Libby's This and That

Get Service

2009-01-06T13:38:00.001-08:00

Please visit Joel Rosenburg's blog for Israel/Palistine war insight

2009-01-03T09:02:00.000-08:00

http://flashtrafficblog.wordpress.com/
if this doesn't show as a link please just copy and paste 8)

Please vote-food for thought

2008-10-27T23:52:00.000-07:00

Link to Randy Alcorn's blog about "Why I’m Voting for 98% Pro-life John McCain rather than 100% Pro-legal-abortion Barack Obama " Very well written.
Also a link to listen to Team Sarah (Palin) Million Woman Town Hall they had Sat 10/25/08.
I just want to encourage everyone to NOT listen to the polls and the media that make it sound like the Presidential Election is already decided. That is NOT true!
Anyway i hope this helps

Regal Cans food Festival- Thursday Sept 28th

2008-09-23T08:13:00.000-07:00

On thursday Sept 28th Regal cinemas is having their annual canned food drive to benefit the Oregon Food Bank. For a donation of three cans or boxes of non perishable food you will receive a free movie pass and a small popcorn.
For participating theater locations

Some free birthday Birthday offers

2008-09-03T17:01:00.000-07:00

yes, it's almost birthday time again. 47 this year! I wanted to let you know of some free offers for your birthday you might not be aware of:
Burger lovers-Red Robin has an e-club you can sign up for and for your birthday they will send you a coupon for a free burger. Yes free. it will be good for 14 days from the time they send the coupon out via email .(tip about signing up for online offers-most internet providers will let you create several mailboxes on your account , so i have created one just for online offers so i don't have to worry about giving out my main address)
For sushi lovers: Todai offers a free meal on your birthday with the purchase of another. make sure to bring id. They are located in the Pioneer Place Mall in downtown Portland.
Hometown buffet also has an e-club and they too will send a coupon for a free meal with the purchase of another. It is good for 14 days.
Dairy Queen has a "Blizzard Fan Club" . They will send you a bogo when you join and on your birthday a coupon for a free blizzard with the purchase of another. Now that you've gain 14 lbs just reading this i'll stop. 8)

I just found this site called "Hey it's Free" with a whole list of free offers for your birthday complete with links to the forms to fill out! Wow!

Happy Birthday to anyone else with a September birthday.

Party platforms

2008-08-29T12:09:00.000-07:00

No ,not shoes to go with your party wear but I came across these links to the Republican and Democratic platforms so thought i would make them available here in case anyone was interested- both are "straight from the horse' mouth", so to speak (or donkey or elephant as the case may be 8) . Democratic here , Republican here

Steven Curtis Chapman Family Larry King Live interview

2008-08-11T12:24:00.000-07:00

This is the interview of the family three months of the tragic accident of their 5 year old daughter being run over and killed with their 17 year old son at the wheel.It is real and honest and worth your time it will touch your heart.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6

$50 restaurant gift Certificates for $25 !

2008-08-07T10:07:00.000-07:00

I found out today that AM Northwest has a "Restaurant of the Week" area on their site where you can buy the certificates. When I went there today for my sis in law ,two were listed. 1 The Deck in Portland and 2. Amadeus in Milwaukie. I just had to pass the info on. If you know of any great money saving idea please leave a comment and i will see it gets posted,if possible. Thanks and God bless your day.

Gifts

2008-07-30T22:18:00.000-07:00

"I long to see you that i may impart some spiritual gift to make you strong--that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith." That blew me away the first time i saw it recently. In fact i was wondering when the Lord had slipped it in my Bible! But I'm sure it's been right there all along in Romans 1 :11-12. If I am reading it right, every time you and I talk to another believer about what the Lord is teaching us or what He has done in our lives or letting them know when we see God working in them or even when another believer sees Jesus in us,we are giving the other person a spiritual gift ! ME and You able to give someone a spiritual gift-WOW I just had to share that and maybe ,in doing so ,someone will have gotten a gift- I know I did just sharing it.

a great quote

2008-07-28T20:06:00.000-07:00

"From the best bliss that earth imparts, we turn unfilled to Thee again." --Bernard of Clairvaux

We were blessed with a trip to Hawaii from my sweetie's big brother and still this quote is so true. I am thankful for our trip but still only the Lord can feed our hearts. I want to add a link here to a sermon i heard yesterday but it won't be online until Wednesday but if the link (go to site and click on arrow next to 7-26-08 Alan Hlavka to listen online . You can download it also )is here and you get a chance it is so worth your time. I needed the reminder. Gratefully, Libby

Regal Cinema's Free Family Film Festival

2008-06-04T18:07:00.000-07:00

Wow it has been awhile since I posted. I was helping a friend out with her blog while she was gone for a month on a trip posting grocery ads for Fred Meyers, Albertson's and Safeway.
My friend Megan sent me the info and I am passing it along. On Tuesday's and Wednesday's in the summer at 10 am they are having a free movie for parents and kids. Tuesdays are "G" movies and Wed "PG" movies. Here is the link to all the info. Hmm.. wonder where i can get some children...?? ;)

a beautiful quote

2008-05-26T12:30:00.000-07:00

“A lesson came to me as a parable when I was first ill. I saw that our battle was not in the circumstances but in our attitude towards them. It is as if we stand at an elevator panel within ourselves. We have the choice of pushing the down button of self pity, bitterness and resentment, three separate thoughts that can bind themselves together. Or we can push the up button and just draw closer to God because of the extremity of the problem.” by Laurel Lee Thaler Link is to her biography.

Mourning into Dancing

2008-05-11T19:10:00.000-07:00

"You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness, that my soul may sing praise to You and not be silent O LORD my God, I will give thanks to You forever."

This is Esther. Yes, she is as adorable as she looks. She was recently adopted by some friends of mine in the States from Africa. Their hearts are filled with joy over her arrival and addition to their family. However, 5 years ago their and their older son's hearts were crushed with grief as they buried their 16 month old son and baby brother , who died awaiting a heart transplant.Such pain! Such heartache! So many questions. Yet,through that terribly hard time , so many were touched by their son's life and death. People came to believe Jesus died for them and today they will tell you that God is good and through it all God has been faithful to them. Today they will even tell you God had a plan all along. Today you might even find them dancing! Thank You Lord

Don't forget 2nd Tuesdays at Oregon Zoo $2

2008-05-04T22:46:00.000-07:00

Just a reminder in case you have been wanting to go-i know I have- the 2nd Tuesday is the 13th of May. I hope the weather is nice!

Good news

2008-05-02T15:21:00.000-07:00

I cannot even begin to tell you how Jesus changed my life. And because He did ,I'm posting a link to a 6 minute presentation of the way to have peace with God. If you have ever wondered what does the Bible say is the way to God listen or if you know someone who is seeking God and might want to listen to a 6 minute presentation,send them the link. Hey what can they lose by listening for 6 minutes and it may just change their life! Libby

I joined an online book club!

2008-04-13T02:19:00.001-07:00

This is new for me and something I have always wanted to do- discuss a book I was reading with someone. We are having it message board style on her blog. I had never heard of this book before but I met the woman leading the discussion through Shelfari cuz when you add books to your "shelf" they show you others who have the same book on theirs so i went to her shelf and looked and loved many books she had so I felt safe with the book even though I had never heard of it before. I am loving this book. He is an amazing writer Leif Enger. Anyway just had to share. If you want to take a look at our "discussions" or join in follow link

I tagged myself!

2008-03-21T17:22:00.000-07:00

I have seen this on Joy Forney's blog as well as Megan Spear's blog and I really liked getting to know them better so Megan invited others to join so I tagged myself and here are 10 random or weird things about me.

1.I am terrified of mice/rats- really I saw one in the back room where I worked one time ( don't ask me how it got there cuz it was at a mall) and I wouldn't go in there until I knew it was gone I even had other stylists mix my color for me 8)

2. Finding really good bargains actually gives me a thrill! It's a natural high for me. I know I'm strange!

3. I'm a fan of American Idol

4.I like, though I have not had it since Beauty School, Braunschweiger on Sourdough toast with grape jelly!! It was cheap at the restaurant next to the Beauty School I went to and i'd have it for breakfast. I think it was 90 cents!

5. I actually like giving pedicures. Trimming toenails the whole bit. Strange

6. if I find hair in my food it totally grosses me out and I can't eat it.

7.I love looking at clouds- not that i want it to be cloudy but i find them fascinating

8.I'm a twin- that's not weird but random.

9. Every time I have stayed at my sister's house to watch her dogs something happens that never happens when they are there- once her two Sheba Inu's were outside at night and i called them in and when they finally came in they had blood all over them- turns out they had caught a possum . Another time there was a mouse and I had to have me husband come and stay instead of me .

10I LOVE office products. I don't know why but they are just so cool to me. new pens,post its ,etc etc

Hope that wasn't TMI for anyone. Libby

Preparing my heart for Easter

2008-03-18T10:51:00.000-07:00

Hi, I wanted to pass this link on to Holy Week or Easter Week devotionals from my Niece's Church in Salem Ore-Salem Alliance Church. I don't know about you but I always want celebrations of Jesus' birth and Resurrection to be extra special but it seems like busy-ness crowds in sucking the life out of the celebrations so when she sent me this link I just had to pass it on in case,like me,you need it desperately ! May the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus be filled with meaning and LIFE! Because of Him, Libby

Link to Easter Story cookies you can do with your kids the night before Easter- a fun tangible way to teach your children about Easter

$2 Oregon Zoo day tomorrow 3.11.08

2008-03-10T11:46:00.000-07:00

Sorry I just remembered- ok my PDA gives me an alert I never would have remembered!- Tomorrow is the once a month $2 zoo day at the Oregon Zoo (2nd Tuesday of every month) . Under 3 are always free. Here is a link to the zoo for rates, hours ,etc Oregon Zoo . Have a blessed day,Libby

My "Bookshelf"

2008-03-07T12:09:00.000-08:00

I think I am liking the bookshelf but may need to make it smaller. The reason I like it is that I get 99% of my books from the library and now I can have a "Shelf" for them but don't have to own them. I'd love to hear of some of your favorites . Libby

Google Reader

2008-03-06T23:08:00.000-08:00

My friend Megan Spears told me recently about this cool tool Google has and maybe you are like me and had never heard of it but it is awesome if you keep up with several blogs you can set it up so you can read the unread posts from one page. I am loving it. Here is a link to check it out Google Reader. Thanks Megan!

Life Stories

2008-03-06T22:57:00.000-08:00

I love hearing people's life stories. It's so cool to see the Author of Life's hand and how He has moved in a life- whether they know it or not! I found this site-actually there are several that has people's life stories and how they came to know the Author of Life and let Him write their stories Women Today Magazine. Check one out when you have a minute. Also , if you're interested, check back cuz I'm going to be posting a little of my life story here soon and maybe some people I know. Have a blessed week letting Him write your story.

Meditation that blessed me

2008-02-15T12:31:00.000-08:00

I just had to post this. Below is the Meditation at the beginning of this week’s lesson of the Women’s Bible Study I am able to attend. It blessed me so much I thought I would pass it on in case it would bless someone else. Background for me reading it is Molly dog had surgery on her foot yesterday and I found out for 7-10 days I (or someone) have to be with her almost constantly cuz she has to be taken out to the bathroom after a bootie is put on her foot to keep it dry and the bootie can only be on 5-10 min max and she has to wear a big collar thingy so she can’t get at her foot and last night she could only sleep if I was laying right next to her. I felt like the mother of a 40+ lb newborn / toddler that needed her Mommy and needed taken out every one to two hours. I share all that to show you my lovely attitude of looking forward to a week of this ( I know I’m a wimp) and not being able to do the things I do and then I read the attached Meditation!!! here goes :

Meditation ( from ‘Out of Solitude’ by Henri J. Nouwen)
“A few years ago I me an old professor at the University of Notre Dame, Looking back on his long life of teaching, he said with a funny wrinkle in his eyes ; ’I have always been complaining that my work was constantly interrupted, until I slowly discovered that my interruptions were my work.’

“That is the great conversion in our life: to recognize and believe that the many unexpected events are not just disturbing interruptions of our projects, but the way in which God molds our hearts and prepares us for His return. Our great temptations are boredom and bitterness. When our good plans are interrupted by poor weather, our well-organized careers by illness or bad luck , our peace of mind by inner turmoil, our hope by a constant changing of the guards, and our desire for immortality by real death, we are tempted to give in to a paralyzing boredom or to strike back in destructive bitterness. But when we believe that patience can make our expectations grow, then ‘fate’ can be converted into a vocation, wounds into a call for deeper understanding, and sadness into a birthplace for joy. “
Does God know just what we need or what?

Saving money on groceries

2008-02-04T13:58:00.001-08:00

I just found a new blog that a friend of mine that I had lost touch with is doing called "Shop, Eat. Live.". What she does each week is go throught the grocery ads of the local Portland area stores and lets you know what she thinks the great deals are, the ok deals and the notably BAD deals are. She does it for several stores including Thriftway , Albertson's , Fred Meyers ,Safeway and a few others. Check it out!

Soda Pop or Water?

2008-01-14T14:08:00.000-08:00

They say drinking water is good for you. Some say 8-10 glasses a day. Some say half your body weight in ounces a day( can one drink that much??!) but when I used to drink a lot of soda pop water just tasted blah,boring even yucky. So what was I to do? I had to purposely drink water even when it wasn't pleasant and to be able to drink water I had to drink less pop. Something happened over time...now I LIKE even PREFER water over pop. In fact pop doesn't taste very good to me now. That reminds me my walk with the Lord. If I've been spending lots of time watching tv and movies even great fiction I get this taste for it and want it more and more and more and then when I do spend time in the Word it can seem blah and boring. I've redeveloped my taste for "soda pop" instead of "Water". Refreshing life giving water . So once again I need to purposefully drink water even when the taste for it isn't there temporarily. That's what's been going on with me lately and slowly my taste for cool ,clean refreshing water is returning Ahhh. Pray for me. Oh and spent the time I was cleaning the kitchen and bathroom today catching up listening to my Bible after I'd committed to listening to it this year and was behind like 8 or 9 days and it's only the 14th! Jonathon reminded me of it this weekend just by his mentioning that he'd been listening to his while he walked on his treadmill. Thanks bro- do we need each other or what!

Happy New Year!

2008-01-01T17:14:00.001-08:00

2008- Can you believe it? Here's a Christmas picture with my family at my Sissy's house. My twin sister, her husband and kids, my Mom and hubby.
May this year be filled with eternal things. Things that last. That we will be glad of when we're 80. That will receive a "Well Done" when we stand before the King of Kings.
In case anyone is interested and you want to listen to the Bible through in a year and you have itunes you can subscribe to a podcast of it called 1-Year Bible On Radio Podcast-there are others also- (detailed instructions-open up iTunes then click on "iTunes store". Then up in the right hand corner there is a search box. Type in "1-Year Bible On Radio Podcast". When it comes up you can click on "Subscribe" and it will download them into the "Podcast" area of the iTunes program right under where you click to see your music. After that you can listen to it on the computer or download to your iPod. High speed connection recommended ). to read online here is a link to have the Scripture email to you daily- you choose the version . It's free like all I list but you do have to register. Another site to get a 12 month plan or read online is this one.
I know there are many other sites and plans ranging from the whole bible in three year to Bible in 90 days to just NT or overviews etc. Just do an Internet search for "Bible Reading Plans".

Now that's what I want for Christmas!

2007-12-18T12:57:00.000-08:00

In Jesus we find amazing gifts such as:

Good news-

And it doesn't matter even if you don't have even a penny to your name! He does not look at you how this world does who assigns status and worth by the size of one's bank account Freedom for prisoners- not all prisons have bars we can see...
Ability to see- eyes to see the eternal

Release for the oppressed- I love that word "Release". It's hard to even say without relaxing a little. The release He gives doesn't depend on our circumstance but is even in the midst of them. We only need to ask

And a HUGE one Favor with the Lord- the gift of being able to come right into His very Presence 'over the bridge of the cross of Jesus , right into His very Presence but find favor there- a hearty welcome.

Now that's what I want for Christmas and the day after and the day after.......

Evel Knievel

2007-12-03T01:48:00.000-08:00

I couldn't sleep and was surfing the net and came across this video of Evel Knievel's story of coming to believe in Jesus Christ as the Son of God and I just had to put a link here to it since he passed away recently . Link to transcript Link to video

Friday, November 30 marked the end of what will forever be remembered as the longest and most courageous battle between one man, a man we all know as the world's greatest daredevil, and death. Robert Craig "Evel" Knievel died in Clearwater, Florida, finally succumbing after nearly a three-year bout with the terminal lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. He was 69.

Cutting grocery bill

2007-11-30T00:51:00.001-08:00

One thing I have learned along the way about cutting the grocery bill is if you can shop from a preplanned menu it will save a lot and free you from running back to the store for forgotten items. The less trips to the grocery store the move you save. I have included a page element,for now, with weekly menus from "menusforMoms.com" a FREE weekly service I stumbled across surfing the net. I have used the website "Saving Dinner.com" also which is not free - though if you sign up at their web site you will get 6 free sample menu mailers which includes one week's menu/grocery shopping list of each type they offer- but $9.95 for three months of weekly menus and grocery lists mailed to you and I save them and reused them. They have a much bigger selection of types of menus such as "heart Healthy", "Frugal" . "Crock Cooker" -( one of my favorites cuz I can fix it early in the day when energy is higher), "Low-Carb" , "Body Clutter" which is the same dinner menu as the Low Carb but adds breakfast and lunch low-carb menus and shopping lists and weight loss tips, and "Regular ". They include nutritional info also. Obviously you can also make your own from your own recipes and since you've gone to all that work you might as well save them on your computer for reuse.
A book I've checked out at the library which has some great tips for cutting costs all around including groceries is America's cheapest family gets you right on the money : your guide to living better, spending less and cashing in on your dreams /by Steve and Annette Economides. Another is Once-a-month cooking by Mimi Wilson . I did this for about two years and loved it but couldn't do it now with the health issues. Leave a comment if you find this helpful and add any tips you've learned along the way. May the God of peace ( we could all use a little more peace) fill you with hope (ahh hope -oxygen for the soul) as you trust in Him through His Son Jesus.

Beauté

2007-11-27T01:42:00.001-08:00

This video shows why our perception of beauty is distorted.

Am I getting old or what!!

2007-11-26T20:07:00.000-08:00

I took my nephew to the doctor this afternoon. It looked like his strep throat was coming back AGAIN so we just took whatever doctor was available. She walked in and I thought-it's a child. My sister had met us at the doctor's and I texted her- now we are sitting in the same room but it's rude to whisper so I texted-"if she were any younger she would be an ovum". My poor twin sister started cracking up. Here she was trying to be "the Mom". Anyway, I thought am I getting old or what when doctors look like college students. I hope today for the blessing of humor to fill your life- what a gift from God it is. Next time i'm with my sister at a doctor's appt I bet she doesn't read any texts from me! Oh and yes, he did have strep again- poor darlin

under construction

2007-11-26T14:57:00.000-08:00

Wow, it has been a long time since I posted! It seems like life just passes faster and faster. I really want to get this blog up and running and ,Lord willing ( I'm reading in the Book of James in the Bible ).I will. until then...hold on to Jesus and when you feel like you can't let Him hold on to you.

Family Cultural Passes

2007-04-27T14:38:00.001-07:00

One amazing way to save money is using "Family Cultural Passes" from the Clackamas County Library http://www.lincc.lib.or.us/cp/cp-list.html It's free- all you need is a library card from Clackamas County. You reserve them in advance by calling your closest library . Currently ones are available

Portland Classical Chinese Garden

Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden
Japanese Garden
Museum of the Oregon Territory
Stevens-Crawford House
Oregon Garden
Pittock Mansion
Portland Art Museum
Portland Children's Museum 2nd Generation
Oregon Sports Hall of Fame

You can save a TON of money using these. Check out the link to the passes above for more information. I know the Portland Art museum alone is $10 for an adult last time I was there!