a very special day :-D

well if your on Benno's forum you will know (hopefully) what today is.... its my birthday, a very special one also, as now I can count myself amongst those who call themselves an adult, though I myself will be a big child at heart for many years to come... maybe for ever, though what do you expect when one of my things is messing around with little plastic soldiers :-P

so what has my birthday consisted of.... 1st up I must disappoint some of you, as it did not consist of any huge parties, drinking or other activities. First up we went to the movies and watched the Hobbit. Cool movie such a shame its the first of 3. however I am eagerly awaiting the next2. then we went to my friends house where we had a BBQ and messed about pushing huge blocks off the side of the cliff and then when they smashed on the sand below taking them up the rocks and then making a wall... then we pushed that down :-D got 2 mates over tonight, currently sorting out where we'll all sleep. 1 couch 1 bed and the floor. I have the bed, which I'll share with the dog, I am sure my friends don't want to share the couch or floor with the dog.... he's a big Labrador (though he is not overweight).
on the topic of dogs the dog managed to escape but our friends down the road saw him and got him, which is lucky as he's like the k-9 Houdini.

anyway, I have had a great birthday and I'll now try and beg for some presents from my parent :-D if I get any more sets in the days... maybe weeks to come you'll know why.

Talking about presents recently I received A LARGE box of figs from Canada from Laurence Strong. there was so many figs that I decided to send all the WW2 ones off to the Netherlands to Michael (same Michael I did the street column tutorial for) I will hopefully send that off soon too.

the HUGE BAG I found it the box

one look in and I saw HUGE potencial for my Oronegrean project, well the 18th century one

once organise (i.e this is from a few days later) I got a load for me and some for michael

this is mine, loads of airfix figs... I think all are, whole sets even. a small sample of what I have are Arifix Napoleonic British, French and Prussians as well as some Grenediers from AWI and more.

oh and some space men, they say Hong Kong on the bottom but I have no idea what they are from... oh and a modern plastic figure but I have no clue what set he is from.

anyway Hope your having a good time and that you all enjoy your birthdays this year, or if you already have I hope you have enjoyed it.