I stared the blog in July 2008 as a hobby and as a way to teach myself web design. During the second half of 2008 I managed to grow it nicely both in content (I finally got the photos sorted) and visitors, hitting 1000 uniques in Jan 2009 and 2000 by December 2009. I know this is  small change in respect to some blogs but it was a milestone for me, I’m only getting off the ground and it gives me a kick to see the numbers rise.

Hopefully I can grow it more in 2010 but trying to find the time to balance my real job, my two kids and my offline life in Cork is a challenge.

Thanks for reading so far, drop me a line at the email below if you have anything to talk to me about:

ivan@messy-chef.com