Okay, hopefully we're all back together as one big happy blogging family, but, just in case, we're over at Tumblr and here's the URL to copy and paste so you can bookmark:
http://ellenwhitehurst.tumblr.com
Hurry over...we're talking magical sugar cookies today. And, I swear, it took me lots of cajoling to get this recipe! Just for us!
See you over at Tumblr!
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Okay, so we moved the blog over to Tumblr and have archived all past posts on my site at www.ellenwhitehurst.com. Which is also, by the way, one way to access the new blog posts as well....just hit your refresh button and then go ahead and link to the blog ( b ) icon and it will take you to the new posts. I didn't post a recipe yet, but will be playing catch up and doing that either later or tomorrow. We're going for MAGICAL CHRISTMAS COOKIES this week, so, be sure to tune in.
In the mean, I've been sitting here trying to figure out how to let everyone know that we moved to Tumblr (it says it on the home page of the site but apparently people are missing it ... and you know me ....... can't let ONE of our community go astray .... we LOVE you all!) And, then, THE FRIGGIN LIGHTBULB went off over my head....
Post on the OLD blog where you can find the NEW one!
DUH!
So, once I can get a link from Sarah I'll post that too. But, for today, if you're here and reading this now, you need to find the new posts on Tumblr. And then you need to NOT send me the imaginary email that basically says that I could have been posting about the move for at least a week before we went so that everyone would know how to find us! I get it, really, I do. And I'm kicking my own blonde ass enough for ALL of us. Now, considering that body part is about the only one that's still toned, you don't have to worry too too much that I'm hurting myself.
Not like the toe I broke last night trying to clean Carter's room before he came home from the hospital. Spaz!
Okay, HAPPY WEEKEND kids, we'll be back with the link later and ask you to go ahead and get familiar with Tumblr now.
Bon everything!
Of course I’m hoping that your turkey was moist and that the weekend was relaxing and uneventful. Wish I could say the same about what happened here for the last few days but, not so much. I will say that my son and I had a lovely holiday together but am afraid to report that I can’t say the same about one of my best friend’s and her family. Her 17 year old son (hey you guys, if you’re regular readers..do you remember me talking about going to see Linda’s son Carter get voted Homecoming King in late October on a chilly Friday night..that’s the kid I’m about to write about..), Carter, was in a horrific accident on Friday night, once again pointing out how fragile life can be as well as how easily things can turn. On a dime. But, apparently, not on a dirt bike. Because he’s not my kid (well, not by birth anyway) and because I respect their privacy, all I will say is that he’s now recovering from 7 hours of life-saving surgery that he had on Saturday and will hopefully be home well before Christmas. That said, it might be next Christmas before he’s even able to use his crushed left hand. And, yes, he was a lacrosse star of epic proportions around these parts. But he’s alive. And that’s ALL that matters right now.
Well that and that he’ll be fine once they get some of his internal organs working properly again. I just cannot say how much this has reminded me of just how precious each moment is that we get to spend with our loved ones. But I also want to share, again, that there is a certain little ritual that I do EVERY SINGLE day upon awakening that is my own prayer, of sorts, invoking cosmic and invisible assistance where protecting my own son, and then myself, are concerned.
I’ve offered this meditation/prayer/invocation before and am going to do it again now..well, just because I can and because I BELIEVE that it really works. I also want you to know that this is exactly how I learned this secret/magical invocation and that although it intones both God and Jesus, it is what it is and doesn’t ascribe to any one orthodoxy or another. It’s an all purpose protective blessing and it goes like this:
While visualizing a bright while column or shaft or light surrounding your loved one (or yourself) say this:
MAY THE WHITE LIGHT OF GOD AND JESUS
SURROUND AND PROTECT (NAME HERE) THIS DAY/NIGHT.
MAY NOTHING AND NO ONE PENETRATE THIS LIGHT
THAT’S NOT HERE FOR THEIR HIGHEST GOOD
OR THE HIGHEST GOOD OF ALL MANKIND.
AMEN.
This is legendary protection. Use it. On your loved ones. And yourself. It will take you literally three seconds to surround your kids and husband, family and friends each morning when you wake up. But it could bring a lifetime together.
I would write more (Reese and Jake really breaking up? really?) but I have to get those new astro reports that I wrote for each sign for next year polished and over to Sarah for design and formatting. They will go up on the site tomorrow. I can say this if you are an Aries or a Scorpio or an Aquarian you don’t have a choice..you MUST get this report. Well, really I could say the same thing for every single sign. I did good and exhaustive research and believe that I found the key to each sign’s health and happiness and love and money for next year. Just wait, you’ll see. Tomorrow.
For now, I am surrounding all of YOU with bright and beautiful white light and keeping you close in my heart and my thoughts and, as always, my prayers. And what the heck am I going to do without ‘Dancing’ tonight? Read? Nah! See you tomorrow, glad to be with you right now!
Congrats to Donny for his 'Dancing' crown. Although that Kelly sure did grow on me as the season went on...just her authenticity and honesty and her true emotions and gratitude for the experience. It was palpable.
As are my true and honest overwhelming feelings of gratitude for each and all of you. Without your energies, without your input and your inspiration my soul would be suffering. You give me more than I ever had any right to expect or imagine. And I am grateful.
Truly.
Now, speaking of getting along....the energies today are pretty smoochy oochy. Venus, the planet (and goddess) of all things LOVUH is outrageously flirting with Uranus, Mister Unpredictability himself. Their sparks flying make this THE night of this month to find something similar your own self. Get out there and make hay while the sun ain't shining. Even if you're in an airport or on a bathroom break on the Jersey turnpike, take a look around. You just might be meeting the mate of your dreams. But you have to look. Now, if you want to get a bit more proactive think pear! Cut a pear in half and then place the two halves back together and bind them as one with red thread or string or ribbon. Wrap it 99 times around and then knot it TWICE. Light a pink candle and say: "We are ONE." Bake the pear and then eat it while thinking of being part of a fab couple.
And if you want to kill two dreams with one pear: It's long been held in magically delicious lore that eating a pear on Thanksgiving night will bring tons of fortune and luck in the days and weeks that follow. And who can't use a little fresh fruit after all those mashed potatos and gravy?
Okay, so, you're still stuck on the whole wrapping the pear back together because you don't possibly see how that could work. Then you might want to ask for a little more help with a lot bigger assist:
Saint Catherine,
Saint Catherine,
Saint Catherine,
I invoke your intercession.
I need a husband, Saint Catherine;
a handsome one, Saint Catherine;
a rich one, Saint Catherine;
and soon, Saint Catherine.
(NO emails please, just the messenger here....a non demoninational messenger out to make sure that this is the BEST Turkey Day ever!)
Okay, there you go.....a day and night where love is in the air and otherwise all around and gratitude abounds.
What's not to love?
Besides, you know, the cruncy fried onions on the green bean casserole.
Enjoy your holiday. Love your family, living and gone. Remember to breathe and remember that we pass this way just once...remember that last part when your sister brings the dish that everyone 'oohs' and 'ahhhhs' over after you've been in the kitchen for three days. Or when the kids turn up their noses at the turkey but gobble fifty thousand pizza bagel bites a half hour after the kitchen's cleaned or when....oh....you get it. Just relax and enjoy. Even if it kills you. ESPECIALLY if it kills you. We've got bigger fish to fry before the next holiday so know that I'll be cooking up ways to make fortune and luck your two next house guests.
Lots and lots and lots of ways!
Until then, be safe and KNOW that you are appreciated.
And loved.
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