Myspace Blogs: Year 2007

[Kristle]

Here's all of Tay's 2007 myspace blogs!

January 12, 2007
On Tour With George Strait = FUN


Heyy!

So basically I'm having the time of my life. The first George Strait show was SO AWESOME. First of all, the stage is unlike any other stage I've ever performed on.. It's a circular stage, and its in the middle of the arena, instead of at one side. So you can walk around the entire arena on this stage. It makes the show extremely intimate, and adds such a cool vibe. So, I'm pretty sure the highlight of my night last night (the first show of the tour, in Lafayette, LA) was that......... Pretty sure George Strait SAID MY NAME. Me and Emily (my fiddle player) and Megan (she travels with us and is 23 and handles basically everything) were watching George's show.. and all of a sudden he says "I'm very happy to have the talented Miss Taylor Swift out here with us". YESSSSS. It was pretty awesome, sort of a life changing moment. ha. So life on the road is awesome. For me, it contains mainly crime-solving shows such as CSI and Law and Order SVU, making sandwiches, going running at local gyms, Emily and I trying to figure out how to use the complicated gym equipment, Emily and I eventually completely giving up and accepting the fact that we will never know how to use anything in a gym except a treadmill. Also lots of arguing with my mom about the temperature of the bus because she tries to turn me into an ice cube ("Germs grow in warm temperatures, you have to stay healthy!"), me turning the temperature knob back to 80 degrees when she's not looking, playing with the walkie talkies that my manager makes us carry for safety purposes, and of course playing shows. After the shows, I meet people and sign autographs for about 3 hours and then come back to the bus. Its so much fun. I find things to cook on the bus, and its pretty interesting.. Considering that all I really have on the bus to cook with is a microwave. Its just so much fun being on the road again, and I have some great news.. I'm going to be on tour with Brad Paisley in the spring and summer! It's 34 cities, so I'd love to see you guys come out to a show in your area! Y'all are so awesome, and I see it at every show. That's really why I love being on the road-- because I get to meet you, and talk to you, and see how supportive you've been.. And best of all, I get to say thank you.

So, THANK YOU!

lovelovelove

-T-

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January 16, 2007
New Video Shoot "Teardrops On My Guitar" and GOLDDDDD

Heyy guys,

So I had another video shoot yesterday, it was AWESOME. We shot it at a high school, Hume Fogg High School in downtown Nashville, to be exact.. I got to the shoot at around 8am, after a 5am flight that I had to get up at 3am for because I'd had a show the night before in Orlando. We shot a bunch of different scenes at the high school, in different classrooms and in the hallways, so we needed extras. Extras are people the director usually casts to be in the background of certain scenes to make it look more crowded.. So I decided to use people I knew as the extras! And since it was shot at a high school, I got to use my friends as extras!! So y'all might be able to pick out some of the people in my video from my top 8-- Abigail, Kathryn, Kelsey, Ally, Emily, Megan... All in it. My little brother, Austin, is in it too, same with my cousin. ha. It was so much fun. Tyler Hilton, who was on the show One Tree Hill and played Elvis in the movie Walk The Line played "the guy" in the video.. He's alot of fun, I met him out in California at one of my shows. It was so much fun shooting all of those scenes in high school, because I haven't been in school in almost a year now. It really took me back. Then the scene I'm SOOO excited about is one of just me in this bedroom, and I'm wearing a 21 FOOT LONG gown that my stylist, Sandi Spika, made for me. It's bluish-green and is strapless. I CANNOT wait for you to see it. BUT I don't want to give too much away--- so, that's all I'm going to say about the video. Trey Fanjoy, the director, is still editing it. We should be releasing it in the next few weeks.

By the way, MY ALBUM IS CERTIFIED GOLLLLLLLDDDDDDD.

AND "Tim McGraw", as of today is Top 5!

Life is good. I love you guys.

lovelovelove
-T-

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February 1, 2007
CMT Music Awards-- NOMINATED


Hey guys!

I'm out in New Mexico right now, on the road with George Strait. But I was sleeping peacefully in my bunk this morning when I woke up to hear some reeeally good news.. My video for "Tim McGraw" is nominated for TWO CMT Music Awards! The cool thing about the CMT Awards is that the fans choose who wins. I really need your help, every vote counts. You can go to CMT.com and vote from today (Feb.1) to Feb.23rd. I'm nominated in the Female Video of The Year category, as well as the Breakthrough Video of The Year category. You have to sign up with CMT.com to vote, but that takes about two seconds and is free. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE vote for me. Thanks for everything yall have done to help me, YOU are the reason this album is certified Gold. YOU are the reason this thing is actually working. Thank you so much for all that you do.

lovelovelove
-T-

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February 11, 2007
More from the road..

So, I just got back from Kansas City. I had a show there, and this last weekend I was in Pennsylvania doing some shows around where I used to live. It was really cool, because so many people came out to support me, and I got to do longer shows.. I love it when I get to play for an hour or 75 minutes, those are always fun! So, on the bus-- Megan, Emily, and I are still obsessed with Grey's Anatomy dvds. We watch two episodes every night. It's a ritual. But the thing is, we were late bloomers when it comes to Grey's Anatomy.. So we're still on Season 2. So we're at the point where the bomb was in the hospital, and all of that. Do not-- I repeat, DO NOT tell us anything about what's about to happen in episodes to come. That's completely against the rules. haha. So my new video for Teardrops On My Guitar premiered on GAC a few days ago, and I believe its premiering on CMT on Thursday during the Top 20 Countdown. Thank you so much for your sweet comments about it! I'm so glad you like it, I had so much fun making it. The song is about to be officially released to radio, so now is the time to start calling the stations and asking them to play it. I'll love you forever. haha. And thank you to everyone who's been voting for me on CMT.com for the CMT Music Awards!!! I'm so excited, I think to the awards.. I'm going to wear a gold dress. Because my album just went gold.. I was thinking about colors and then it just hit me. I think gold is my new favorite color right now. haha. You all are so amazing, and I just want you to know that I appreciate you. I really really do.

lovelovelove
T

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February 28, 2007
Life is GOOD

Heyy,

So this week is CRS... (Country Radio Seminar) in Nashville, which is the week when all the radio stations come to Nashville to see the artists and we get to put on shows. Its a good time. But ANYWAY, today I got some AMAZING news.. The FINAL CMT Awards Nominations list came out, and.... I LOVE YOU GUYS. I'm nominated for Breakthrough Video of the Year. Thank you to everyone who voted! But I need you now more than ever, because YOU can choose who wins this!!!! Please please please go to CMT.com, and vote for my video for "Tim McGraw" in the Breakthrough Video category. I would love that so much.
Anyway, so I went to Little Big Town's platinum record party last night, it was great. So good to see awesome people get what they've wanted for so long.. I love them. And to preface this, at my gold party last week (I'll post pictures soon), Little Big Town sent me this beautiful necklace and a note.. It was so sweet. So for their platinum party, I brought them a gift too.. But mine was a little different.. See, for my homeschooling English credit, I had to write a term paper about something that "interested or intrigued me".. So I wrote MINE about Little Big Town.. It was a ten page paper. I ended up printing it out on platinum paper, and putting it in a leather case, and giving it to them for their platinum party. It was so cool to be there, I absolutely love them to death.
I love you guys for voting for the first rounds of the CMT Awards, seriously. Thank you. Let's go for it, please please please go vote for me for the final rounds. Have an amazing weekend, guys. You've absolutely made mine.

lovelovelove
-T-

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April 17, 2007
The Best Night.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!


I just need to say this, and this comes from the bottom of my heart.. Thank you for last night. Thank you for the CMT Music Awards. Part of me can't believe that it actually happened, and all of me can't believe that this is my life-- that there are people out there willing to take time out of their busy lives to give me that night-- to give me that moment where time completely stood still and everything was right. I've always been the girl watching the award shows from the stands or from my couch, wishing like crazy that someday if I worked hard enough and things really came together, that could be me. You did that for me. I'm not used to this-- I can't even believe it. I'm also so happy for my label mate, Jack Ingram, who won the award for "Wide Open Country" Video of the Year.
For every person out there who has my song on their profile or I've met at a show or has voted for me on CMT.com... I couldn't love you more. I want you to know that. And I meant what I said-- when we're out on tour with Brad Paisley this spring/summer/fall, I want you to come and meet me so I can thank you myself. And yes, I'm bringing the buckle with me.. That award that I wouldn't have if it weren't for YOU!

I want you to know that I will never forget what you did for me. Ever. You're the best thing that's ever happened to me. :-)

Can't wait to see you this summer!

lovelovelove
-T-

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First Fans with My CMT Award

I made you a promise to bring my CMT Award out on the road with me on The Brad Paisley Tour. Come join in on the fun. Can't wait to see you at a show....

lovelovelove -T-



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May 6, 2007
Ticks, Denny, and a dress.

Hey,

I'm sitting here on my bus in Champagne, Illinois. I'm playing here with Brad tonight, the tour's going great! Today is pretty overcast and blahh outside so I've been incredibly lazy all day.. I watched my CSI Dvds until I ran out. I was pretty upset about that.. Note to self: Buy more CSI DVDs. Anyway, after I ran out of crime shows to watch, I pulled out my iPod and randomly selected a Grey's Anatomy episode to watch the pass the time.. And it randomly selected the episode where Denny dies, and so I started hysterically crying and couldn't stop for about ten minutes. (He was my favorite character, hands down. Why'd he have to die?) For the the record, this is the first time I've cried in a VERY long time. So I figure if the only reason I have to cry is a TV show, I must be pretty lucky. I'm heading home tomorrow to have a dress fitting for my ACM dress. It's a custom made Sandi Spika dress and I can't EVEN wait to try it on.. I've already had one fitting for it. Can't wait for you to see it. And here's a little secret for only my myspace peopleee.. I might just wear my hair up this time. I know I never do anything with my hair, but I think it's time to. How about that?

SO, I've been watching my back out here for the past couple of days. One of us is going to get pranked by Brad ("Us" being Jack Ingram, Kellie Pickler, and myself). Here's why: We struck first. We'd had been planning it for a while, ever since I found these hilarious Tick costumes on the internet and ordered them. Then we made Jack this exterminator costume and got him a bug sprayer. Then, two nights ago, in the middle of his show-- when Brad was playing his new song "Ticks", Kellie and I ran out onstage in those ridiculous tick costumes ( we looked like Sumo wrestlers). We started dancing around Brad and running up and down the catwalks. Then Jack came out in his "Pest Control" costume and pretended to chase us around the stage, trying to spray us with fake insecticide. Then he eventually sprayed both of us and Kellie and I pretended to die onstage. I was laughing so hard I could barely breathe. Then I was laying there on the stage playing dead, and looked up at Brad, and he looked down at me and said "Nice work". Yeah. I might as well have a target drawn on me.

Anyway, ACMs are coming up in less than a week! VEGAS! I can't wait. I love Vegas and I love travelling.. I guess that's a good thing when you go on tour all year. I love award shows because I love to dress up. I'll admit it. ha. It doesn't even have as much to do with being nominated (although that is a nice bonus).. I loved award shows before I was ever nominated for anything. This is the first time I've ever been nominated for an ACM and I can't wait to just be there. (the awards are May 15)

I love you guys and I'd love to see you all come out to shows this summer-- I'll be with Brad's tour til November. I sign after every single show, and I sign for everyone. I'd love to meet you, and say thank you for being part of the reason I'm nominated for anything this year.

I put up some new facts about me in my bio.. I hadn't updated it in a while. Check it out? And I'll have that "Ticks" prank video up here ASAP.

lovelovelove
-T-

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June 16, 2007
PLATINUM!!!! fndkjslgdfgj


Wow. WOW. You have no IDEA how excited I am to type these words: The album.. is.. PLATINUM! Thank you so much for buying it, and getting your friends to buy it. You guys are the reason for this, and the only reason. I can't take credit for YOU going out and buying those albums. This is your platinum record, just like it's your CMT Award. I seriously love you more than words can say.

I'm currently on the road again with Kenny Chesney, opening up for his shows in Houston and Dallas while Brad Paisley's taking a break. This is SO cool. And for those of you wondering about my current health conditions, I am feeling almost completely back to normal! Thank you to everyone who wished me well, I read those comments on my last blog and was so touched by how thoughtful and understanding you are.

So CMA Music Fest was a BLAST. This is my third year going. I went the first year as a volunteer (when I was fourteen) and helped out with getting artists to their radio interviews. Then last year, I was there signing autographs (nobody knew who I was, it was funny) and telling anyone who would listen that I had a single coming out called "Tim McGraw" and would they please request it at radio.. haha. Then one year later, there I was, recieving a platinum plaque for a million copies of my album sold... It's been a good year. :-)

Opening up for Kenny Chesney is one of the coolest things I've ever done. His tour has this laid back vibe to it, and everyone's so cool to work with. And Kenny Chesney is so completely nice. Genuinely nice. Like, we were all sitting around the bus after the show and he came up and sat down and talked to us for a while.. and before he left he said "I'm going to get something to eat, y'all want anything?" Like, simple things like that.. It's just.. really nice. And I really really like nice people.

Well, I'm having a blast out here and again I want to thank you for even reading this. I always hoped I'd have a great life, and see amazing things, and be really really lucky. But there was never a point where I actually thought this kind of life was possible for me. So thank you. Seriously. I say it so much because I truly mean it. You're the reason I'm here.



lovelovelove

-T-

[Kristle]

July 10, 2007
Tim and Faith!

Hey!!

SO.. Last night was my first night opening up for Tim and Faith on the Soul2Soul tour.. IT WAS SO MUCH FUN! On this tour, I play four songs acoustic before Tim and Faith go on. First of all, the stage is AMAZING. It's this round platform (because the stage is in the middle of the arena). And after the show, I went back to my dressing room and found these two boxes in wrapping paper and a note from Tim and Faith! In one of the boxes was a candle that smells unbelievable, and in the other one was this Juicy Couture charm bracelet that I'm never taking off for the rest of my life. Haha. I can't believe how sweet that was of them.. Faith is so nice. Like, think of it this way.. As beautiful as she is, she is THAT nice.

I'm in Detroit right now, playing with my new laptop. Notice all the weird pictures I've been putting up? Well, my laptop has a camera in it, and so I've been taking all these different pictures with different color treatments and stuff like that.. I love it. So lately, I've been in the studio on my days off recording a CHRISTMAS album! Haha. Not kidding. It's a Target exclusive thing, and I'm really excited about it! There are two songs on it that I wrote. More on it later!

Oh well, just wanted to check in and let you guys know what I've been up to.. Thanks for everything!!

lovelovelove
-T-

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July 25, 2007
1 !!!!!!!!

HEY!

I just got the call that my album is the NUMBER ONE country album this week!!!!! It's been since October, and this is the first week it's ever gone number one!! I'm SO excited. You guys are AMAZING. I'm so excited about this, thank you so much for continuing to support me. THANK YOU FOR THE NUMBER ONE! Now go tell everyone you know to buy it so we can stay there. haha. But seriously, thank you so much. You know I love you SO much. This is a dream come true.

lovelovelove
-T-

PS: We're shooting the video for "Our Song" in the next few weeks. Can't WAIT for you to see it!

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August 15, 2007
The Next Video and 4 Weeks at 1!

Hey! I just woke up.. Yesterday, I had a 16-hour-video shoot for the next single which is... Our Song!! I'm so excited that this is the next one we're putting out because I wrote it alone, no co-writer. There's something really gratifying about that to me. Also, the reason we picked it as the next single is because at my shows, that seems to be the one the crowds are screaming, and when I talk to you guys, it seems to be your favorite. And and video is going to be SO cool. This shoot was longer and took more effort than any other one we've done before, and girls.. the dresses are AMAZING. I had two dresses custom made for the shoot, and it was at this soundstage studio where people built these huge sets for us to shoot the video on. It was the first video I've done where my band was in it. They looked awesome and were so excited because it was most of their first video. I'll get pictures up as soon as I can. We'll get the video up as soon as possible too.

Another thing, the album sits in the number 1 spot AGAIN this week and I looooove you guys so much for making that happen for me. This is my first time my album has gone 1, and I'm so glad it's stayed there. I'd love it so much if you could tell people about my album, so we can keep it there as long as we can!!

To all the fan sites, thank you for everything you do. We'll have a BUNCH of new stuff for you soon. I love you with all my heart.

Can't wait to see you guys at a show out sometime!! Thanks for making this such a great ride for me!

Love youuuu

lovelovelove

-T-

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September 12, 2007
Pranks and 8 weeks at 1


Hey! Sorry it's been so long since I've written a blog, but we just got back from Canada on the Brad Paisley tour. It was AWESOME, but I had no internet service. The video for "Our Song" is going to start playing on CMT and GAC in the next two weeks, and I can't wait for you to see it. I'm going to try and post some new pictures up here as soon as I can. I'm soo excited to say that the album is now in it's 8th week at 1 on the Billboard charts. Thank you!

It was really cool being in Canada.. I'd never really spent much time up there, so it was nice to see it. Today we're in Portland, Maine and we're about to open up for Brad again tonight. Rodney Atkins is on the tour with us now, since Jack Ingram and Kellie Pickler left the tour. There were some HILARIOUS pranks by Brad on their last show.

My favorite one was when Brad surrounded Jack Ingram with like forty people and pointed to this huge cage and said "Get in.. the easy way or the hard way". So they wheel Jack out onstage while he's INSIDE this huge cage, and they stuck a microphone though the bars so he could sing. It was awesome. Then during Kellie's set, they tied up her tour manager to a chair and wheeled him out onstage. I'm hearing that since I leave the tour in November, I've got it coming too. Oh well.. We'll see when we get there. You guys will be the first to know.

Thank you for reading this, I love ya so much!

lovelovelove

-T-

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September 22, 2007
this week


Hey!

I'm in Florida right now, and it's HOT outside. It's kinda funny since we were just in Pennsylvania and it was freezing. Anyway.. "Our Song" is doing GREAT on the charts! It was only released a few weeks ago, and it's already top 30. Thanks to everybody who has been calling in and requesting it. The video is going to be debuting on CMT and GAC this week, so check cmt.com and gactv.com for listings of when it's playing. I can't wait to see what you all think about it! It's my favorite video so far.

Also, in other music, Reba's new duets album came out this week and it's looking like it's going to debut at 1 on the country AND pop charts! That's so good for country music, and I'm so happy for her! Congrats, Reba!

I'm just counting down to December, when we start recording the next album. There's so much that I'm excited about, and thanks to everyone who's come out to the shows and waited in those meet and greet lines. I really appreciate it so much, and I love you!!



lovelovelove

T

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October 5, 2007
New albums!

Hey guys!

So I have some prettty cool news! I have two new albums coming out in the next couple of months!! There's the Deluxe Special Edition of my first cd, which will be in stores on November 6th.. That includes everything that was on the first album, plus thee new songs.. The three new songs are demos that I recorded when I was 14 and 15, trying to get a record deal in Nashville. They're some of my favorites, and I wanted to put them out there. The album also has exclusive performance footage, all my videos, and this awesome home video that I edited. I can't wait for you guys to see all of it!! There's behind-the-scenes features for all of my videos too. Then there's a holiday album (oh yes, we're already at that time of year..) that will be for sale at Target only, starting October 14th!! It's got 6 songs on it, and I wrote two of them. There's a song on it called "Christmases When You Were Mine" that I really love.

So that's October 14th and November 6th! (November 6th is easy to remember because it's the day before the CMA Awards.. Cross your fingers for me).

The shows have been unbelievable and the crowds have been AWESOME lately out here on the road. I love meeting you guys in the autograph lines. Thank you SO much for everything you do for me. There's a whole bunch of stuff going on right now that I can't wait to tell you all about. Just stay tuned and keep checking back.

lovelovelove

T

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October 9, 2007
AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS!


Hey!!!

So I was sitting in my hotel room this morning, feeding my Starbucks addiction, when suddenly my manager bursts through the door.. Actually he knocked, because he'd have to have a key card to "burst" through the door literally.. But there was excitement in his entry to the room, definitely. Why, you ask? Because he was about to tell me that he'd just been informed that I'm pretty much nominated for an AMERICAN MUSIC AWARD AHHHH!! And the EVEN cooler part about that is this... The American Music Awards are FAN VOTED. This is where you come in, please, please, please. I've never felt more honored than when I won the CMT Award this year, because it was fan voted. You guys have everything to do with who wins. So I'm officially asking (or politely begging) you to go to ama.abc.com (that's AMA.ABC.COM) and sign up and vote for your favorite female country artist (pllleeeeease let that be me). Haha. I love you so much. I'm in New York, about to play Regis and Kelly tomorrow. Check it out, if you feel like getting up incredibly early. Now, go ahead and check out AMA.ABC.com. I would be verrry happy if you did.



lovelovelove

-T-

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October 19, 2007
Concerts and Canada ;-)


Hey!

I'm sitting in the production office of the Brad Paisley tour. That's right, I'm stealing wireless from Brad Paisley in order to write this. The production office (where I currently am) is the only place any of us have internet service, so there's like a huge line out the door and people are having wrestling matches and swordfights for the chance to be in here and get internet. I'm just kidding. I'm in Calgary, Canada and it's really nice outside. I saw a black squirrel outside my bus, climbing up a tree. It was a BLACK squirrel. I mean, who knew that squirrels were ever anything but gray? I walked around telling everybody about it, and nobody believed me. It was great. Then I was talking to one of the crew guys up here and told him about it.. His response was "Oh yeah.. we spray painted it." Hahaha. I was laughing about that for a while. I'm pretty excited about the approaching CMA Awards. They're coming up so quickly and I can't even believe I'm going to be sitting there nominated for something. I'm having another dress custom-made. Yessss! I've been touring so much that I haven't gone to any fittings, so let's hope it fits.

In other news, the Christmas album is now OUT and I'm so excited when I read your comments about it! I heard that it came out a few days later than the on-sale date in some stores.. It was just confusing for some stores because they usually put out new albums on Tuesdays (not Sundays). I walked into Target back in Tennessee and was looking for it... and no luck. But as soon as I get back in the states, I'm going to get one. For good luck.

Well, I'm going to head to sound check. I can't wait to tell you guys all about the CMA's.. AND if you feel like voting for the AMA's.............. that would be very appreciated. :-)

lovelovelove

T

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November 2, 2007
Pranking Rodney and CMA dresses<3

Hey! I'm sitting in my bus in San Antonio and I think this is possibly the prettiest day ever. No lie, it's awesome outside. I just got back from visiting the station here and talking on the air. Last night, there was some major pranking that went on... We decided to get Rodney. Out of love. And thought it would be best for Emily and I to dress up as devils and run out onstage during "If You're Going Through Hell". How everyone in my band ended up onstage in the most freak-show-esque costumes I've ever seen, I don't know.. But it happened. All the guys dressed up as women. Big women. We had all these blow up inflatable costumes in our tour bus, and everyone dressed up. They all looked like huge balloon people. And the look on Rodney's face was PRICELESS. Loved it. I took a picture of Rodney and I while we were onstage (he was actually singing when I took the picture). Go check it out.

I have one more show out here (Houston, yesssss) and then we fly back to Nashville for the CMA week festivities. AND my dress for the CMA's makes me smile. I can't WAIT for you guys to see pictures. I'll give you hints without giving it away. Subtle hints. It's a color I haven't ever worn on the red carpet before. Ok, now I'm out of hints. Ha. Thank you to everyone who voted for the AMA's!! No idea how that's going to turn out, but no matter what, I want you to know that I love you so much for voting. I was watching the DVD that comes with the Deluxe Edition of my cd that comes out November 6th, and I think you're really gonna like the extra content. There's a LOT of it. And there's a home video I edited myself, so we'll see what you guys think of my editing!! Ha.

I love pretty dresses and Rodney Atkins and home videos and YOU.

Thanks for everything!

lovelovelove
-T-

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November 9, 2007
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On November 7, I woke up around 9:00, and was completely relaxed as I put on my make up. I put my hair up in a ponytail, and thought to myself "Why am I not nervous? Shouldn't I be nervous?" Because award shows are the most nerve-racking things to prepare for, usually. I mean, there's nothing like getting up to sing in front of your idols and a live audience of thousands, on national television. It's not the easiest thing to do. But that day, I didn't really feel the nerves. It felt like it was just another day.



I arrived at the arena and talked to Kellie Pickler as we both got ready in the dressing room we were sharing. She was bubbly and beautiful as usual. Seeing Kellie always brightens my day, because she's always got something funny to say. She's my fried, not just an acquaintance. I'd do anything for her. One of the producers of the show came to get me, and we walked to the stage for the rehearsal. My band was there, and we were all stoked to get to play. They lowered me down into the floor on a lift, and one of the producers came up to me and said "Alright, thirteen seconds and you're on!" It's always good to hear someone say that number when I'm needing luck. The song started, and I began to rise out of the floor on this elevator, in the center of a giant flower. I loved it, not gonna lie. As I played, I could see all the artists sitting in the crowd after their rehearsals, just hanging out. I waved to Miranda, who was sitting in one of the first few rows.

After the rehearsals for Brad's performance and mine, we headed over to my record label to do some media interviews. The interviewers would say: "So, you're nominated for the Horizon Award tonight.. What do you think your chances are of taking it home?" And I would always reply with, "I have a one in five chance. I have to be practical about it. I mean, look at the other nominees! I don't think I'm gonna win it, I'm just happy to be in the category."



After the interviews, it was time to get hair and make up started. After an hour of make up and hair and removing the blue nail polish from my toes, I got a call from my manager. "Hey, they had an extra seat on the floor for me. I'll be down there with you guys in Row M." I was happy about it, and told him I'd see him later. After I hung up, I realized that "M" is the 13th letter.



The red carpet was a beautiful blur of interviews and people looking gorgeous. Martina walked the carpet behind me, and she looked stunning. After all the camera flashes and interviews were over, I was escorted backstage. I had a quick change into my performance dress. It was black, and I was wearing long black gloves with it. The performance was a blast, and right afterward I was rushed back to another quick change into the dress I'd be wearing for Brad's performance. Kellie and I danced out in our dresses and had a blast dancing with some of the kids from the marching band.



I changed back into my gold dress from the red carpet to go back out into the audience and watch the show. It was so much fun getting to see Sugarland win their award. I popped out of my seat as soon as I heard their name called. Those two are the most innovative performers in country music. They're going to take over the planet.



When Carrie came out to announce the Horizon category, I looked over at Rodney, who was sitting in the row directly across from me. After all the nominees had been announced, I grabbed his hand across the aisle. Rodney and I have been on tour together, and he's always looking out for me like I'm his little sister. And then the silence came. It lasted about five seconds in reality, but I could've sworn that silence lasted for ten minutes. The waiting.. Carrie looks down and says "And the award goes to…."



She looks up and says "Taylor Swift!".



I remember it all in slow motion.. I'm running up the stairs in a ball gown and heels. My mom and dad are crying. Everyone at my record label is screaming. My family and everyone I love is watching from their living rooms. I'm crying on national television, and thinking about you.



Thank you for making this year the best one of my life. Thank you for crossing your fingers for me, and being my friends.



And thank you for convincing me that fairytale endings.. Well, they happen sometimes.



Lovelovelove

-T-

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December 5, 2007
One week and counting til it’s someone’s birthday.....


And by someone, I mean me.

Haha.

Yes! My birthday is next week, December 13th to be exact. I can't wait! It's going to be cool to turn 18 and have so much to celebrate. I feel like this whole year has been a big gift. It's been quite a year! Thanks to you.

And now I want you to direct your attention to my default picture (and no, I did not photoshop her in). It's Colbie Caillat!! She was doing a show in Nashville and I just happened to be in town, so we got together and wrote a killer song. It's really cool, and I can't wait for you to hear it. She's gonna record back up vocals on it for my new album. (They'll be really loud back up vocals, because she has an incredibly awesome voice and I want it to be turned wayyyy up) We have so much in common, and she's now officially number 1 on my cool people list.

I'm just kidding.. I don't actually have a cool people list. But if I did, she would be number 1.

Speaking of my next album, today was my first day in the studio "pre-planning" for recording it!! My producer, Nathan, and I basically spent all day listening to songs and picking which ones to record first, and freaking out about the fact that my album is now DOUBLE platinum!!!

By the way, my house is completely decorated for Christmas. Christmas decorating is like my mom's sport. I mean, we have Christmas tree salt shakers and wreaths on each door and garlands hanging on every ledge.. It's festive. I'm getting into the Christmas spirit, and trying to do as much shopping as possible. This year I can say with total and complete honesty that I've gotten everything I could ever ask for. (Thank you for being such a big part of the reason I can say that)

I'm off to LA tomorrow to help announce the Grammy nominees. Let's hope I don't stutter or mispronounce anything or.. stutter. Ha

All is well here and I hope all is well where you are.

lovelovelove

-T-

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December 17, 2007
Getting a number 1 song as a birthday present..


Hey!!

I got the best birthday present EVER.. Our Song is now in its SECOND week of being the NUMBER ONE song!!!! This is my first number one ever, and it couldn't have come at a cooler time! Yessssss. I had an amazing time at my party. I wore a hot pink dress. Pictures soon! The party was a blast.. My favorite thing about it was this photo booth. All of us were taking pictures in there the whole night. We had tarot card readers and palm readers and all kinds of fun stuff to do. I've never really had a big birthday party before, so it was amazing to get that chance! My record label surprised me with this HUGE pink truck!! They're so sweet to me, and I've always wanted a truck. I want to thank you guys SO much for all of the birthday messages and comments!!!!! I love them so much. Between a Grammy nomination, a number one song, and all of your kind words, I had the best birthday EVER. Now I'm home for the holidays and am still trying to do my last minute shopping. I'm like an expert on talking myself out of buying something. SO I take forever to shop for Christmas presents. ha. Thank you SO much for calling radio stations and getting them to play my song. I wouldn't have a number one without you. I know that, and I love you SO much! Have an amazing Christmas.

lovelovelove

-T-

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December 23, 2007
Staying up painting.


I'm sitting here in my room with all the lights off and candles EVERYWHERE, and it's the most beautiful thing ever. You say "fire hazard", I say "poetic". It's so peaceful. I baked a cake tonight too. Abigail is over and we're listening to music and painting on canvases, and it's been a really wonderful Christmas break type of night. See, we've always hung out during Christmas break. Our freshmen year, we spent Christmas night staying up and prank calling all of our friends, talking in Napoleon Dynamite voices. And then, for the past two years we've watched Love Actually every single Christmas. Because it's the best Christmas movie (or overall movie) ever made, ever. It's one of those movies with an amazing ending that makes you want a boyfriend on Christmas. Because of that, I can only watch it once a year. Ha. Updates.... I'm enjoying being 18. Nothing has changed at all. Which is good. For everything in my life that is constantly changing, its kinda cool to have a birthday and have things stay the same. I'm really excited for you guys to hear the new music!! We've got six songs recorded already, and they sound amazing. I've been in the studio with Nathan (my producer. Same guy who produced my first record! But this time we're co-producing) all month and it's been so much fun. We used all the same players in the studio as we used on the first record. We're not going to drastically change something that worked out well for us the first time. But HEY thank you to everyone who's been buying my album as Christmas presents for people, because we had our BEST EVER sales week last week!!! The album sold over 138,000 copies in one week and I can't even comprehend that. I LOVE YOU!!! You blow me away every time I look around at what's going on. I never thought I'd have this kind of life, and I appreciate it every single day. Thank you for everything, and have an amazing Christmas!!



lovelovelove

-T-

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December 31, 2007
Happy New Year! (almost)

Hello!

It's New Years Eve! I'm pretty excited about tonight, not gonna lie. It's not because of any awesome parties I'm going to or anything like that.. It's because for the first time, I'll be performing on thingy Clark's Rockin' New Years Eve!!!! It'll be on ABC tonight ( I think it starts around 9 ish?) so just keep your tv on and watch for it. Please. :-)

As you can see, I put up 3 new slideshows of pictures from my birthday party on the 13th. What an amazing night! I got balloons from REBA, and this amazing Judith Leiber clutch from John Rich, a beautiful pink Christmas tree for my room from Tim and Faith, and a HUGE jacked up PINK truck from my record label. I'm very happy to say that I've decided to give my pink truck to Victory Junction Gang, a camp for really sick kids. That thought just makes me smile. For a few weeks, it's being kept at the Country Music Hall of Fame here in Nashville, in case you want to go check it out. The party was a BLAST, and I hope you like the pictures.

Christmas was amazing.. My family decided to fry the turkey this year. It sounded like a pretty cool idea, I give them credit for originality. We had the little rig set up in the back yard with the big pot to fry the turkey in and the 50 barrels of oil.. But when it came time to take the turkey out of the fryer, it was like... melted. I don't want to go into extreme detail, but it was all falling apart and slimy.........Ew. So needless to say, we had a vegetarian Christmas dinner this year.

Our Song is number one AGAIN this week, so it's now been 4 weeks! I hope you all have a great night tonight, thank you for the best 2007 I could ever have asked for. I couldn't have IMAGINED this! Love youuuu.

-T-

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