December/Iulmânôd 12, 2016 Manostag

(Iulmânôd = Iul month)
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Plans: work 8 hrs.
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Ancestor Meditation: Manostag (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.
Death 10 October 1963 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
*Married 23 June 1946
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 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, force 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.
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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.
 
Inspiration, blessing, encouragement, shielding, 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).
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Interpretation: Need (Naudiz) leads to shielding (Bar).
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Outcome: Life is so good now, all the way around.
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1st breakfast; protein shake
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cool, borderline cold, partly cloudy, calm wind.
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Toby and I out for an exceptionally well behaved 30min walk.
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Socks’ house is so nice and warm now.  When I went in to huggle, he almost didn’t want to come off of his loveseat to meet me on the table.
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Nice Fb chat with a fellow Heathen in SE Kansas.
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Call in from my WONDERFUL niece.  It’s so nice to have an agreed time to call.
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Sensible snack; one egg on one piece of whole-wheat toast.
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Dumbbell workout routine
Standing, 3 sets of 12, 2/15lbs

• Forearm curls
• Bicep curls
• Overhead triceps extension
• Shoulder press
• Standing shoulder row

Plank, 3 sets @ 30secs each
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Essie does NOT like the cold.  She comes back inside SO quickly.
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Lunch; protein shake
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I posted this to my Facebook page:
“If you're a non-Christian who says you celebrate Christmas, Christians have every right to insist you keep the Christ in Christmas; after all, it IS their holiday. If I may make a suggestion, celebrate Yule instead. It's 12 days of one-big-ass-party. You still get all the bells and whistles of the season. You just don't have to worry about anyone telling you HOW to observe it.”
Mostly a good response, but it certainly didn’t take long for a childhood friend to contact me in a Fb message and started preaching at me.  I get SO sick-n-tired of that shit.  I get so sick and tired of Christians with the “I’m right, you’re wrong” attitude.  Amazing, isn’t it?  23yrs ago, I was in that same mindset.
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Good 8 hrs of work, but with a slow start, things, I think, turned out okay.
*So, my work colleague seems to think he and his fiancé have the perfekt woman for me.  I started running down the laundry list of what makes me, me, and he STILL thinks so; especially in the area of sexuality.  The more he talked about her, the more I’m inclined to agree.  Okay, NOW he has my curiosity aroused.
*Naudiz/Bar?
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PTA shower, bed, 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!
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Comments:  last check on all fur-kids
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Alaf Sal Fena!