Kate Winslet = My British Idol

I tend to become obsessed with things I like. For example, in the Fall of last year, I was completely obsessed with Wicked the musical. I bought Wicked items on eBay, I printed tons of Wicked pictures from the Internet, and I even added "Elphaba" as my friend on Facebook.

While that obsession has calmed down a bit, I am lucky that not all of my obsessions last several months. :) Today, I have a new obsession. I'm am obsessed with Kate Winslet. Earlier, I watched her Golden Globe acceptance speech. She was so graceful and beautiful. She is my favorite actress of all time. Titanic was one of the first movies I ever fell in love with, and Kate was definitely a huge part of that love. I admire Kate so much. She's graceful, articulate, gutsy, and grateful for everything in her life. You can tell from her few moments in the public eye that she's so in love with her husband and kids, and I'll never forget when she had her dad whistle to her during her Oscar acceptance speech so that she could see her parents in the crowd and thank them. I know that she and I probably don't share many of the same ideas regarding religion and politics, but I appreciate her for who she is and the conviction with which she lives her life. She has gumption. :)

2010 is here!

01/01/10 has come and gone. Good day; resolutions are still intact. Here are my unofficial goals for the year, in no particular order:

• Feel good about my body. To do that I am going to integrate more exercise into my life, eat better, and wear clothes that I feel good in.
• Spend more time in prayer. I haven't formulated my plan for this quite yet. Today was a holy day of obligation, so I was lucky enough to spend an hour with Jesus this morning.
• Self-sacrifice more. I want to resist the urge to let people know when I've done something to help someone. I want to just do it in honor of God, to know in my heart that God is smiling down on me and to realize that that's all the recognition I need.
• Live more simply. I feel like I'm forever in the process of going through old memory items and deciding what to keep and what to pitch. Part of me wants to rid myself of all material possessions, but another part of me really enjoys my things and tells me that part of my burden in life is to find the appropriate balance between living in this world and living of this world.

So, there you have it. Hopefully I can keep these goals. Wait, I need to be more positive. I WILL keep these goals. Because they will lead me to the ultimate goal: eternal life with Jesus.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.