It's been a busy few days. Last week we had our Fourth of July Country Fair. I have to give Paula credit, it was a pretty good event.

I sang my song "Jolene." It's about this woman names Jolene who is trying to steal the man of the woman singing. It's a Dolly Parton song but Josh found a more funky version of it that Olivia Newton-John did so I sang it in her style. After my song was over Nancy walked up to me and said in her usually snarky tone, "was that song for me? did you think I'm going to steal your man?" I just laughed at her. Can you believe the nerve of that girl?

Paula sang "Sunshine and Summertime" by Faith Hill. Randy Jackson would have called it a little pitchy, but awright. Jennifer sang "Independence Day" and Randy would have had the dawg pound barking for her. She hit it out of the park. Josh dedicated a song to me called "Ain't Nothing 'Bout You." It's by Brooks and Dunn. I downloaded it from iTunes. It's my new favorite song! :-)

The rest of the week I spent getting ready for tomorrow night. It's the opening night of our local version of "Dancing With The Stars." Last Thursday we met with the contestants to teach them the Rhumba - our first dance of the competition. The way it works is every Thursday night the contestants will learn the dance for the following week, along with anyone in the community who wants to take a dance lesson for that night. It's a quick intro to the basic step and a few turns. Then the contestants spend the week dancing with one of our instructors to learn a performance piece. On Wednesday nights they will perform the dance for an audience. Three judges will score + audience voting to determine who stays and who goes. We had quite a few people turn out to learn the Rhumba last week so I'm optimistic that they will show up for the performance night.

A few friends are in the competition: Molly, Mr. Anderson, and this guy Jeff from church. I'm so glad I'm not a judge!

I'm glad Molly's involved. She needs a distraction now that Tim is back in Australia. I know she's heartbroken over his departure, even though she's putting on a brave face. I hope that learning a few new dance moves will get her mind off of things.