Here at ZeldaWii.com we would like to welcome everyone to 2007 and hope everyone had a fantastic past month with the holidays and all. It has been a week since I’ve written anything, but I would like to take this time to reflect on the past year and what the holidays really mean.

This past year, although quite short for ZeldaWii.com, has been a enjoyable journey! I’ve talk to so many of you about your views on Nintendo and Zelda Twilight Princess. I would like to officially announce that I will be continuing to release great articles and a new podcast coming this weekend.

I thought that I would start the year off right by offering prize giveaways! That’s right, here at ZeldaWii.com I want to give away something for FREE!! I’m still contemplating what the prize will be (Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii or Exclusive Twilight Princess Strategy guide with Gold cover - see picture) but maybe everyone can let me know what they want on the Twilight Princess Forum. Please let me know which one you’d rather get in the poll that has been created. In the coming weeks I will post how to enter the contest and how to win! So be sure to subscribe to the news feed on the right of the site and stay up to date.

Ah yes, the holidays. A time where everyone is highly stressed looking for those last minute gifts, yet sort of tranquil when the Christmas and Boxing Day holidays are in effect! Between the 22nd of December to January 2nd I’ve been off of work and have been basking in the glory of relaxation! What a glorious feeling!! The holidays for me was a time to for family and close friends. I found myself visiting family and friends throughout the holiday season. Even on New Years, I took a different approach from the general “party hard with friends” to enjoy the time with my family. You can really begin to see how important family is and how much your friends care – those who try to get in touch with you and keep a strong relationship.

After New Years struck, I surprised my family (of 16, nieces, nephews, siblings and parents) of a 700+ photo slideshow! I went out a few days prior and picked up a nice 2GB SD card from TigerDirect.ca (which is down the street from me) for $35.99 (CND) – what a sweet deal! So I loaded up pictures from the past 3 years and popped it in my Nintendo Wii. It was super simple starting the slide show and the effects were really cool. I have an example of how it all works. They were quite surprised and enjoyed what I had put together. Between you and I, it wasn’t much work, the Nintendo Wii did it all!

This past Saturday I spent about 10-12 hours in front of the computer educating myself through other blog sites. One in particular which I subscribe to, Darren Rowse’s ProBlogger.net, is a fantastic wealth of information. I actually subscribed earlier on this year and as the emails came in, I would keep filing them in my Outlook. I then realized I had a ton of his newsletters, hence the 10-12 hours of reading!! But it was really great and I recommend any Blogger out there to subscribe to his wealth of information.

We have spent the past week tweaking our forum and have created well organized topics. Originally we had a whole whack of things that didn’t make much sense. So please enjoy and use the poll!