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i had a very entertaining evening tonight. it started of with kathryn and i trying to saw the bottom of rhonda's xmas tree in her dining room. i swear we took off a foot and a half. it was awesome! that little saw had a heart of gold. he was the like the "thomas the tank-engine" of saws. kathryn and i were quite the team. i have to say, working out has really been to my advantage. in all my years of sawing off the bottoms of trees, that was the most straight, most even, most smooth cut ever. it was a beauty. i'm pretty proud of it.

later on we were sitting around admiring the semi-lopsided tree when isaac came up with a new game. it was like christmas idol. we had to take turns standing before the others singing a christmas carol that we didn't know very well and then the others judged it. he was very stern on the not knowing the song well issue. we couldn't figure out why. anyway... when he's telling us this i'm imagining myself standing before the others and how horrible it was going to go down. its amazing what a difference sitting on the couch and standing across the room makes. i wanted to be a good sport about it so i took my turn. immediately i needed something to be my microphone and warned the girls & isaac that i couldn't perform without doing some kind of jig. joy and i used to sing and dance for my mom all the time when she was trying to go to bed. we always sung into a hairbrush. so tonight, with remote control in hand i began to sing and dance across the "stage" in rhonda's living room. i coudn't do it with a straight face and fell down laughing with tears streaming down my face. when at last i was done, i waited for the judges comments. isaac said in all seriousness "it was very active..." oh man, that cracked me up so much. he's such a smart little boy. rhonda and kathryn both performed "coffee house style" choosing to sit on a stool vs. the dancing option. they both did great and i think they both deserve to be the rhonda's living room idol. as much fun as it was, i'd have to say i'd definately try to avoid that game if it came up again. however, i don't like to be a party pooper so i'd probably go along with it. oh man, it was so hilarious.