It’s 9:30pm on New Years eve, I guess I have no social life!! But in all honesty this blog has become a significant part of my life in the last year. On January 1, 2009 I made my first post and the whole thing has snowballed since then! Once I became accountable for what my growing fan base was reading I was on a mission to PROVIDE!! And now I’m ushering in January 1, 2010 already!

The very first thing I want you guys to know in 2010 is how grateful I am for your continued support and readership. For every 100 spam comments I get on this blog, there are 3 or 4 genuine comments from you guys that just inspire me to keep writing….and my writing inspires me to keep getting out there and discovering new things about Jamaica that I want to share.

I admit there have been some down moments with Jamaica My Way in the last year. Sometimes I run out of things to write about and I have a string of crappy posts, I feel it from the lack of comments. And then in the summer there was a major issue with my server and I had a lot of down time and ultimately, I lost a good amount of posts while changing over to a new server. I actually shed REAL tear when that happened LOL!

After 365 days and 122 posts I want to say a HUGE thank you to all of my readers, friends, family, Alliance Girls and the Russian spammers who made my stats look better than they really are!!! This blog and my chat forum Jamaica Our Way, has exploded into much more than I ever expected and I can honestly say its ALL because of you guys!

So heading into a second year I can promise you big things are coming! New connections, brand new articles, new features….just everything NEW!! Big tings a gwaan in 2010!!

STAY TUNED….first trip of the new year is in February!!!

I’m back!!! Its bittersweet to be back after 1.5 weeks of being lost in techno-land.  Bear with me as some things still need adjusting.

The BAD NEWS: I lost a lot of posts….everything from June 2 forward. That includes the good old Chicken Foot Soup post among others LOL. I will redo the posts I lost over time so some of you might experience some dejavoux when you see them.

Here’s a list of the noteworthy posts I lost:

• Glistening Waters
• Chicken Foot Soup
• Jamaican School Kids
• Jamaican Medicine Man
• Jamaica Waves
• Canoe Restaurant Negril
• Mahogany Beach
• Irie Restaurant
• Ochi Recording Studio
• Legend of the Sea Cow (LOL)

The GREAT NEWS: While I was crying over the loss of my blog I managed to pull myself together enough to create a brand new Jamaican Chat Forum! We’ve been up and running for a week now and you have to come check it out! Come chat about ANYTHING Jamaican with a bunch of other people who are all about Jamaica too!  CLICK HERE to check out Jamaica OUR Way!