Taylor Swift has really been enjoying the month of January. How do we know? She blogged about it on her official MySpace page. Swift has kicked off a new decade (one in which she will be in contention for the overall best-selling artist) by laying low in Nashville, hanging out in the studio and beginning to get some new music together.
"Thank you January. I have had this month off. I have walked on snow-covered grass and discovered new coffee shops and laughed hysterically with friends about things that probably weren't technically funny," Swift wrote. She was reflective and thankful for all the success that she had in 2009 and is clearly maintaining perspective. "I've gotten to take what has happened to me and process it to my full capability, and celebrate it the way it deserved to be celebrated."
It hasn't been entirely leisurely, though, as she has been furiously writing and preparing for a new album, which should be unleashed some time this year. "I've made new music. I've gone over the memories and jumped up and down with my producer and floated around with nothing on my schedule other than just appreciating what my life has somehow turned into," she wrote. "So thank you for giving me so much to be thankful for this January. Thank you beyond what I know how to say."
She also included a number of photos of her downtime with her family and friends, including a handful of shots of her in the studio and one amazing pic of her and Paramore singer (and fellow Tennessean) Hayley Williams. Most of the photos are in black and white, but the one of her and Hayley is in full color. "Turning this picture black and white would've been a crime against Hayley's hair," Swift wrote.