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The cable machine attachment I had didn't fit in the new shed, so I ordered a new cable pully kit that mounts differently. When it arrived it didn't quite fit as it wasn't designed for my rack, I got a drill bit the right size and made new holes for the bolts and got it setup how I wanted it. I had ordered some mounts for the wall to add all of the cable attachments to, which I put up once the rack was setup. I then got the weights and the bench in there. It all fits really well now and provides more space than I had in the garage.

For Ethans birthday he wanted to go to the cinema and see Zootopia 2. We went to the Showcase in Coventry, which had some amazing Lazyboy style seats. The film was great! Afterwards we went to Costa for some lunch.

This evening I took my Grandma to see A Holly Dolly Christmas at Kilworth House. It was a black tie event, so I got my tux on and Granma got a new black dress which she looked lovely in. The food was really nice and we were stuffed afterwards. Dolly was a great singer and really engaged with the audience. Overall it was a fantastic evening.

Dad and I went to Roller World this evening for an 80s and 90s evening. On the way we stopped off for dinner at KFC, which was very nice. The skating was great, not too busy and the music was good. We didn't stay too late but we didn't stop skating from when we got there.

Ethan is 10 today! He got to open his presents from us in the morning before he had to go school. When he got home he started building one of his Lego sets until I had finished work. We then went over to Nanas house and ordered a Dominos which was what he wanted for his birthday dinner. Ruban and Dylan came round and we played 4 player Mario Kart which was great fun.

Now the shed is nearly complete, it was time to start clearing up the garage, getting the bikes and scooters on the wall in the shed and doing some tip runs with anything we don't need or want anymore.

Dad came over today to finish off any jobs. We burnt a lot more wood, took down the log store, reworked the guttering to make it flow better and had a cleanup. We then built a ramp to get the lawnmower in and out of the shed out of some old railway sleepers and some decking I had left over. It came together really well and looks great.

When we fixed the floor down we countersunk the screws, so to fill all the holes, I used a plug bit and made a lot of plugs. Ethan and I then glued each one of them in place making sure to line up the grain as best we could. We then cut the tops of when the glue had dried and then sanded the whole floor. I then coated the floor in a clear matt varnish to give it some protection.

I worked on the shed again today. I started by wiring up all of the outside lights with their own fused switch, this was hard work with all of the cables being in the wall, but I got there in the end. I then mounted an old TV on the wall and put all of the cables in the wall for the clean look. I then added a new socket under the desk and made a mount to hold a mini PC which was wired up to the TV. The last job I did was to label the consumer unit and the switches.

Dad, Ethan, Thomas and I went to Ninja Warrior today. We had great fun trying to get across all of the courses and then we spent quite a bit of time in the inflatable area playing hide and seek.

Dad and I worked on the shed again today. We built a feature wall which turned out amazing. We then added skirting and architrave around the room in the same 6x1 that we used to clad the outside of the shed. I built a bench and Dad fitted the rest of the guttering. Its really coming together now.