(Lenzomônd = Lent 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: Uruz (U): The Auroch beast, the primal instinct, survival, an impulse towards action, creation taking shape, expansion, tenacity, vital strength, instinct of survival, taking risks, stick-to-itiveness, foundation, a stabilizing effect, moral strength, healing, rejuvenation, good health and energy, primal drizzle.


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: 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.

Eternal change, the Mother of all Runes, the cohesion of the world, the All-Mother, 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.

Interpretation: tenacity (Uruz) leading to the feminine (Hagal).
*counting on it!

Outcome: It seems like spring is already here.

Foggy morning…wish I could stay home to enjoy it.

Good AM work; workload is high 
Nice @ work for lunch, continues reading Pathway to the Ancestors.
Good PM work; *comments for posterity, not general consumption*

GODDAMN 70DEG??????  WTF??????

Snack sandwich on the way home.  I think I met the love of my life!  She actually admitted to LOVING WINTER; conversely, hating summer!  WHOA!

Immediately opened ALL windows of the house.

More sensuality in the mail…I would never take this in public, but it’s going to do me well.

Essie on front yard tether, obviously not happy.
*newspaper time
I was inside getting some tea started.  I looked out to see Essie at the door, telling me she was finished with her tethered outside.
Toby for a 3/5 of a mile walk.  His tongue was a-dragging, but he still had good energy.
Essie in the back yard, no halter, no tether, yet under my watchful eye.  It so funny to see her samper from me when she knows I’m coming to get her to go back inside.

Hodgepodge for dinner 

1-mile on the treadmill, 26min 
*stretches 

Shower 

Nighty-night 

PM Meditation: Êra, handmaiden of Frija, goddess of the healing arts; whose loving hands and sweet breath brings wholeness and health, PRAISE YOUR NAME AMONG NORTH-FOLK! We thank you for your gentle caress, your soft ministrations and your care. When stress, strains, aches and pains plague us, you come with your herbal medicines and compassion to ease our distress. Êra, goddess holy and wise, we honor you. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL Êra, as we honor the Êra that resides in us all!

PM Clarification Rune: none

Comments:  last check on animals

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Hartmônd  = Harsh month)

Plans: work 10hrs 

YaWK IS HERE!  Socks is ready to defend his kingdom! 

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: 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: 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.

Eternal change, the Mother of all Runes, the cohesion of the world, the All-Mother, 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 

Interpretation: Divine inspiration (Kenaz) leading to the Mother (Hagal).

Outcome: Slow start this morning. 

Good AM work; oh yeah, 53hr workweek should be forthcoming.
Good @ work for lunch; continued with my metrics book.
Good PM work; however challenging.  I had an order that had some odd language in the planning.  I sidestepped “A” and went to “B”.  “B” went to “C” who conversed with “D”.  Both “C” and “D” tried to catch up with “E” but “E” wasn’t in his office.  I ended up going back to “A” whose experience said to ignore the planning language apply the technique to the entire part.  1st part buy-off said, “I couldn’t have done better myself.”  That’s the best that could’ve been said to me!
*Kenaz and Hagal right here! 

Burger King on the way home; $1.49 ten-piece nuggets.

I purposed NOT to sit down when I got home in effort to get some good time in on my treadmill.  I figured if I sit down, I’m done.  My plan worked.  I got a good ½ hour on it at a fairly good beginner clip.

Goddamn 75F/24C…windows open…summer in late January?

Tilapia and garden salad for dinner.

Stretches 
http://www.wikihow.com/Stretch 
*OOOOooooooo…this feels pretty good.  Now I have to come up with a specific routine and stick to it.

I want to be on the treadmill Mon, Wed, Fri and stretch Tues and Thurs; see how that works.  With my left elbow continuing to hurt, I have to change focus away from weightlifting, but I HAVE to be doing something for my health.

Shower, Nighty-night.

PM Meditation: Êra, handmaiden of Frija, goddess of the healing arts; whose loving hands and sweet breath brings wholeness and health, PRAISE YOUR NAME AMONG NORTH-FOLK! We thank you for your gentle caress, your soft ministrations and your care. When stress, strains, aches and pains plague us, you come with your herbal medicines and compassion to ease our distress. Êra, goddess holy and wise, we honor you. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL Êra, as we honor the Êra that resides in us all!

PM Clarification Rune: none

Comments:  last check on animals

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Hartmônd  = Harsh month)

Best night’s sleep in a VERY long time!

Plans: day off… 

AM Meditation: Sunnastac/Sunday, we meditate on Sunna, goddess of the Sun:
Greetings to you Sunna, in all your feminine, fertile glory; Lamp of Wotan, 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: Ansuz (R): Outside the favor of Wotan vital/divine breath and the ancestral/Wotanic wisdom, separation from one’s true Spirit, spiritual imbalance, neurotic compulsive liar, exercise caution with communication and dealings including intelligence; a lack of inspiration, 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: 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.

Eternal change, the Mother of all Runes, the cohesion of the world, the All-Mother, 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 

Interpretation: Father turn his back (Ansuz) run to the Mother (Hagal).

Outcome: Cooler, windy, clouds running north to south.

Bank
Dillons
Corner convenience store for a newspaper
*Toby gets his biscuit 
McDs for 1st breakfast 
*two sausage McGriddles (last day for $1)
*two hash browns 
*large sweet tea
*sausage McMuffin for Toby

Toby was well behaved on his walk to Meeka Park and beyond.

Transferred funds 

Placed Amazon order 
*The Forest in Folklore and Mythology by Alexander Porteous 
*Path to the Ancestors; Exploring Ancestor Worship within Modern Germanic Heathenry by Swain Wodening 
*The Empty Throne; A Novel (Warrior Chronicles) by Bernard Cornwell 

Separated recyclables 

Nice Fb chat with S_.

Aldi
Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market 
Dillons
*sushi for lunch 
Liquor Store 

My wonderful niece and her family brought over a treadmill from her mother-in-law rather than let me spen upwards of $1,000 on a new one.  LOVE HER!  LOVE THEM!

Jambalaya for dinner

To Walgreens http://www.walgreens.com/ iso support stocking for my calves; found ‘em. 

Experimented with the treadmill…oh my, that’s going to be some work.

Major Arena Soccer League (MASL) http://paslsoccer.com/ 
(team @ team)
San Diego 13-6 Sacramento 
Wichita v Milwaukee (on Go Live Sports Cast)
1st qtr 0-1 
2nd qtr 1-4 
3rd qtr 3-7 
4th qtr 4-12
Wichita B52s were never in this.  Hard loss.  Milwaukee is that good. 
Las Vegas 11-3 Tacoma 
Syracuse 8-10 Rochester 
Missouri v Monterrey TBA
Dallas v Brownsville TBA

Shower rand beddy-bye 

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!

(Skeidentimond = Summer’s End Month)

1st breakfast, scrambled eggs mixed in w/Donarstac's casserole

Trash over to brothers

Bank ATM

Stopped off at the corner convenience store for a newspaper.

Plans: front yard, GPRF

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:
Mannaz (R): Problems relating with Heimdall and humanity, without cooperation between people, the inability to work within a social
structure in an effective way, intellectual arrogance, bigotry, closed
mindedness, failed social interaction and disorder; anti-social behavior and
lack of Divine structure.


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: 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.

Eternal change, the Mother of all Runes, the cohesion of the world, the All-Mother, 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.

Interpretation: Closed mindedness (Mannaz) leading to eternal change (Hagal).
*WTF?

Outcome: Toby out for a sunrise walk.  He refused to listen at one point so he finished his walk on the retractable.
*Essie on her tether.
*Essie on her trailing tether in the back yard.  He scampered up about 6ft on 3 trees.  She certainly does enjoy herself as she explores under my watchful eye.

Mowed front yard.

2nd breakfast; pancakes and turkey-jerky.

Bundesliga http://www.bundesliga.com/en/ 
Augsburg hosts Hertha Berlin 1-0
Hamburg hosts Eintracht Frankfurt 1-2

Off to the GPRF, but it was just too damned hot to enjoy.  I did, however, purchase the jellies I intended to purchase; OMGs yum!

Grocery excursion:
Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market
Dillons
Aldi

My special niece needed some petrol in her tank.  I’ve done it before but I told her I cant keep doing this.  That poor child has been through so much in her lifetime.  My heart just goes out to her.

Separated recyclables

Cleaned house

JsFnChst, this has been a non-stop day!

Too late to go back to the Ren Fest.  I was going to go beck to have Mr. Taylor Made Bows show me one more time how to easily string my bow…too busy…too fucking hot.

MLS http://www.mlssoccer.com/
Houston hosts Chicago 2-0
LA hosts NY TBD

Enough…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!

(Skeidentimond = Summer’s End Month)

54F/16C at sunrise…WOW!

Plans: ???????????????

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!

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: Teiwaz (R): Outside the favor of Ziu; the god of honor,
without victory in conflict, injustice, imbalance, mismanagement, failure,
dishonesty, compromised judgments, defeat, warfare without purpose,  legal
dilemma, the inability to fight for what’s right, void of the will to succeed,
double standards.


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: 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.

Eternal change, the Mother of all Runes, the cohesion of the world, the All-Mother, 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.

Interpretation: Dishonor (Teiwaz) drives me to the All-Mother (Hagal)(.

Outcome: Shuffled accounts and balanced checkbook…all is well.

Toby was well behaved on his 1-mile walk.

Brother came over.  His guardian/granddaughter is selling stuff for her new kindergarten class.  I wanted to make sure to support her.

To FedEx for copies

Prepared RTAA for today’s post

Post office for stamps
*closed?  Just a wee bit late.
*to McDs for a lite lunch with Toby.

Grocery excursion:
*Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market
*Dillons
*Dillons petrol
*Aldi
*liquor

Renewed tags online

MLS http://www.mlssoccer.com/
Friday
LA hosts Colorado 6-0
Saturday
Toronto hosts Philly 0-2
NY hosts Sporting KC (whew…on usagoals.com)
*11th min goal NY
*@ the half, NY Red Bulls 1-0 Sporting KC
*52nd min goal NY
*54th in GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
**MORE!  MORE!!  MORE!!!
*81st min...c'mon, Sporting!
*into stoppage time
*end of match
*NY Red Bulls 2-1 Sporting KC
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Trip to Lowe’s for another washer to solidify the cat tower.
*Toby loves his car rides.
*…and solid it is!
<>
Houston hosts Montréal 3-2
Salt Lake hosts Dallas 2-1
Vancouver hosts DC 0-0

“It’s been a good day…a good day” (13th Warrior).

Sweet dreams.

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!

(Arnmond = Harvest Month)

Plans: work 8hrs, Air Cap Vet for Toby’s allergy meds.

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:
Teiwaz (U): The God Ziu, one handed god of war and honor, valor, uncompromising in judgments, victory in conflict, the spiritual warrior, self-sacrifice, motivated by a sense of justice, law and order, bravery, honesty, evenhandedness, warfare as a part of evolution, mental and emotional order.


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: 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.

Eternal change, the Mother of all Runes, the cohesion of the world, the
All-Mother, 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.

Interpretation: Honor (Teiwaz) leading to the All-Mother (Hagal).

Outcome: Heil FRIJA auf Frija’s Tag!!!!

Good AM work…aw…someone brought in some doughnuts, I picked the strawberry
filled one.
*OMGs, you should have seen the BEAUTIFUL moth in the shop.  Luckily I found
him before someone else did.  I scooped him up with my hat, but he made his way
onto my hand where he just didn’t want to leave.  I showed him off a bit, then
took him outside where he just did not want to leave my hand.  I placed him on
some pallets outside, turn to go back inside, and just before going inside I
turned back around and he had already flown off somewhere.
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Home for lunch, the heat is on, but Socks wanted out.  Okay buddy…
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Good PM work…I brought Zippy back out.  Zippy is the dried frog/toad cadaver
I keep in my toolbox.  He was blown out during a clean-up days ago.

Toby’s allergy medication went from $13 to $25...JsFnChst!

Nice cumulus clouds forming…

FUCKING HOT!

Ordered my 23andMe https://www.23andme.com/ kit…Teiwaz/Hagal?

Too much time on the internet…hey wait, there’s a song in that somewhere…
Styx, Too Much Time On My Hands https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XcKBmdfpWs

Exhausted

Fell asleep in that evil green chair.

MLS http://www.mlssoccer.com/
Dallas hosts Salt Lake 2-1

PM Meditation: Ostara, trustworthy goddess; 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!


PM Clarification Rune: none


Comments:  last check on animals


Alaf Sal Fena!