Preparing my heart for Easter

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

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"

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

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

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

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

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!