(Uuuȋmânôd = Blissful Month)
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Plans: domestic stuff, haircut, bruzzer’s
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Ancestor Meditation: (picture source: The Mennonite Heritage and Agricultural Museum, Goessel, Kansas) (Gravesites at Alexanderwohl Friedhof Cemetery, 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 to Maria Nachtigal 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.
(picture added 3/26/2016)
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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, Wodanic wisdom, Divine communication, 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/Divine communication, 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: Is:  
Havamal 154:
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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Rune Lesson: The Wodan has the tendency to be a bit dark; however, that is just one of his aspects.  Calm can come when he’s All-Father.  As All-Father, every bit of his Divine nature comes into play.  I have a picture of him as All-Father with his protective arms around children.  In essence, we are all children in his eyes.  With his protective arms around us, we can rest with calm as we have nothing to fear.
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.                           
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Outcome: 7hrs of sleep with one wakeup.
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Wifey conversation
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A banana + 2 eggs sunny-side up atop hashbrowns and a single slice of ham.
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Toby and I out for a noon-hour, well behaved, 4-block roundy.
*cloudy, mild/muggy, south wind.
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Walmart Neighborhood Market
Dillons
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To bruzzer’s for a bit of bbq
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To local graves.  As I am not going to out of tow graves, I loaded up local graves!
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2hrs of Ghost Whisperer S1Es13 and 14 on Hulu; I’ve seen both of them
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Note to Self: Toby’s 12:30am feeding and insulin.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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1:30am nighty night
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(Uuuȋmânôd = Blissful Month)
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Plans: ????????????????????????
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Ancestor Meditation: (grave-sites @ Alexanderwohl Friedhof Cemetery, Goessel, Ks and Medford Oklahoma Mennonite Cemetery respectively)
Saturday/Saturn’s Day, Tag der Fruchtbarkeit (UPG) Day of Fertility/Saturday (UPG) (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 to Agatha Dirksen 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: Raido: Wheel, horse transportation, riding, issues concerning: ordered/rhythmic movement, a journey, the journey of life, travel, seek wise counsel, spiritual quest, the law of the cosmic right, freedom and moral responsibility of the Self, ordered change, planning, ethical conduct, personal discipline, to oversee one’s own journey in life, the proper course of faring, progress, perspective.
Conversely:
Spinning one’s wheels, lack of movement, unwise counsel, a breakdown in (divine) order, restlessness, make no travel plans, upsetting the cart, wrong action and disorder, the opposite of that which is right, off the proper course, slow motion, vehicular failure, without a sense of purpose, personal irresponsibility, a failed or disappointing journey, void of progress or proper perspective.
*A1R5
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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: Laf: 
Havamal 159:
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, learned knowledge, singing before the All, presentation, 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.
“First learn to steer, then dare the sea-journey” (List, 60).
H3R2
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Rune Lesson: There’s been a lot of Raido/movement in my life lately.  That’s okay, because where there is movement, there is learned knowledge.  The only way to gain knowledge is to move from darkness into the light.  We must know that we can sing before the All with determination and learned knowledge!  We know that life has rhythm; movement has rhythm.  Movement will show is our fate; our Orlog.
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: Almost 8hrs of sleep. Two wakeups, with Lily and Toby close by.
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Wifey conversation
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Two-egg breakfast burrito with pepper jack cheese
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Bank, took Toby with me so he could get a Toby snack from the drive-thru teller. As he didn’t handle the Toby snack too well last time in the front seat, I, reluctantly, put him in the back seat with it.  My concern with him being in the back seat was that he might fall thru where the back seats come up to the front seats.  He did extremely well, and found the windows on either side.  He fully enjoyed himself.
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Note to Self: Toby’s 12:15pm feeding and insulin.
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Wifey and I gathered up recyclables and I took them in: http://prokansasrecycling.org/
*it was a good thing they’ve reopened because recycling was full with just plastic and cans.  Paper has been thrown out several times with the regular trash.
*McDs for a beverage
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Two calls into bruzzer.
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Bionic burger https://www.bionic-burger.com/ for lunch
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Just happened on KPTS Ch8 and watched a bit of Downton Abby https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/shows/downton-abbey/
*as much as I don’t appreciate British humor, simply because I rarely get it, I DO appreciate British drama.
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Mowed and sculpted Agathagart, mowed front yard.
Cleaned out all recycling bins and reset the outside recycling area.
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7pm?  What the hela has happened to the day?
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Last of the hobo stew for dinner.  This one was REALLY good.  As the hobo stew is never a recipe, it’s sad to think I’ll never be able to replicate this yummy concoction.
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Toby and I out for a mid-evening, well behaved, four-block, yes, FOUR-BLOCK, roundy, and a visit with a couple of neighbors.
*sunny, mild, no breeze
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Ghost Whisperer S1 E11 (have not seen) E12 (have seen) on Hulu
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Finished Gretel and Hansel https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9086228/ not impressed…disappointment.  While I loved the darkness of it, the boredom overrode the entire movie.  The witch was very convincing.  Gretel and Hansel, on the other hand, not so much.  Out of 5 stars I would give this movie 2 stars.
If a movie has to be “explained” and it cannot stand on its own merit, is it any good?
https://screenrant.com/gretel-hansel-movie-ending-gretel-powers-fate-explained/
https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/gretel-hansel-ending-spoilers-director-explains-plot-changes
https://www.cbr.com/gretel-hansel-shocking-ending-explained/
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Note to Self; Toby’s 12:30am feeding and insulin.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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1:30am nighty night
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(Uuuȋmânôd = Blissful Month)
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Ancestor Meditation: (picture source: Ancestry.com) (Gravesites @ Mennonite Brethren Church Cemetery, Lehigh, Kansas)
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 to Elizabeth Zülke 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: Laguz: A body of water, the necessity of water as a life source, life well-lived, life ever-flowing; seen and unseen, going with the flow, fluidity, the leek (a healing herb) the feminine, Nirdu, Erda (Mother Earth), Ing-Frô and Frouwa, emotions intact, potential for life, magical workings, conform with emotions, personal growth, the basic energy and secret source of organic life, feeling, the deep minded Spirit, intuition.
Conversely:
A dried-up body of Water, the struggles of life, swimming upstream, difficulties with relating to the feminine, manipulation, lack of moral fiber, emotions out of control or suppressed, shallow minded, deception, unsympathetic, totally void of growth, failing to go with the flow, frivolity, immaturity, depression, inability to formulate with the emotional world, unstimulated, sinking/drowning, disconnect with the Inner Self.
*A3R5
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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: Sig: 
Havamal 156:
This I know as an eleventh, when
I accompany my dear friend into combat;
I sing it into the shield, so that he triumphs in battle
And that luck and happiness surrounds him always.
 
Triumph, surrounded with luck and happiness, victory, success, gain, well-being, victorious and happy, into the fray, blessing from above, successful fight, achieved goal, school, and salvation by light, inspiration, soul, and power of the sun, inspiration, soul, life force, wholeness, reliable success, healing, good luck, spiritual completion, and the path of the soul, Rune of the spiritual ray of inspiration, wisdom, and illumination.
“The creative spirit must conquer” (List, 57).
*H2R5
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Rune Lesson: Going with the flow is the BEST way to be successful in life.  Rigidity never gets you anywhere. Have the ability to make changes as life changes guarantees success.  Any river, any coast line is constantly changing, going with the flow.  With that change comes the ability for nature to succeed. People need to realize they are identical to this lesson.
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7hrs of sleep with three unusual wakeups:
*Lily clawing my chest
*hela loud thunder/Socks is safe and, on the porch,
*Toby yapping to go outside/George wanting fed/Toby yapping to come back inside
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One sunny side up egg and a Belgian waffle from frozen https://www.kroger.com/p/private-selection-belgian-waffles-6-count/0001111089399
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Too much Fb goofing off…
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Toby and I out for a late morning, WONDERFLY behaved, THREE-BLOCK roundy.  OMGs, he has been SO responsive to the “scoot” and “careful” voice commands.  Today, with the “scoot” command, there were MANY times I was keeping up with HIM, as he has become SO GOOD about staying on the sidewalk, then coming back when called when he’s allowed to veer off it..  It was SO NICE to see him do that.
*sunny, warm, south breeze.
I’m also exceedingly proud of him for figuring out how to fathom the three steps off the front porch.  He approaches it, then understands he has a few steps to take before he reaches the driveway.  I am a fur dad beaming with pride!
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Note to Self: Toby’s 12:15pm feeding and insulin.
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More wifey conversation
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More Fb
Online chat
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More online chat
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Leftover hobo stew…DAMNNED GOOD + an chocolate sundae
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Nothing mattered at work.  Why?  IT’S A THREE DAY, MEMORIAL WEEKEND!
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Note to Self; Toby’s 12:30am feeding and insulin.
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Well hela, Socks finally came home.
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Well WTF?  My Roku isn’t work.
A bit of Gretel and Hansel via Google Play/Chromecast onto the tele.  IT’S going to need a second look.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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2:30am, nighty night.
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(Uuuȋmânôd = Blissful Month)
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Plans: fur kids, wifey, work 8hrs.
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Ancestor Meditation: Flags:

1. Holy Roman Empire German/Austria until 1711-1740
2. Kingdom of Prussia 1701-1918
3. US flag 1850 31 stars
4. Oklahoma state flag
5. California state flag

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 to Eva Hiebert 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: Jera: Harvest, 12th Rune of the Futhark, the number 12, cycles, a turning point, cause and effect, the Rune of return, two halves of a cyclic whole, harmony-in-movement-in-balance, improvement, expansion, growth, progress, patience, fruition of plans, the mystic union between Earth and the Cosmos, the result of a previous action, appropriate reward for the right (or wrong) action.
*A2R4
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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: Os: 
Havamal 149:
The fourth one I know, when a foe has tied up
My arms and hands;
The fetters fall from my leg, when I chant that song,
And off my hands the ropes come.
 
Freedom from bondage, the power of speech/song, mouth, arising, ashes, that which is offered, Wodanic energies, leadership, mouth, speech, the effort to convince, deed following the word, the Divine Breath, kingship, discussion, idea of that which is given/evolving, the spiritual power that is gained through speech, it is the breath of the world, its voice, strength that a person needs to rise-up in power, freedom from the bondage of the material world.
“Your spiritual force makes you free” (List, 51).
*H1R4
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Rune Lesson: Any harvest requires attention.  Without due diligence, there is no harvest.  However, with some good luck and hard work, any harvest can generate some serious freedom for a clan, or community.  Good food stock removes the threat of the inability to survive.  There is some serious freedom in that kind of relief.
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 6hrs of restless sleep, woken by the telephone and thunder.  Lily and Toby close-by.
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Wifey conversation
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Rain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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2 eggs sunny side up with whole wheat toast and butter for sopping
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Prepared Hobo Stew; usually I use canned potatoes.  Today, without any canned potatoes, I actually diced and boiled them.  They turned out perfectly.
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Note to Self: Toby’s 12noon feeding and insulin.
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The rain has stopped.
Toby and I out for a perfectly behaved, noon hour, two block roundy.  Up to this point, I have let him set the pace.  Today, I started using the “scoot” voice command.  Toby knows that “scoot” means get a move on.  He did really well with that.  He did more Toby prancing than he has ever done since he lost his sight.  See?  He really DOES know he can trust me.
*cloudy, mild/muggy, no breeze
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OMGs, the hobo stew was excellent!  It was perfectly spicy because of the tomatoes, and the fresh potatoes were perfectly done!  Chocolate sundae for dessert.
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Online chat
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At work:
See?  I already have a raise coming as an M09C and it hasn’t even taken effect yet.
Last two parts of the night; monstrosities!  There was a high probability of them busting on the stretch press save a good prep job.  Blows smoke off my knuckles…I’m two for two to the good!
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Ghost Whisperer S1E10 on Hulu.  Another one I hadn’t seen.
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Note to Self: Toby’s 1:45am feeding and insulin.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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2:15am nighty night.
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(Uuuȋmânôd = Blissful Month)
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Plans: fur kids, wifey, work 8hrs
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Ancestor Meditation: Wodanstag/Wodan’s Day/Wednesday (grandparents, Mother) David F. Schmidt (1895-1957) and Mary Goertz (1888-1983) (Gravesites at Lehigh Mennonite Cemetery).
David F. Schmidt (1895-1957)
Birth 28 Feb 1885 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas
Death 1 Oct 1957 in Marion County, Kansas
*Married to Mary Goertz 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: Laguz: A body of water, the necessity of water as a life source, life well-lived, life ever-flowing; seen and unseen, going with the flow, fluidity, the leek (a healing herb) the feminine, Nirdu, Erda (Mother Earth), Ing-Frô and Frouwa, emotions intact, potential for life, magical workings, conform with emotions, personal growth, the basic energy and secret source of organic life, feeling, the deep minded Spirit, intuition.
Conversely:
A dried-up body of Water, the struggles of life, swimming upstream, difficulties with relating to the feminine, manipulation, lack of moral fiber, emotions out of control or suppressed, shallow minded, deception, unsympathetic, totally void of growth, failing to go with the flow, frivolity, immaturity, depression, inability to formulate with the emotional world, unstimulated, sinking/drowning, disconnect with the Inner Self.
*A3R5
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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: Laf: 
Havamal 159:
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, learned knowledge, singing before the All, presentation, 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.
“First learn to steer, then dare the sea-journey” (List, 60).
H3R2
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Rune Lesson: Two identical Runes, separate systems.
Now is the time to go with the flow, and to be determined to see any outcome to its conclusion.  One can magically sing before the all!  Once life hits home, we MUST deal with its ramifications; good, bad or indifferent.  Life really doesn’t give us much choice.  It’s HOW we deal with life that makes the difference.  There is always the opportunity to say FUCK IT, throw up our hand and give up.  OR, we can face life’s adversity head-on, learn from the experience and grow because of it.  The intelligent person would choose the latter.  Wouldn’t you say?
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: Just shy of 8hrs of sleep with one wakeup and LOTS of Lily loving!
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Wifey conversation
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Call into bank to finalize niece’s info so she can be co-owner of my savings account.  SOMEONE needs access to my money other than me, and it’s imperative that I protect my wife from my finances from my massive student loans and their ability to come after her for them upon my passing.
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A banana + 2 pieces of pizza + a breakfast burrito from frozen.
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Toby and I out for a late morning, well behaved, two blocks, lots of Toby-prancing, roundy.
*mostly cloudy, mild, no breeze.
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A bit extra online/email work getting my niece as co-owner of my savings account, but DONE!
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Bought several digital Star Wars movies on Google Play to complete my collection.
Here is their order:
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (set 32 years before A New Hope)
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (22 years before)
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (19 years before)
Solo: A Star Wars Story (about a decade before) (purchased today)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (ends moments before ANH) (purchased today)
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope 
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (three years after A New Hope)
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (four years after)
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (34 years after)
Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (34 years after) (purchased today)
Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker (35 years after) (purchased today)
*Oh, purchased Gretel and Hanselhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZblQLhKcZQ, too:
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Last of the Hamburger Helper + a sliced roma tomato + watermelon for lunch
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At work, my manager notified me my previous request for a downgrade from an M09B to an M09C will probably happen since the bump-back rights/waterfall is back.  I have never cared for the term “waterfall.”  It makes no sense to me.  IMO, “bump-back” is more adequately descriptive.
*more overhead crane operation with supervision.
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Note to Self: Toby’s 1am feeding and insulin.
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Ghost Whisperer S1E9 on Hulu; WOW! Another one I haven’t seen, and it was a good one!
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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2am nighty night
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(Uuuȋmânôd = Blissful Month)
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Plans: fur kids, wifey, VA, work 8hrs.
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Ancestor Meditation: Dienstag/Thing Day/Tuesday (grandparents) Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967) and Maria Hildebrand (1895-72) (Gravesites at Alexanderwohl Friedhof Cemetery, Goessel, Kansas).
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 to Maria Hildebrand 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
Gravesites @ Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church, Goessel, Ks
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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: Raido: Wheel, horse transportation, riding, issues concerning: ordered/rhythmic movement, a journey, the journey of life, travel, seek wise counsel, spiritual quest, the law of the cosmic right, freedom and moral responsibility of the Self, ordered change, planning, ethical conduct, personal discipline, to oversee one’s own journey in life, the proper course of faring, progress, perspective.
Conversely:
Spinning one’s wheels, lack of movement, unwise counsel, a breakdown in (divine) order, restlessness, make no travel plans, upsetting the cart, wrong action and disorder, the opposite of that which is right, off the proper course, slow motion, vehicular failure, without a sense of purpose, personal irresponsibility, a failed or disappointing journey, void of progress or proper perspective.
*A1R5
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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 152:
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 actively protect/enclose/destroy, danger brought under control, introspection, awareness, eternal change, the Mother/Center of the Rune Tree, 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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Rune Lesson: Sime, movement leading to the All Mother.  Mother is everything.  Mother is All!  Mother is the rhythmic movement of Midgard.  Mother is the center of it all.  Mother is the wise council.  In the Mother is freedom and moral responsibility.  Mother oversees my journey thru this life.
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7hrs of solid sleep with Lily and Toby close-by.
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Brief wifey conversation
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A banana and 2-egg burrito
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VA appointment went well.  It was just a blood pressure check.  My concern was that I was already agitated going in, and I voiced that to the nurse.  Left arm, 140+.  Right arm 120+…better.
*comment not for public consumption
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Toby and I out for a late morning, well behaved, 2-block roundy.
*partly cloudy, mild, nice north breeze.
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Call into PAIN IN THE ASS WageWorks/FSA; JsFnChst!
Call into VA to ONCE AGAIN obtain 3mo of VA copays; left a message.
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Note to Self:  Toby’s 1pm feeding and insulin.
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PH for lunch + an ice cream sundae.
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Not an absolutely horrible night at work, just mostly horrible.
*ya know, I wonder about the relationship between Asian lead man and Asian Union steward.  They are just too cozy.  There are times I see them both together, then the Asian union steward is gone, and gone all shift.  Asian union steward may be off doing union business, but who knows?
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Ghost Whisperer S1E8 on Hulu; wow!  One that I’ve never seen.
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Note to Self; Toby’s 1:45am feeding and insulin.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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2am nighty night.
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(Uuuȋmânôd = Blissful Month)
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Plans: fur kids, wifey, ENT, work 8hrs
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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)], Beth Ann Reimer/Hinkle [(sister) (1956-2018)].
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 to Anna M. Schmidt 23 June 1946
Death 10 October 1963 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA; complications from M.S.
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; heart attack.
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: Berkana: The feminine, Frija, Alle-Mutter, maternal instincts, birth processes, rejuvenation, growth, compassion, nurturing, caregiver, maturation, mature wisdom, recuperation, purification, the birch tree, birth, becoming, life changes, life anew, now is the time, a fresh perspective, sanctuary, all forms of Mothering, Frija at her Most-Motherly, healing, bringing into being, life passages.
Conversely:
Problems with relating to the feminine, the maternal influence and the feminine mysteries, void of growth and caring, deceit, degradation, immaturity, deterioration, contamination, needlessly clinging, tough love Mothering, in need of Mothering, missing/ignoring a significant life passage.
*A3R2
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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: Not: 
Havamal 153:
An eighth is mine, to all the Folk
Useful to know in their suffering;
Where hatred rises-up between man and man,
This I can settle fast.
 
Distress, suffering, compulsion of fate, separation, confrontation, strife settled, understanding suffering, settled calm, mind over matter, necessity of fate, misery and death, change of luck as necessity, decision of the Wurtâ, Wurt/Urlag paid-for, cause-effect relations, capability to restructure Wurt/Urlag, That which cannot be averted, the Ur-law that is active in every creature, stress, karmic debt, karmic need, but with outlook for change of karma, banishing ill fortune by means of accepting karma and karmic law, Skuld, Divine justice that balances.
“Use your fate, do not strive against it” (List, 55).
*H2R2
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Rune Lesson: Growth is not always pleasant.  No matter how it falls, Mother is there.  She is there to comfort the distress.  She is there to settle the strife.  Mothering can come in the form of love and kindness.  It can also come in the form of tough-love-Mothering.  Mother is an integral part of any growth, and Mother isn’t always feminine.  Many times, Mothering comes from the masculine, too. 
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 8hrs of sleep, one wakeup, and Lily!
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Brief wifey conversation
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A banana + a 2-egg open faced sandwich atop whole wheat toast.
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Call into ENT to ensure appointment.
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Bank; took Toby with me so he could get a Toby snack.
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Toby and I out for a mid-morning, well behaved, 1-block roundy.
*mostly cloudy, mildly cool, slight breeze.
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ENT doctor visit went well.  He saw no swelling, infection, or polyps.  He released me from his care.
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Sculpted/low-level mowed out the solar cross in Agathagart.
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Note to Self; Toby’s 12:45pm feeding and insulin.
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Hamburger Helper https://www.bettycrocker.com/products/helper/hamburger-helper/double-cheeseburger-macaroni made with ham and onions + a freshly steamed cabbage/red cabbage/carrot mixture + a chocolate sundae.
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At work;
No manager as they are on 4-day work weeks
Lead man leaves @ first break.
Only half the shop there
As the numbers dwindle, it becomes more evident that they’re as fed-up with me as I am with them.  In their defense, I wouldn’t want to work with me either.  In my defense, I’m never doing one thing long enough TO know anything.  Oh, I can get prep because that makes sense to me.  Machines?  Overhead cranes?  Those are going to take some doing, but they don’t let me do them long enough.  Piss on ‘em!  Ya know what?  I really don’t care.
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Dillons petrol
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Note to Self; Toby’s 12:45am feeding and insulin. 
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A small load of laundry
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Last check on all fur-kids.  Socks is being a pain in the ass.  Too many kitties hanging around for Socks to feel comfortable going into his house.
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2am nighty night.
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Oh c'mon...just for fun...

(Uuuȋmânôd = Blissful Month)
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Ancestor Meditation: (picture source: The Mennonite Heritage and Agricultural Museum, Goessel, Kansas) (Gravesites at Alexanderwohl Friedhof Cemetery, 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 to Maria Nachtigal 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.
(picture added 3/26/2016)
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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: Sig: 
Havamal 156:
This I know as an eleventh, when
I accompany my dear friend into combat;
I sing it into the shield, so that he triumphs in battle
And that luck and happiness surrounds him always.
 
Triumph, surrounded with luck and happiness, victory, success, gain, well-being, victorious and happy, into the fray, blessing from above, successful fight, achieved goal, school, and salvation by light, inspiration, soul, and power of the sun, inspiration, soul, life force, wholeness, reliable success, healing, good luck, spiritual completion, and the path of the soul, Rune of the spiritual ray of inspiration, wisdom, and illumination.
“The creative spirit must conquer” (List, 57).
*H2R5
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Rune Lesson: Inner strength is crucial if one wants success.  Inner strength can either be mental or spiritual.  Draw on that inner strength to accomplish many things,
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: WHAT?  9 ½ hrs. of sleep?  Only one wakeup?  WOOOOOOOOW!  LOTS of Lily loving and Toby by the bedside.
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Jeez, more wifey conversation than I’ve had for a long time.
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Large hand-shredded hashbrown patty, topped with three eggs (mostly) sunny side up, whole wheat toast with strawberry jelly.
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Note to Self; Toby’s 1:15pm feeding and insulin.
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Toby and I out for an early afternoon, well behaved, 2-block roundy.
*mostly sunny, mild, NNE wind.
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Grocery excursion:
McDs for a snack
Walmart Neighborhood Market
Dillons
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Call in from bruzzer.
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I don’t know how long it’s been since I fired up the charcoal grill.  I had four footlong turkey hotdogs left, and I figured, why not?  I knew I had no charcoal, so I used newspaper, twigs and large sticks.  It worked well, and the turkey hotdogs were yummy!  Four turkey hotdogs; three with bread, one naked; this, coupled with Doritos Spicy Nacho Chips https://www.doritos.com/products/doritos-spicy-nacho-flavored-tortilla-chips .
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Call into my WINDERFUL niece.
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Took the inside recyclables to outside separation.  We are SO CLOSE to being maxed out on our ability recycle.  I already started throwing out paper, I really don’t want to throw out cans or plastic.
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2hrs of Ghost Whisperer on Start TV (OTA)
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Online chat
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Cleaned house; okay, I’ve been using a Libman Freedom Spray Mop https://libman.com/products/freedom-spray-mop/ .  I’m tired of the sticky residue it leaves, so I’m going back to the old stringy wring mop.
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Okay, I held on to this Mennonite look long enough.  I’ve shaved my mustache and kept the bear.  Actually, for two weeks I’ve meant to pick up razors when grocery shopping as the razor I’ve had has turned rusty from previous non-use.  Rather than continuously
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Last check on all fur-kids.  Socks is choosing to stay inside tonight.
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Note to Self: Toby’s midnight feeding and insulin
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12:30am, Early to bed for an ENT appointment tomorrow.
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​God/dess Meditation: (alternate Sunnastag) Paltar, you're the blameless god, gloriously shining god, rising god, restoration god, husband to the faithful Nanda, beloved son of Wodan and Frija.  Just as you restore Mittigart after Godotuom, restore us after we experience our own Godotuoms of life.  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 us to avoid evil and seek the good. Inspired by your example, we will keep our reputations spotless that our lives be proclaimed a victory of the Spirit, and our leaving his life a tragedy. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, PALTAR, as we honor the Paltar that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!

(Uuuȋmânôd = Blissful Month)
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Elder Rune: Pertho: Dice cup, issues concerning: the lucky roll of the dice, questions of luck, the consideration of Wurt/Urlag (the ordeal of Humankind), the Wurtâ; Urda (that which was), Werdanda (that which is becoming) and Sculd (that which is owed), the realization of hidden potential, interwoven yet independent Wurt, good fellowship and happiness, secrets revealed, the collective consciousness, the Well of Knowledge for true growth.
Conversely:
The presence of negative Wurt, an unlucky roll of the dice, bad luck, secrets remaining secret, delusions, fantasies, megalomania, outside the collective/individual consciousness, out of touch with reality, negative forces set in motion, that which is unknowable, the need to deal with uncertainty, unpleasant contractions of birth pains, secrets remaining secret, take no chances.
*A2R6
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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: Not: 
Havamal 153:
An eighth is mine, to all the Folk
Useful to know in their suffering;
Where hatred rises-up between man and man,
This I can settle fast.
 
Distress, suffering, compulsion of fate, separation, confrontation, strife settled, understanding suffering, settled calm, mind over matter, necessity of fate, misery and death, change of luck as necessity, decision of the Wurtâ, Wurt/Urlag paid-for, cause-effect relations, capability to restructure Wurt/Urlag, That which cannot be averted, the Ur-law that is active in every creature, stress, karmic debt, karmic need, but with outlook for change of karma, banishing ill fortune by means of accepting karma and karmic law, Skuld, Divine justice that balances.
“Use your fate, do not strive against it” (List, 55).
*H2R2
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Rune Lesson: Can good luck bring distress or suffering?  Probably could, but I would have a problem associating good luck with distress.  Bad luck?  Now there is an easy association, so let’s go with that.  Bad luck in Pertho can bring every bit of suffering in Not.  Remember, luck is one of those things that is unchangeable.  It’s the fixed portion of the weaving loom.  So whatever bad luck that may occur, there is nothing that can alleviate the suffering.  It is what it is.
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7hrs of sleep, one wakeup, Lily loving and Toby by the bedside.
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My health by the numbers:
Weight: 256
Glucose: 116
BP: 116/72
Pulse: 76
LOOKING GOOD, HOLLYWOOD!
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga is back, but without fans in the stadium, not good, but it’s still worth monitoring:
Borussia Dortmund 4:0 Schalke
Leipzig 1:1 Freiburg
Hoffenheim 0:3 Hertha Berlin
Düsseldorf 0:0 Paderborn
Augsburg 1:2 Wolfsburg
Frankfurt 1:3 Borussia Monchengladbach
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Wifey conversation
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2-egg omelet with ham and cheese + hand shredded hashbrowns + a fruit smoothie.
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 I totally forgot about the Solar salesman coming at 10am.  We spent the next couple of hours and three visits with him.  As long as nothing is set in stone, I’ll let it proceed. 
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Toby and I out for a well behaved, early afternoon, three block roundy.
*cloudy, mildly warm/muggy, no breeze
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Leftovers for lunch
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Note to Self: Toby’s 2pm feeding and insulin.
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Mowed, edged and trimmed the front yard.
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A small load of laundry.
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Breakfast completely from frozen: 2 burritos, hashbrown, and a Belgian waffle
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2hrs of Ghost Whisperer on Start TV (OTA)
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Late evening nap
Perfekt timing
Note to Self; Toby’s 1:15am feeding and insulin
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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3:15am nighty night
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(Uuuȋmânôd = Blissful Month)
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Ancestor Meditation: (picture source: Ancestry.com) (Gravesites @ Mennonite Brethren Church Cemetery, Lehigh, Kansas)
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: Berkana: The feminine, Frija, Alle-Mutter, maternal instincts, birth processes, rejuvenation, growth, compassion, nurturing, caregiver, maturation, mature wisdom, recuperation, purification, the birch tree, birth, becoming, life changes, life anew, now is the time, a fresh perspective, sanctuary, all forms of Mothering, Frija at her Most-Motherly, healing, bringing into being, life passages.
Conversely:
Problems with relating to the feminine, the maternal influence and the feminine mysteries, void of growth and caring, deceit, degradation, immaturity, deterioration, contamination, needlessly clinging, tough love Mothering, in need of Mothering, missing/ignoring a significant life passage.
*A3R2
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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 154:
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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Rune Lesson: Once again this is all about the Mother.  You have no idea the calm my Mother always brought.  She was the focus of our family.  As a matter of fact, after Mother died, a brother walked away from the family.  Never underestimate the calming and solidifying effect of the Mother.
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7hrs of solid sleep with Toby by my bedside and Lily at my face.
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Call in from the VA.  Doctor wants a blood pressure check on the 19th.
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Call into K-State Veterinary School. Toby should get an appointment next week for June.
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Early online chat.
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Wifey conversation.
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A banana + an open face, 2-egg, breakfast sandwich on wheat toast with butter.
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 YES!  Call in from K-State Veterinary College!  Toby needs a dental cleaning and urine culture ahead of his initial eye exam in Manhattan June 5th.  
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Call into Air Cap Vet to make appointments
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Toby and I out for a well behaved, noon hour, 2-block roundy.
*partly cloudy, mild, east wind.
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Ranch Style Beans https://www.ranchstylebeans.com/#southwestern-style-beans + sliced turkey hotdogs atop hashbrowns.
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Note to Self: Toby’s 1:15pm feeding and insulin.
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Well hela, work was quite the mixed bag tonight:
*Spirit AeroSystems has had their first confirmed COVID case.
*my request for B to C has been rescinded. 
*not only did I have to work with Mr. Arrogant Fuck, I also had to work with Mr. Perfectionist Lead-man.  Both of them started ragging on me.  I thought to myself, okay, enough is enough.  I lashed out, LOOK, for the past TWO DAYS I haven’t been able to do anything right for anybody.  I’m told to do this by one person, do this by another, and this by yet another, and I’M SICK OF IT!  Oh my, did their tune change the rest of the shift.
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Note to Self; Toby’s 1am feeding and insulin.
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A small load of laundry.
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Ghost Whisperer S1E7 on Hulu
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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2:15am nighty night
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