MY NEW BLOG

THIS BLOG HAS NOW BEEN MOVED TO:

http://garethsblog.com

Have you been to garethsblog.com yet?

NO?

Well, why not?
I have moved my blog to http://garethsblog.com and all new posts are there.

The latest posts are:

• Our Little Girl is Off To School
• Our Holiday on the Llyn Peninsula
• Children Pick Up on Everything

Please go and check them out.

I look forward to seeing you there.

My Blog Is Moving

Well, this is it. I’ve finally made the jump from WordPress.com, and I’ve set up my own self-hosted blog.

The new home of Gareth’s Blog will be at garethsblog.com.

Please update any bookmarks and feeds that you may have.

My blog is being hosted by Hostmonster.com, who were extremely good value. I originally bought the hosting package for my new company website, which is still under construction, but added the Blog as an addon domain.

Gareth’s Blog will still be based on the WordPress blogging platform, but being self-hosted it means I have more freedom to do what I want with it. As I get my head around everything I’m sure that the site will evolve and develop. It’ll be quite exciting.

Thanks to everyone who has contributed to Gareth’s Blog on WordPress.com, and I hope that you’ll join me over at garethsblog.com.

I will carry on posting on WordPress.com for a little while until readers get used to the new address.

See you all at garethsblog.com.

1 Year Old and Still Going…

Gareth’s Blog has been going for a year now.

I’ve been quite surprised by how I’ve kept adding to it, I didn’t think that I would have lasted this long. It has been good to tell people about what’s been going on in my life.

In that time there has been:

• 148 posts (including this one)

• Over 9000 visits to my blog

• Over 130 comments – I’m quite surprised at this that people have wanted to leave comments.

• 2361 spam comments have been caught

• May 2008 was the best month: 2057 views.

• Tuesday 20th May 2008 was best day : 142 views

Thanks to everyone who has contributed and taken a look at what goes on in my life.

Here’s to the next 12 months.

Its Been A Busy Few Weeks

I must apologise that there hasn’t been much activity on my blog recently. Its been a busy few weeks that I’ve not had too much time to update things.

With starting my new job I’ve actually been doing some proper work so I’ve not had the same opportunities to update my blog with new stuff. So hopefully I’ll get into a better routine in the coming weeks and get posting on the blog.

Another Little Milestone

Another little milestone was passed yesterday on my blog.

My blog passed through the 5000 views barrier. As I said when I passed the 1000 view mark in September I didn’t think that many people would take much interest in what I had to say, but I’ve been surprised.

It took me nearly 6 months to get that first 1000. The next 4000 have come in about the same time. I guess I must be doing something right.

Here’s to the next 5000….

New Header Image

I’ve uploaded a new header image to my blog.

The original supplied with the “Pool” theme has served me well but I thought it was about time for a change. Give it a different look.

Let me know what you think.

Contact Form Added

I’ve added a contact form to my blog here.

Please feel free to contact me about anything. (If you so choose!)

I look forward to hearing from you.