Good morning.
I'm so happy right now. The weather this week has been wonderful, but not quite as 'roasting' as most of the scots seem to think ;-)

It's funny, as soon as the sun comes out the clothes come off. I was in town with my mum yesterday and the amount of stupid girls we seen wearing vest tops and flipflops! it might be sunny but it's still not warm!
It's amazing how happy the sun makes you. Stevie's been outside every day this week washing the cars. How many times can one man wash a car??? In his case ALOT!!!

I'm still in my bed and have been so lazy. I just phoned the landline from my mobile and when Steve answered i asked if i could put in an order for room service ;-)

So this week has been quite chilled, i always have so many little errands to run so when i get time off i really make use of it.

On Thursday I was playing at the launch dinner of the new Audi terminal in Edinburgh. I was sooo happy to be there, everyone knows of my love of Audis. I was performing right next to a lovely white R8, was probably the best audience i've ever had, R8's, Q7's, TT's hahaha ;-)
We were given a lovely meal by the chef Martin Wishart, it was pretty special. and it was nice to see Jamie eat something without moaning, he just wolfed it down ;-)

I don't really have alot to say really, just thought i should maybe write a wee blog to catch up.

I'm on the home stretch, as we've been calling it. After 2 years of promoting this album, it is about to come to an end. It wasn't really a natural end, as people are still requesting promo trips constantly, it's more a case of if we dont come to an end with this album then i'll still be promoting it when im 40!
I constantly say it but it really is incredible how well things have gone. I'm really grateful to everyone.

So i finish up with 2 gigs in Paris in around a weeks time and then i have 3 months off to get some songs together and try and get some demos recorded. I am one of these people that only ever gets inspired when i'm at home. So everytime i've been here i've sat down in my wee music room and tried to come up with something. I've got a few songs which i'm really chuffed with and it's so nice to be doing things in my own time and not to be pressured by anyone. Everyone at my label is great and I understand how lucky i am to have complete creative control with such a huge company.

There's obviously been stories in the press recently about people that don't have that control and it makes me realise what a horrible business this can be. I find it truly shocking that a young boy can have all his dreams come true and then  have them taken away so quickly. I hate everything that these reality programmes stand for and i find them completely cruel and humiliating.
Simon Cowell has no interest in music, his interest is money.
Obviously there are alot of talented people that come from these shows and i'm not disputing that. I just wish there was a better way for them to get noticed. I don't see what's entertaining about a middle aged man upsetting some young girl or boy with scathing remarks about their singing.

I'm sorry about my ranting i just get so annoyed by certain things and i just can't help it!

Anyway moving on.....
So after my 3 months off i'll be playing alot of European festivals in the summer. It's going to be a busy few months but i'm going to recharge my batteries beforehand and go to the Maldives. Stevie and i have been admiring the Maldives for a while and we just decided lets do it. We'll probably have to sell the house first, in order to afford it ;-)

So back to the Scottish Sun. Yesterday i had my sunroof open!!!!! In Glasgow!!! I was rumaging through some of my old things at my mums house and i found my old Cd wallets filled with mixup cds that my friends Leighann, Kelly, Laura and I made for T in the Park 2006. I can't believe it was so long ago. These CD's are absolute crackers! Every song was a tune. My 3 favourites being, Disco Down by shed 7, Disco 2000 by pulp and the Passenger by Iggy Pop. I was just driving around with them absolutely blarring!!!it was brilliant!!

Anyway my chat has been particulary crap today, so i do apologise for having nothing to say ;-)

Amy x

Currently listening:
Disco Down, Pt. 1 [CD 1]
By Shed Seven
Release date: 1999-05-17