(Heumond = Hay Month)(ERE = Eternal Roman Empire; rather than BC, AD, BCE or
CE)

 Plans:  farmer’s Market, ENJOY A WEEKEND OFF!

AM Prayer:  Saturday, Day of Fertility/Tag der Fruchtbarkeit,
normally attributed to the (rather obscure) fertility goddess, Saeter (more correctly Saturn), we pray to Sibba/Sif and to Ing Fro/Freyr, lighting green candles (for fertility):
Sibba/Sif let us see you in all the growing things that sustain our lives. Help us look beyond the packaging and promotion, to the richness of the Earth from which all bounty comes. When ordinary eyes see only corn, let us see your golden hair hid in its silk. When others see only bread, let us see the grain, beyond that, your smile and laughter. Feed our might and main, Holy Sibba/Sif, that we may do our work in the world. HAIL SIBBA/SIF!!

 Ing Fro/Freyr, you are the god of “Ar”, the good harvest and prosperity: you are indeed the lusty enlarger of life. 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 Fro/Freyr, for the rushing life spirit and the eternal play of passions that make our lives fruitful. ING FRO/FREYR, HAIL!!

 Rune Summons
 Born of fire, born of ice
 Life is lived at such a price
 Holy Runes send my way
 Advice on how to spend the day

AM Rune:  Two Runes…again

Algiz (U): Protection, Heimo/Heimdall (the genetic connection between gods and the Folk), guardian of the Rainbow Bridge, protection, expansion of consciousness, divine realizations, an awakening, drawing on the natural Will, invocation/supplication to the gods, AKA Elhaz, the Elk, or swan.


And

Mannaz (U): The human, Heimdall; our genetic connection, cooperation between people, the human intellect, awareness, kinship, the ability to work well within a social structure and be effective within it, social interaction and order, perfected intellect, attract support from your peers,  Divine structure.


Outcome:  Two Heimdall Runes…WOW…this has NEVER happened!

 Well, the Farmer’s Market was quickly squelched.  I slept in a bit and it’s already starting to heat up.  Instead, we plan on a dinner at Quincy’s!

 Emirates Cup (this is new…) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirates_Cup (…well, at least it’s new to me)
NY Red Bulls 1:0 Paris Saint-Germain
 (then this is a WOW!)

 I watched a bit of the preliminary draw for the 2014 FIFA World Cup on ESPN3.com.  I had forgotten how massive an undertaking this really is: http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminarydraw/draw.html 

Quincy’s http://quincyswichita.com/ for a late lunch.  I had chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes/gravy, green beans w/bacon and onions: YUMMERZ!  Audie had Jalapeño poppers and a beer.

 Herbalife World Football Challenge http://www.mlssoccer.com/wfc 
On ESPN2 and ESPN3.com
 *This is a HUGE match played on US soil!  It’s played at FEDEX Field, home of
the Washington Redskins http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FedEx_Field ; 82,000 sold out in hours…not days, but hours!
 FC Barcelona v Manchester United http://www.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2011-07-30-barcelona-vs-manchester-united/preview 
@ the half, FCB 0:1 Man U
 End of regulation, Man U wins 2:1!!!!!!!!!

 MLS Matches http://www.mlssoccer.com/ 
Vancouver 0:4 LA (ouch)
Houston 3:1 Seattle
 Sporting KC 1:1 New England (whew!)
 Salt Lake 0:2 Columbus
 San Jose 0:2 DC
 Portland 2:2 Toronto 

Ironclad http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1233301/ pretty damned good!

Meeka for a late-night walk

With two Runes relating to Heimdall I just gotta give hail to this day!  I REALLY like Heimdall’s story.  It’s probably my favorite!  No matter how you see it; as a story over time (which I do), or the setting class structure, the story's the same.  What it says is the genetic connection is there for all the Folk.  We don’t need a blood sacrifice.  We don’t need a savior.  We just need to know Heimdall has made a way for us to connect naturally to our gods as our ancestors.   

PM Prayer:  Ostara/Idun:
Ostara/Idun, keeper of the golden apples of youth, 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. HAIL
OSTARA/IDUN!!!

 PM Rune:  none

 Comments:  cared for animals, Meeka inside 

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Heumond = Hay Month)(ERE = Eternal Roman Empire; rather than BC, AD, BCE or
CE)

 Plans:  work 2nd shift

 NOTE:  Well, that was no way to wake up.  Last night when I called Audie from work she said the house would be squared away by morning; it’s not.  When I confronted her about it things all went to hell-in-a-hand basket!

AM Prayer:  Friday, Friggastag, we pray to Frija/Frigga, Walburga Frouwa/Freyja, lighting gold candles (for Frigg’s spinning thread of gold, Freyja’s golden tears).

 Frija/Frigga, 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.
FRIJA/FRIGGA, HAIL!!

 Walburga Frouwa/Freyja, 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. HAIL WALBURGA FROUWA/FREYJA!!

Rune Summons
 Born of fire, born of ice
 Life is lived at such a price
 Holy Runes send my way
 Advice on how to spend the day

 AM Rune:  Two Runes:

Pertho (neutral) so it could be either
 Pertho (U): Dice cup, the lucky roll of the dice, the presence of positive Wyrd/Orlog (the ordeal of Humankind), the Norns, Urdr, Verdandi and Skuld, the realization of hidden potential, interwoven yet independent Wyrd, good fellowship and happiness, secrets revealed, the Well of Knowledge for growth.

 Or 

Pertho (R): The presence of negative Wyrd, 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, the need to deal with uncertainty, unpleasant contractions of birth pains. 

And

Hagalaz (irreversible): The cosmic seed of potential, a sacred enclosure/shell, shaping, evolution, protection within, holiness, destruction/regeneration, evolution, destructive elements, unavoidable
unpleasantness, seek shelter and ride it out, potentially destructive but change will occur on its own given time.

Hagalaz can also be seen as below and with the same meaning:

Outcome:  OMGs, this DOES speak volumes!

 Now the avoidance dance begins…

 Since we’re not talking, that means lots of alone time, which means lots of online time.  Eh, it’s okay.

 Woooooooooooooow…where the hel did those storm clouds come from and Thunar is
rumbling raucously.  Have those storms in the Gulf of Mexico finally made it here?  Gods, I sure hope so!  Storm clouds haven’t been this promising in a LONG time.

 RAIN!  OMGs it’s RAINING! It’s a deluge!  Thunar just needs to keep this up for a couple of hours…OR MORE!  WOO-HOO!!!!  Vaygar does the happy-dance!!!!

 Work went well.  After the rain things actually cooled off a bit.  The fans in the plant had a chance to do what fans are supposed do; that is, push cool air (relatively speaking) around rather than being a blast furnace.  Temps in the plant were pretty tolerable (again, relatively speaking).

PM Prayer:  Wuldar/Ullr:
Wuldar/Ullr, god of ski and bow, 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, so that through the spirit of the hunter, we may climb its branched to ever higher levels of awareness. HAIL WULDAR/ULLR!!

 PM Rune:  none

 Comments:  cared for animals, Meeka inside 

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Heumond = Hay Month)(ERE = Eternal Roman Empire; rather than BC, AD, BCE or
CE)

Plans:  probably errands, work 2nd shift 

AM Prayer:  Thursday, Thunarstag, we pray to Thunar/Thor,  lighting a red candle:
Donar/Thor, thunder forth in our lives. When we would hold back, let us advance. When we would be weak, help us be strong. When we would shun life’s pleasures, sharpen our appetites for that which is lusty and good. Help us grow from strength, and teach us, elder brother, how to throw our own Hammer, and slay the giants who appose our will. HAIL THUNAR/THOR!!

Rune Summons
 Born of fire, born of ice
 Life is lived at such a price
 Holy Runes send my way
 Advice on how to spend the day

AM Rune:  Thurisaz (R): Thorn, Outside the favor of Donar/Thor, the strong One, beware of enemies from the outside, defenselessness, disruptive opposition, lack of fertility, shadow of the unconscious, disease, explosive violence, introversion, cowardice, destruction, a loss of masculinity, fight or flight: choosing flight.


Outcome:  Message received and understood!

 It was a very early jolt out of bed this morning.  I had an intense, long-lasting abdominal cramp (appendix area more specifically).  Unexplained sinus drainage yuck, too!

Storms (outside forces) are churning in the Gulf of Mexico.  IMO, this is always a welcomed site because the further west they go the greater likelihood of weather bashing here in Oz.
 http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather-news/news/articles/tropical-depression-four-storm-hurricane-don_2011-07-26 

Errands:
*Bank
*Walgreens 
*Dillons
ARGH!  For the first time this season I’m seeing a lot more
ant activity in my home (outside forces…LOL)…the little freakin’ buggers!

 Pizza and Wings for lunch: Yummerz!

 Work went fine; no bump-backs thus far…I forgot about work serving pizza this
evening.  At first I thought it would be one slice, but NO, it started out as TWO slices, then it was opened up to all-you-can-eat.  OMGs I am so stuffed!  Couple that with an hour for a dinner break.  Jeez, first the company lay-off people then they serve pizza…WTF is up with that?


For the last few days I’ve asked Audie to give Meeka a flea spray.  Obviously it hasn’t been done, so I took matters in hand and gave Meeka another monthly flea treatment…more buggers!  Too, Meeka was completely out of kibble and almost void of water.  WTF is Audie doing (or not doing)?


PM Prayer:  Scata/Skahdi:
Scata/Skahdi, 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, teach me to know the pleasure of the hunt, the joy of exertion, and the crisp freedom of winter and wilderness. Brand my soul with wind-burn, so that even in the tedium of daily life, I will feel your warm breath, warm on my
check, telling me to be strong, able and worthy of you. SCATA/SKAHDI, HAIL!!

 PM Rune:  none

 Comments:  cared for animals, Meeka inside 

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Heumond = Hay Month)(ERE = Eternal Roman Empire; rather than BC, AD, BCE or
CE)

 Plans:  possible lay-off date

AM Prayer:  Wednesday, Wodanstag, we pray to Wodan/Odin, lighting a blue candle:
Rune god! Wolf God! Raven god! WODAN/ODIN!! We call out to you, not as slaves or on bended knee, but on our feet and opened-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! If we live well, Wodan/Odin, grant us access to one of the Great Halls where we may feast, drink and be merry with those who have gone before us until the time comes to live or
fight once more. WODAN/ODIN, HAIL!!!


Rune Summons
 Born of fire, born of ice
 Life is lived at such a price
 Holy Runes send my way
 Advice on how to spend the day

AM Rune:  Mannaz (neutral) so it could be either: 

Mannaz (U): The human, Heimdall; our genetic connection, cooperation between people, the human intellect, awareness, kinship, the ability to work well within a social structure and be effective within it, social interaction and order, perfected intellect, attract support from your peers,  Divine structure.

 Or 

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.

 Outcome:  Well, does this portend something about lay-off?

 11AM and it’s already 100F/38C?  JsMrFnChst!  That’s enough to make anyone
unsociable!

 Hehe…I contacted RosettaStone http://www.rosettastone.com/ and had an online chat with someone about developing a program for Plautdietsch.  At least they were open to the idea!

 International Friendly 
Hertha Berlin 1:3 Real Madrid
 On ESPN3.com

MLS All-Stars Match http://www.mlssoccer.com/all-star 
MLS All-Stars 0:4 Manchester United (ROFLMAO!)

 Well, I survived lay-off.  Notices were handed out at the pre-shift meeting,
after which those who received notice were allowed to leave.  They cleared out hand-forming, most of the CNC Routers and half of burr shop.  Hand-router shop wasn’t touched.  I’ve heard there might be one person trying to bump me out of the shop, a CNC
operator, but I don’t think he’ll be successful.  I have no idea what happened on 1st.

In a peculiar kind of way this works out to my benefit.  Those laid off today were paid thru Thursday.  Anyone laid off after today receive 60 days of pay.  Why it works out this way I have no idea.  .  I am not one to look a gift horse in the mouth.

 PM Prayer:  Paltar/Baldr
Blameless Paltar/Baldr, shining god, 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 out leaving this life a tragedy. PALTAR/BALDR HAIL!

PM Rune:  none

 Comments:  cared for animals, Meeka inside 

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Heumond = Hay Month)(ERE = Eternal Roman Empire; rather than BC, AD, BCE or
CE)

 Plans:  work 2nd shift

AM Prayer:  Tuesday, Ziostag, we pray to Zio/Tyr, lighting a purple candle (for honor):
Ziu/Tyr, 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 out 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. ZIU/TYR HAIL!!


Rune Summons
 Born of fire, born of ice
 Life is lived at such a price
 Holy Runes send my way
 Advice on how to spend the day

AM Rune:  Isa (irreversible): Ice: dormancy: a calming, reflective influence, stilling effect: self-control: the concentrated self: ego, das Ich (the unified, whole, principle or force), the composite plurality of Ich, be still and gain control of the Self (in all its forms): grounding, a lowering of vibration levels, the loss of momentum.


Outcome:  I KNOW I got a good stir in on the Well!

 Yeah, with lay-off looming I just don’t care anymore 

I really don’t mind Audie having the neighbor over but I just feel she overstays her welcome sometimes.

 Why the hel does everyone else get to nap but not me?

 An uneventful morning and afternoon; rather calm, actually.

 It’s a bit clearer how things will fall tomorrow.  There will be 36 actually laid-off.  24 will be given either bumping rights or loaned out to other shops.  My position has improved and many people don’t think router shop will be effected.  Still, I point out with 26 given bumping rights I am not out of the woods yet.  I’m just not going to get too worked up over it and will see what happens tomorrow (Wednesday).

PM Prayer:  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/Odin, give wisdom and craft to wits shaped by ice and fire that our foes be foxed. Donar/Thor, give us strength and the will to use it. Ing Fro/Freyr and Frouwa/Freyja, 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!

 PM Rune:  none

 Comments:  cared for animals, Meeka inside 

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Heumond = Hay Month)(ERE = Eternal Roman Empire; rather than BC, AD, BCE or
CE)

Plans:  back to work 2nd shift

AM Prayer:  Monday, Day of the Moon/Tag der Mondes, we pray to Mano/Manni, god of the moon,  lighting a white candle (symbolic of the moon):
Greetings to you Mano/Manni, silver messenger on high, as you fly silently on your way reflect into our souls the glory of the High Ones that we might aspire to the realms of the gods. Bathe our world in soft brightness, and whisper to our souls of joyous realms beyond our knowing. Mano/Manni let us see the
goodness within us and without us, all the nights and days of our lives. MANO/MANNI, HAIL!!


Rune Summons
 Born of fire, born of ice
 Life is lived at such a price
 Holy Runes send my way
 Advice on how to spend the day

 AM Rune:  Two Runes
One literally jumped from the Well

Isa (irreversible): Ice: dormancy: a calming, reflective influence, stilling
effect: self-control: the concentrated self: ego, das Ich (the unified, whole,
principle or force), the composite plurality of Ich, be still and gain control
of the Self (in all its forms): grounding, a lowering of vibration levels, the
loss of momentum.


And

Gebo (irreversible): The mystical union of gift and giver, repay gift for
gift, a fair exchange between people or gods and the Luck that accompanies it; freely exchanged, contracts, relationships, sometimes sexual, sacrifice, and hospitality, do not take more than we are wiling to give, the voluntary sacrifice of resources.


Outcome:  SMILES!!!!!!!!

 Audie to plasma

 While Audie was at plasma, I created an event on Facebook: national Mead Day.
  It was created by some home brewing association: 
http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/pages/events/mead-day.  I thought it would make a WONDERFUL event, and so far…it has!

 Mid-afternoon, getting ready for work, and my event on Facebook for National
Mead Day is falling like this:
 213 attending
 25 maybe attending
 40 not attending
 2,347 yet to reply
 --------
 2625
(which means that more invitations have been shared among friends than I originally sent out).  Not too bad for its first few hours of existence.  We see what happens while
I’m at work.

 I just now noticed the newspaper bill Audie left on the computer desk.  She said not to pay it when I was going to because they were going to make some kind of special offer, and she’s right.  I had to slow down (Isa) and make sure this was a gift (Gebo) I could sacrifice.  The offer is so good I pulled from the liquid account to pay for a year’s worth of newspaper delivery.  

Work went okay.  Lay-off notices will go out Wednesday.  I still say there’s a good possibility that I will be laid off either directly or bumped.  I’m not being pessimistic just realistic.  We’ll just have to wait and see what happens. 
  
Who was it that said, I always expect the worst.  When the best happens, I’m delightfully surprised.  Both Isa and Gebo are right here!

 Stats thus far on National Mead Day event on Facebook
 411 attending 
55 maybe attending
 81 not attending
 2,335 awaiting reply
 --------
  2882
 -2625
 --------
 257 more invitations than previous.  See?  People keep inviting people!

 Nighty-night!

PM Prayer:  The Norns:
The Norns, all three, are present at birth
To weave our Fate from merriment to dearth.
Urd, Verdandi and Skuld, the dark queens renowned;
Glorious ladies ‘neath the Tree, work your mysteries in us now.

That which “was” we clearly see.
That which “is” formed now in our deeds.
That which “will be”, will yet be; but cannot see.
We celebrate the Norns, the Ladies Three, for eternity.

 PM Rune:  none

 Comments:  cared for animals, Meeka inside 

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Heumond = Hay Month)(ERE = Eternal Roman Empire; rather than BC, AD, BCE or
CE)

Plans:  ENJOY A DAY OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AM Prayer:  Sunday/Sonnestag, we pray to Sonne/Sunna, lighting a yellow candle (symbolic of the Sun):
Greetings to you Sonne, Lamp of Wodan/Odin: newly risen! Hail to you who has shown on all our ancestors, who shines on us, and who will 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. SONNE/SUNNA HAIL!!


Rune Summons
 Born of fire, born of ice
 Life is lived at such a price
 Holy Runes send my way
 Advice on how to spend the day

AM Rune:  Algiz (U): Protection, Heimo/Heimdall (the genetic connection between gods and the Folk), guardian of the Rainbow Bridge, protection, expansion of consciousness, divine realizations, an awakening, drawing on the natural Will, invocation/supplication to the gods, AKA Elhaz, the Elk, or swan.



Outcome:  Ahhhhhhhhhhh…

Well, she needs cigarettes again.  She so owes the budget big time!

Walmart; we need just one m ore fan…

Summer hibernation; in front of the a/c

What?  Thunar rumbling?  I stepped out with Audie on the porch; yep, clouds are forming!

Meeka for a brief walk.

Thunar continues to voice, and the clouds are spitting a bit.

I have NO INTEREST of soaking up any more sun today; I’ve had enough.

Nope, Thunar was just teasing…no rain.

Herbalife World Football Challenge 
http://www.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2011-07-24-la-galaxy-vs-manchester-city/commentary 
LA Galaxy v Manchester City
 1:1 @ end of regulation, no extra time, right into penalty kick shootout 
Man City wins on penalty kicks: 7:6

Where did that early evening nap come from?  Ya  know, this has been a real do-nothing kind of a day, but after working like I’ve been working, this is okay!

 Hail to you, Heimdall!  No mater how you see his story, Heimdall is the one who makes the connection between the classes and intelligence levels.  Heimdall story tells us that all walks of life have that same genetic connection with the gods.  

PM Prayer:  Era/Eir:
Era/Eir, whose loving hands and sweet breath brings healing and health, PRAISE YOUR NAME AMONGST NORTH-FOLK! We thank you for your gentle caress, your soft ministrations and your care. When stress, strains, aches and pains plague is, you come with your lithe figure and flowing hair to ease our distress. Eir, goddess holy and wise, we honor you. HAIL ERA/EIR!!

PM Rune:  none

Comments:  cared for animals, Meeka inside

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Heumond = Hay Month)(ERE = Eternal Roman Empire; rather than BC, AD, BCE or
CE)

 Plans:  work ½ shift, meet with Rheinwood!

AM Prayer:  Saturday, Day of Fertility/Tag der Fruchtbarkeit, normally attributed to the (rather obscure) fertility goddess, Saeter (more correctly Saturn), we pray to Sibba/Sif and to Ing Fro/Freyr, lighting green candles (for fertility):
Sibba/Sif let us see you in all the growing things that sustain our lives. Help us look beyond the packaging and promotion, to the richness of the Earth from which all bounty comes. When ordinary eyes see only corn, let us see your golden hair hid in its silk. When others see only bread, let us see the grain, beyond that, your smile and laughter. Feed our might and main, Holy Sibba/Sif, that we may do our work in the world. HAIL SIBBA/SIF!!

 Ing Fro/Freyr, you are the god of “Ar”, the good harvest and prosperity: you are indeed the lusty enlarger of life. 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 Fro/Freyr, for the rushing life spirit and the eternal play of passions that make our lives fruitful. ING FRO/FREYR, HAIL!!

 Rune Summons
 Born of fire, born of ice
 Life is lived at such a price
 Holy Runes send my way
 Advice on how to spend the day

AM Rune:  Jera (irreversible): 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, the result of a previous action, reward for the right (or wrong) action.


Outcome:  Something Audie ate hasn’t agreed with her, and as a former Bariatric patient, her digestion is a bit different than others.  Hel, the woman even has a hard time burping to relieve stomach pressure.  I made a trip to McDs for a child size sprite to encourage her burping:  worked!

 Nice long telephone conversation with brother!

 A bit of badge dilemma at work with one of “the boys”; a bit of temper tantrum…

 OMGs, it was a wonderful Harvest Celebration with Rheinwood Hearth Kindred.  Audie cooked so much we ate our fill to overflowing.  Samal was an excellent time of sharing the harvest experience in the form of job growth, job prospects and families growing ever stronger!

 It was an excellent day for RHK to celebrate the Harvest on the Day of Fertility with the Jera Rune!!!!!  It just doesn’t get any better than this!

MLS Matches http://www.mlssoccer.com/ 
NY 2:2 Dallas
 Columbus 1:0 Portland
 Sporting KC 4:2 Toronto (OMGs!  OMGs!  OMGs!)
 Colorado 2:2 New England 
Salt Lake 4:0 San Jose 
Chivas 3:0 Houston

 Herbalife World Football Challenge http://www.mlssoccer.com/wfc 
Chicago Fire 1:3 Manchester City 
Juventus FC 1:2 Sporting Clube de Portugal
 *in Toronto
 DC United 1:3 Everton FC
 Philadelphia Union 1:2 Real Madrid

PM Prayer:  Heimdall:
HEAR ME HEIMO/HEIMDALL, you're the genetic link between gods and humankind. Your keen eyes and sharp ears guard the world of the gods. As you stand so alert for the approach of giants, remind us that we must also watch for our own encroaching evil. Let weakness, cowardice, lies and dishonor be barred from the Rainbow Bridge leading to our heart’s abode. Be a model for vigilance, that we may rise to the best that is in us, and someday join the Noble Gods in their shining home. HAIL HEIMO/HEIMDALL!!

 PM Rune:  none

 Comments:  cared for animals, Meeka inside 

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Heumond = Hay Month)(ERE = Eternal Roman Empire; rather than BC, AD, BCE or
CE)

 Plans:  try to deal with the ongoing heat; work 2nd shift

AM Prayer:  Friday, we pray to Frija/Frigga, Walburga Frouwa/Freyja, lighting gold candles (for Frigg’s spinning thread of gold, Freyja’s golden tears).

 Frija/Frigga, 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.
FRIJA/FRIGGA, HAIL!!


Walburga Frouwa/Freyja, 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. HAIL WALBURGA FROUWA/FREYJA!!

 Rune Summons
 Born of fire, born of ice
 Life is lived at such a price
 Holy Runes send my way
 Advice on how to spend the day

AM Rune:  Isa (irreversible): Ice: dormancy: a calming, reflective influence, stilling effect: self-control: the concentrated self: ego, das Ich (the unified, whole, principle or force), the composite plurality of Ich, be still and gain control of the Self (in all its forms): grounding, a lowering of vibration levels, the loss of momentum.


Outcome:  WOW!  7 ½ hours of sleep; I’d say there was some serious grounding
overnight.

This relentless heat is definitely one of the causes of the loss of momentum!

When I took down Audie’s pool I noticed birds taking advantage of the outflow
of water.  After everything was down and the ground was exposed where the pool
had been, my heart just ached when I saw a bird with it’s wings spread out over
the damp ground in an effort to cool itself.  This heat is just a mother-fucker!
  Yesterday, during errands, we did some impulse spending and got a really small
pool; a very large bird bath.  I put that little sucker up today.  I hope some
birds slow down and find it.

Applied for a couple of positions with the Boeing Company.  I would so love to move north!

Work went fine, I guess.  (1) At our pre-shift meeting we were told that lay-offs will be 2/3 less than expected; more like 60 instead of 180-isch or so.  That still does not settle well with me because I’m low man on the totem pole.  (2) Too, there was a Union meeting over the dinner break which I did not attend.  I told the Union Steward this contract is still not my fight.  As far as I know I’m being laid off Thursday.  With the reduction in expected lay-offs he doesn’t seem to think it will affect my shop.  Directly, it may not, but all it will take is one person from an outside shop getting laid off who has bump-back rights to the router shop and I’m gone. I told him if I’m not laid off Thursday, yeah, then this becomes my fight.  (3) One of “the boys” asked me to walk with him…somewhere…just to fuck off.  I adamantly said “NO” and he got pissy with me.  Oh well.  Everything at work remained calm!

 PM Prayer:  Eger und Rahana/Aegir and Ran:
Eger und Rahana/Aegir and Ran, keeper 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 and our inspiration to strive on despite the swells and swirls of fate. HAIL AEGIR and RAN/EGER UND RHANA!!

 PM Rune:  none

 Comments:  cared for animals, Meeka inside 

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Heumond = Hay Month)(ERE = Eternal Roman Empire; rather than BC, AD, BCE or
CE)

 Plans:  Meeka to Vet, work 2nd shift 

AM Prayer:  Thursday, we pray to Thunar/Thor,  lighting a red candle:
Donar/Thor, thunder forth in our lives. When we would hold back, let us advance. When we would be weak, help us be strong. When we would shun life’s pleasures, sharpen our appetites for that which is lusty and good. Help us grow from strength, and teach us, elder brother, how to throw our own Hammer, and slay the giants who appose our will. HAIL THUNAR/THOR!!

 Rune Summons
 Born of fire, born of ice
 Life is lived at such a price
 Holy Runes send my way
 Advice on how to spend the day

AM Rune:  Kenaz (R): A dimly burning torch, choosing to remain in the dark, a lack of Divine wisdom, lack of creativity, a self-imposed cocoon, the inability to shape the basics of life, pig ignorance, arrogance, uniformed, ambiguous thought processes, negative/dark influences, cruel sexuality, uncontrollable human craft processes.


Outcome:  After I completed journaling and posting to blogs there was something that happened at home late last night.  Audie had a very full/stressful/challenging day that showed up in a most unusual way.  Damn, am I to be her caregiver, too?  Sometimes I feel pretty stupid on how to deal with her.

 Meeka’s veterinary visit went really well.  Vet said she looked good and weighed Meeka in at 60.6 lbs.  She's in very good health.  Between the City license and the veterinarian:
$60+, but she’s worth it!

 Errands:
 *Dillons http://www.dillons.com/Pages/default.aspx
*Dillons Rx http://www.dillons.com/pharmacy/Pages/default.aspx
*Dollar general http://dollargeneral.com/Pages/index.aspx 
*Liquor http://www.360wichita.com/FoodandBeverage/LiquorStores/BrennemansLiquor.html 

Paid bills

 Work was troublesome.  I was burr-bitch all night (now offense, ladies, its
just what we call it).  It certainly doesn’t take much creativity to take the
rough edge off of airplane parts (LOL).


PM Prayer:  Nirdu/Njord:
Nirdu/Njord, god of harbors and seas close to land, Father of the Vanir; Freyr and Freyja, 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. HAIL NIRDU/NJORD!!

PM Rune:  none

 Comments:  cared for animals, Meeka inside 

Alaf Sal Fena!