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Anyone else love this guy?

Elizabeth sent me the link to this video a few days ago, but I ended up watching "America's Got Talent" on my DVR last night and broke down crying (although covertly so I wouldn't get made fun of by my kids and hubby) while watching Kevin Skinner singing Garth.  Please tell me I'm not a sap and am not the only one who found this touching.  This guy was just so awesome. 

Okay, I'm totally starting fresh tomorrow

There is sooooooo much news from the last four or five days that I missed that it's far too overwhelming and I think my head may just explode.  There's honestly too much for me to pick from.  My email is overflowing and I don't even know where to begin.  So in order to save my sanity I'm just cleaning everything out and starting over fresh tomorrow.  I hate to do that because there's lots of good stuff to talk about, but if I don't just clean out and start fresh new links, stories, and information will just keep piling up and I'll never get through it all.  Sometimes the best thing to do is say to heck with it all and start anew. 

Anyway, thank you everyone who has sent me stuff in the last few days.  You guys rock and it was all really awesome stuff.  Wish there were four of me to write about it all.  Please don't think I don't appreciate all your hard work because I haven't posted what you've sent.  Just wanted to say thanks you guys.

Tanya Tucker gives us an app

 

 

Tanya Tucker's been out of site for quite a while, but now with the release of her new album "My Turn," she's right back where she fits so well, in the spotlight.  She's all over the place, but did you know she can be all over your iPhone also? 

 

Yep, Tanya's got herself her very own iPhone application which features her latest videos, photos, new music and blogs. 

 

Sounds fun. 

 

If you have an iPhone and want to get your Tanya App, just head over here.

 

Better late than never, here are the contest winners

I'm a wee bit late - as usual - getting the contest winners announced.  Thanks everyone for being patient with me. 

 

The winners of the three completely awesome Brad Paisley "American Saturday Night" CDare:  Pam, LaRae, and Jarrod. 

And the winner of the autographed Holly Williams CD from the Twitter contest is Carrie. 

Everyone's been notified of their win.  If for some reason I don't get addresses of everyone, I'll draw a new winner in a couple of days. 

Thanks to everyone who entered.  The responses were overwhelming. 

Wow, this story is still circulating?

If there's one thing I've learned while blogging about the stars it's that the world of celebrities moves a hundred mile a minute.  It's crazy how quickly things seem to change.  So imagine my surprise when I'm surfing through the tons and tons of news I've got to go through and come across another story about Kellie Pickler and Kid Rock dating - and it's from today.  

Really?  Shouldn't this story have died out like five or six days ago?  Well at least this story was touting the official confirmation that the two AREN'T an item.  

Can I just get a "thank the Lord" to that?

Gadzooks.  It's amazing how much mileage this story has gotten.  Well Kellie's publicist tells The Tennessean that Kellie never has dated Kid Rock. 

Though a tabloid recently "reported" that Kellie Pickler and Kid Rock are dating, Pickler's publicist protests, saying there is no truth to the story.

So … not dating, haven't dated. That's the official word.

Kellie joins a formidable list of celebrities not dating Kid Rock. Others not romantically involved with Rock include Cameron Diaz, Venus Williams, Taylor Swift, Mork & Mindy's Pam Dawber and embattled South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford. We will keep you up to date if anything changes.

I sure hope The Globe lets this story die a needed death now.  Oh, and in case you need further proof, my radio buddy Broadway got into the act and got a little inside information on the whole subject.  Check out his interview here.

Keith Urban, long before he was famous

This is just pure awesomeness.  The Urban Country Blog got their hands on some vintage Keith Urban and guess what?  Before the fame and glitz and glamor, he sang at weddings to help make ends meet. 

Love that!  If you guys ever come across pictures of "before they were famous," I'd love to see them. 

Check out the Keith pictures here.

Your daily dose of Honky Tonk TV...just a couple days late

Aaron Tippin gets healthy....well healthier

Aaron Tippin's always been a big, healthy, muscular guy - who may or may not have at one time ate cow manure.  Now he's passing on his secrets to you - and from what I can tell it's 100% cow-manure free. 

Aaron has recently launched a healthy-lifestyle website along with a line of nutritional supplements. Aaron Tippin Nutrition will be targeted at Baby Boomers who wish to maintain a healthy lifestyle or those that wish to make changes to become healthier.

Tippin's website says:

The idea behind Aaron Tippin Nutrition is simple ~ “living well.”

This is not a concept Thea and I just came up with; it’s been a lifestyle “choice” for us, and it’s been our way of life for more than 20 years. We want to share our philosophy so that you, too, can live well for the time of your life!

The Aaron Tippin Nutrition product line is an all-natural supplement to help you FEEL GOOD, LOOK GOOD and LIVE LIFE IN GOOD HEALTH.

Well sign me up, I need all of that.  If you could use a little Tippin-izing, check out the Tippin Nutrition website at www.tippinnutrition.com.

Okay, I'm back...sorta

Oh gads, you guys, this has been the worst week, but it's also been the best.  Kind of just an all around odd week.  I got all my test results back on Friday and they came back fine.  No spread of the cancer and as of this moment in time I'm still in the cancer clear.  I was so friggin' relieved, you can't even imagine.  But though my health seems to be back on track, it sort of hit a switch and caused some sort of change in me.  I've sat down a number of times to try and go through my country news and for some reason my heart just isn't in it.  I'm not exactly sure why.  Not sure if it was the stress, the stress relief, the fatigue, the whatever, I just couldn't sit down and write.  Maybe it was just overwhelming because I've got basically five days of news and gossip sitting there staring at me, waiting for me to tackle it.  I honestly don't know why the simple task of doing something that just a week ago was basically my passion is now so difficult. 

But whatever it is I've come to one conclusion - I've got to slack off on my site if I ever hope to have my financial life back in order.  For the last year I've worked basically 10-15 hours a day on NashvilleGab.  I know that seems like overkill, but it was my passion and it didn't bother me to sit here looking for interesting stuff to bring you guys.  Like I said, it was my passion and I had very high hopes for it.  But above all that I was having so much fun.  Then came the recognition and the accolades and that just fueled the fire.  Unfortunately recognition, praise, and accolades don't bring in the bucks.  Oh sure, I sell the once-in-a-while advertising and get a hundred bucks every few months from Google, but when you have $50,000 or $60,000 in hospital bills staring at you, the occasional $100 bucks just doesn't quite cut it.

This site has never been about money, it's been about me following a dream and doing something I absolutely love - but like all things, sometimes reality sets in and ruins all the fun. This latest cancer scare was a slap in the face, a wake up call that it's time to put my family and finances first and get busy taking care of all that before chasing my dreams.  All I keep thinking is had my cancer spread it could have meant another $50,000 in hospital bills, if not more.  And god forbid should I die, what would become of my husband and kids?  I'm sorry, this is such a downer, but it's what I've been wrestling with for the last week. I've had a hundred different things going through my brain and strangely none of them had to do with this site.  I've felt guilty about not sitting here doing what I love doing, but only mildly guilty.  I guess that's sort of the switch that I was talking about earlier. 

So anyway, on Friday after I found out all my tests were fine and I was, for now, in the clear, I made the decision to take a second job.  I figure if I can sit here and work 10-15 hours a day on my website chasing my dream and doing what I love, I could channel that energy into something that will actually be of benefit to my family and bring in money to make us a little more secure - in case my tests aren't always good in the future.  Like I said in a previous post, I'm not shutting the site down, I just will be working on it around the other stuff I've got going on, it'll have to take second place (or maybe even third place) to the other stuff that I've in the last year forgot were more important.  It's funny how the universe will sometimes send a very huge wake-up call to get you back on track.  

One thing I've learned in the last week from all of your comments and emails is that you guys are the greatest and I love you all as if you were my real family.  I guess family comes in all shapes, sizes, and distances.  The only reason I'm sitting here writing this whole long spiel is because I don't want anyone thinking I've abandoned them or the site.  I'm still here and hopefully once I get my financial self back in order I'll be able to quit one of my jobs and be back here full-strength in the roll of the country music gossip diva you all have grown to know.