Aaron Donohoe

It might seem a little premature - although not if we’re in ‘Tesco Time’, I should have wished you all a Merry Christmas back in October…. Anyway, I’m wishing you all a Merry Christmas this evening, as I am logging off for the festive holidays - Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and St. Stephens Day (Boxing Day).

Everyone deserves a holiday, I want a break away from the internet in general at Christmas. Of course I’ll login to check emails, and make sure the websites are ticking away nicely, but I won’t be making any posts until the 27th of December.

I’m just tying up loose ends on the website front, any jobs that needed doing I’ve been doing today - I did take 2 hours off to watch the Great Escape (such a brilliant film!), and making sure I’ve no overdue bills that could get me cut off over the festive period - although any hosting company that would cut you off on Christmas must be heartless money grabbing philistines!

I’m hoping that 2008 will indeed be prosperous, and present many lucrative business proposals and a nice stream of online revenue! I’m cutting down my present portfolio, with intentions to extend it - as regards time spent on individual websites. 10 websites could generate more revenue then that of 100 websites -if the time, and effort is spent on the 10 initially. So my target is to reduce my portfolio weight, but focus my time on the remaining websites and undeveloped domains. This blog is okay to tick along nicely by itself, but other websites need the intial push, as most websites take off by themselves pending they are marketed correctly and have an active presence for their first month.

So for the next three days I’m taking it easy. No thinking of a great website idea, and going straight online to register the domain then and there. I will simply write it down and do anything I have overdue from Christmas on the 27th and no earlier!

I’m not expecting any surprises on Christmas morning - it will probably be the last year my younger Sister will be in the ‘Santa’ phase, so this will be the last real ‘family Christmas’, as always there will be a big gathering. It’s usually in my Grandmothers house, but as she’s working on the nights of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day - yes, my granny is Airport Police!, so this year for a change it’s being held at my house - all 16 of us! Will be the first time Christmas dinner will be held in the new house, so should be fun.

I’ve already recevied my main present, which was Birthday / Christmas present - the new PC. I’m incredably difficult to buy presents for, I never need anything, nor want anything. My Dad is the same, and shopping for my Mam is the worst - I’m a male, she’s female. Men tend to run into the first shop they see in a panic, and pick up the first ‘girly’ thing they see, and then have a shop assitant help them (that’s how I do it…). So I’ve since told her to give me rough ideas of what she likes, and if she wants something specific - it’s better that way!

So have a Happy & Safe Christmas, and I’ll see you before the new year (hopefully!). Here’s a Christmas classic - Merry Christmas Mr. Bean.[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etUq95XKGiw[/youtube]

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