Archive for March, 2008

I found this thing

Posted in Uncategorized on March 18, 2008 by jillianholmes

Want to waste time and amuse yourself…yeah we all do it. Hence why you are on facebook….or reading this. Ok well I found something that is VERY amusing…at least for girls, for guys it would just be weird.

http://mirrorofbeauty.com/

Go to this link for the free trial.

And this is what it does….hahaha

                   

So what do you think….I personally love the first one but my hair doesn’t do that…hahaha! Any opinions of a haircut?

Two things

Posted in Uncategorized on March 13, 2008 by jillianholmes

So tonight we were in the Blockbuster parking lot waiting for Andrew to come out from renting a movie (ps he never actually rented a movie but we were there for about 20 minutes). Emily looks over and brings our attention to these two little brothers in the backseat of the car next to us (probably about 4 or 5). Both brothers have got each other by the hair and have looks of pain on their face. But what was hilarious was the dad is in the front seat completely oblivious to the situation going on just behind him. The two boys then let got with one hand each and proceed to strangle each other while still holding onto the hair of the other. At this point we look at the dad who is now picking his teeth but still not registering that his sons have each other in a death grip. Suddenly our attention is drawn back to the boys as the older of the two flips his brother into a headlock and his brothers feet go flying in the air! Still nothing from the dad! So we are dying laughing and it is at this point that the brothers realize that they have an audience and so decide to continue putting on a wrestling show. Tooth-picker dad looks over and sees us in tears laughing and looking towards the back of his vehicle and finally turns around to see his sons killing each other in the back seat. It was hilarious.

Second thing….check out this video….it is too cute.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58CZcCvwND4

Short

Posted in Uncategorized on March 12, 2008 by jillianholmes

I’m cutting my hair. The decision has been made, now it is just a question of when. And when I say cutting my hair I mean like goodbye hair. So do I do it soon or do I wait a couple months till after graduation so that I don’t look like a chemo patient with my cap on. Frankly I don’t really care what I look like at graduation. Sadly, as much as I wanted to walk at graduation I don’t really care anymore. I just want school to be over with so I can move on with my life. This has nothing to do with my haircut.

So I think I might just chop it off after Easter. The weather should be warm enough at that point. Yeah, I think I’ll do that. I don’t know…we’ll see. Here are pictures of what I’m cutting my hair like…of course I don’t have Miss Portman’s beauty but I’m hoping to pull it off nevertheless.

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Rest

Posted in faith, rest, stillness, vacation on March 11, 2008 by jillianholmes

I went to Arizona to rest. My whole being is exhausted and has been yearning for rejuvenation that it just hasn’t been able to find. Too much has happened. Between sickness, heartbreak, being over-committed, and family issues my body and soul have become so weary. So I journeyed 3000 miles west from my world to a warmer, dryer, less complicated place to recuperate and hopefully replenish enough to make it through the end of the school year.

Upon arrival, I could feel some of my stress leaving my body. I laid out in the sun and just breathed. But it didn’t last long…rest is certainly a funny thing. As much as I know I need it, I just couldn’t do it. Why is rest so difficult? In a world that, in my case, is shaking and moving around like a kid with a snow-globe in their hand, you would think that stillness and rest would be instantly welcome. Welcome, yes I suppose it is, but I just don’t know how to rest. Its as if the concept is understood but the action is impossible. To just sit, or breathe, or soak up the silence, or read the Word in peace. Peace. Oh, to really understand that word. 

I’ve tried to rest. I can’t sit still. I have the urge to be doing something, saying something, being somewhere, getting something done. Its as if resting or being still is something that just cannot be accomplished. So much work to be still that it becomes overwhelming. I’m praying for stillness. I need some moments of quiet to be refreshed.

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