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Today we went to Rebound Inflatable Park in Ashby-de-la-Zouch. We had great fun having races through a course of obstacles, sliding down the slides, climbing up walls and trying not to get knocked off by the rotating machine. We were there for an hour and were worn out after it.

This evening I wired up the sheds consumer unit to the power from the house and got everything working. It was great to have lights, sound and heat in there without the need for an extension lead back to the house.

I started wiring everything up today, I got all of the sockets cut out, back boxes in and the sockets wired up. I then did the same for the speakers and amp, heater and the thermostat and finally the lights.

To make the shed strong, I ordered some 2 inch thick x 200mm wide boards at 4.2m long as the flooring. Dad and I levelled up the floor and secured the 22mm under floor before putting down the new boards, fixing them together with biscuits and glue. We then screwed each board into the floor joists. In the afternoon we built a wall and added the shelving. Just before the end of the day I built a work bench.

Ethan and I were up and out early this morning to paint the inside of the shed. It took us a couple of hours and we got covered in paint splatter but it was good fun with the music on.

Dad and I worked on the shed today, insulating all of the walls and ceiling, we then boarded it all and filled any gaps with expanding foam. Its all starting to come together now.

We went out for dinner this evening with my parents and Grandma to Las Iguanas for a late birthday meal. It was great to see them and we had a really nice meal.

I had ordered some accessories for the shed including an in wall amplifier, some speakers, thermostat, door sensor, smoke detector, light and then a swivel bracket for mounting the bikes to the wall.

Today I wired up the shed, adding a consumer unit to handle the power coming in and then separate circuits for lights, heater, sockets, outside lights. I ran network cable and speaker cable too.

It is my 42nd birthday today. I had to work which was a bit of a shame, but in the evening I went to my mother in-laws for cake and then Rachel and I went out for a nice meal at Zizzis. I got lots of lovely cards, Lego and some money.

Ethan and I went with Scott and his wife to the Leicester Brick Festival today. We were expecting to see a lot of models that people had made, but it was 90% people selling Lego. It was good to have a look at some of the older sets, but that ended quite quickly. We spent less than an hour there which was disappointing.