To recap the entire 2005 year, I think 2005 will go down as a very special year for our company.

First, 2005 is the year we incorporated this business. The process of incorporation itself was busy, meetings with our attorney, meetings with the CPA, getting stationery created, keeping meticulous records on finances, etc.

2005 is also the year we struck success with one of our blogs, Strange New Products. That success gave us a winning business model for publishing blogs, and led us into redesigning and refocusing several other of our blogs.

It's hard to say at this point if our 2005 income has grown compared to 2004. I'll need to visit with our CPA to get everything in order to file for taxes. It's looking like we made less this year compared to last. This is mainly due to decreased earnings from MyFamily.com, an affiliate merchant, our largest revenue source.

The good news is that our blog income is starting ramp up. The last few days of December saw heavy increases in visitors to our blogs, translating to more income. Thus far this month, the traffic increases continue. DoggieNews.com, for example, is seeing nearly triple the amount of traffic compared to December. Junk Food Blog is seeing a doubling of traffic compared to December. Real Estate and How and Biker News Online are also seeing similar increases.

As for new blogs, we launched Bottle Watch in the beginning of December, and Slot Machine Blog at the end of December. Bottle Watch simply reports on the newest alcholic beverage products hitting the market, while Slot Machine Blog is a question & answer blog, with a real slot machine technician answering the question. Bottle Watch is building up traffic quickly and could within a year become the most popular liquor blog in the world, while Slot Machine Blog is taking its sweet time.

As for new blogs on the drawing board, you probably won't see much from us in 2006. I think we're going to sit on what we've got and spend the year building them up. If anything we're going to get some of our dead blogs going this year, such as OCThen and Erection News.

As for me personally, I'd like to make an effort getting out of this home office, and find other places where I can do my work. I have a T-Mobile account, so there's no reason why I can't go to a Starbucks and work there. Or spend an evening in Vegas during mid-week and do some blogging there. I think having a change of scenery energizes my spirits and gets me doing more work.