toby back inside 
Good PM work.

Dillons petrol on the way home.

Facebook messages into cousins trying to locate pictures of my father; hey, it’s a quest! 


Call in from my WONDERFUL niece…love her!

Frozen meatloaf dinner…good enough.

I have every intent to get on the treadmill, but up so damned early this morning leaves me with no energy now.

Fell asleep in the leather recliner

Nighty-night

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!

(Skeidentimond = Summer’s End Month)

Plans: work 10hrs

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:
Ehwaz (R): 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, treachery.



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: 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.

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.

Interpretation: Control issues (Ehwaz) leading to relationship issues (Eh).

Outcome: It’s been a good morning.  I hope it continues at work.

Good AM work
Hone for lunch with great cooperation
Good PM work
*we’re gonna be heluh busy first of next week.

Someone for a home improvement company dropped.  I invited them back tomorrow.

Leftover taco meat from yesterday.

Finally got thru to finish my HARP application with my mortgage company.  I’ve been approved for a better interest rate and a much better payment; all is MUCH more manageable at me current wages.  Ehwaz and Eh, right here.
*a 750 credit score?  Nice…

LOST POWER!  Blew a fuse

Workout Routine #1
*abs, 3 sets of 25, +15lbs
*hammer curls, 3 sets of 8, 25lb dumbbells
*triceps extension, 3 sets of 8, 25lb dumbbells
*shoulder press, 3 sets of 8, 25ln dumbbells

CONCACAF Champions League
Sporting KC hosts Saprissa http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2014-09-18-sporting-kansas-city-vs-deportivo-saprissa/feed
*13min GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*28th min goal Saprissa
*@ the half, 1-1
*69th min GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*76th min GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*end of match
*SKC 3-1 Saprissa
*3 points to the good guys in Group 2

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!

(Skeidentimond = Summer’s End Month)

Plans: work 8hrs, oil change at Auto Smart

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:
Ehwaz (R): 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, treachery.


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: Disharmony (Ehwaz) leading to determination (Laf).

Outcome: It’s BEAUTIFULLY chilly!

Drizzle

Good AM work, not paying attention to attitudes.
Stayed at work for lunch.
Good PM work, not paying attention to attitudes.

Oil change:
Wal-Mart for oil and filter
Auto-Smart for labor…didn’t save anything doing it this way.

A very excited Toby out for a 1-mile walk.  Cooler weather equates to more energy.  My first wearing of layered T-shirts of the season.

Two loads of laundry

Prepared RTAA for tomorrow’s post.

Bionic Burger for dinner
*goddamn BBQ sandwich is excellent!

To the corner convenience store for a newspaper

Essie is certainly becoming a lap-kitty.

Nighty-night

MLS http://www.mlssoccer.com/
Seattle hosts Salt Lake 3-2
Chivas hosts Sporting Kansas City 0-4 WOW!
*highlights http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2014-09-12-chivas-usa-vs-sporting-kansas-city/recap

PM Meditation: Forsizo; Heil to you, son of Paltar and Nanda!  We call out to you in our time of legal need.  You’re the god of justice and reconciliation.  We know that justice is a double-edged ax.  On the one side, if our argument is just, grant us the proper conclusion.  On the other side, if our argument is fraudulent, mete-out justice accordingly.  Whether in the court of legal proceedings or the court of public opinion, grant us the justice according to the rightness of our deeds.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, FORSIZO, as we honor the Forsizo that resides in us all!


PM Clarification Rune: none


Comments:  last check on animals


Alaf Sal Fena!

(Heumond = Hay 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: Ehwaz (U): Horse, the special, controlled relationship between a rider and a horse, taking control of a situation, adaptability, following one’s instincts, teamwork, trust, loyalty, partnership, cooperation in relationships and with higher-powers, instinct, intuition, working in tandem with another, toward a single goal.


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: Control (Ehwaz) leading to protection (Thorn).

Outcome: Could rain today.

Doable AM work…at least functional.
Home for lunch, a bit of light rain.  All babies under shelter.
Better PM work, seemingly feeling a bit better than AM.
*Nice gentle rain.

Surprisingly good bacon wrapped turkey filets (from frozen).  I still eat WAY too much.

Family front yard time for EVERYBODY!
*Essie on her first walk off the tether, but on a leash.  She went a house
either direction investigating.  She was very deliberate in her searching, and
there were all sorts of “I’m not comfortable with this” growls.  Nonetheless, I
thought it was a successful first walk on a leash.

PM Meditation: Brego, long-bearded god; son of Wodan and Gunnlod; husband of Ostara; you’re the god of poetry and eloquence; the adherent god of skalds.  You have the Runes carved on your tongue.  Your inspiration is enhanced by a drink from the glorious mead.  Our oath to you, as we partake upon your silver cup called Bregofull; we swear our never-ending faith and allegiance to
the gods and ways of our ancestors.  We stand firm with them as we live our lives to the fullest.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, BREGO, as we honor the Brego that resides in us all!


PM Clarification Rune: none


Comments:  cared for animals


Alaf Sal Fena!

(Heumond = Hay Month)

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: Ehwaz (U): Horse, the special, controlled relationship between a rider and a horse, taking control of a situation, adaptability, following one’s instincts, teamwork, trust, loyalty, partnership, cooperation in relationships and with higher-powers, instinct, intuition, working in tandem with another, toward a single goal.


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: Control (Ehwaz) leading to protection (Thorn).

Outcome: Socks was conflicted about in or out, but soon enough decided in…smart kitty!

AM work went well.  Comments to follow.
Home for lunch.  The heat is on.  I didn’t give Socks an option to come out.
PM work went well.  Coming up on finishing 90-days probation (which makes no
sense since I was there more than 90 days with the temp service).  Medical,
Dental and Life insurance info was made available.

During work I though much about my Uncle Jake.  I remembered him from when I
was a wee lad.  I THINK he was Mother’s Uncle, so my memories of him come from
me being roughly 5yrs old or so.  I remember his house being on the west side,
close to Mayberry Jr. High area, north of Maple St.  His house wasn’t very
large, but it had a large crawlspace which dictated a raised porch.  Uncle Jake
wore denim bib overalls and wore a train engineer’s hat.  He had a large nose. 
I remember enjoying him very much.

Also during work we had another critter visitor.  This time it was a wolf spider; obviously a momma with babies on her back.  I tried very carefully to collect the whole she-bang, but momma made a sudden move.  All the babies scattered.  I was able to collect a few of them AND momma to take them outside.  Momma will live to have more babies another day. 

I’ve also been thinking about Fat Cat and YaWK.  I am concerned their absence
coincides with the demolishing of the vacant house at McCormick and Everett.  I
don’t even dare voice my actual concerns, but I don’t think they fared well.  

104F/40C at home thermometer.

Well shit, not a good time for the Haruc a/c to go out.

Now, how long has it been since I simply heated up a can of soup for dinner? 
YUM!  Oh, that coupled with two ears of corn.

Gave Toby a good brushing.

My “Runestone” book http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1166327.Runestone arrived!

Earlier to bed for a better night’s 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 this 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:  cared for animals


Alaf Sal Fena!