Happy Birthday "Don't throw a 1"

Happy Birthday to me

Happy Birthday to me

Happy Birthday dear Don't throw a 1.......

Happy Birthday to me!!!!

Well who'd have thought it???? I've been trying to keep this blog going now for a year and thanks to you, my lucky readers, hopefully I'll carry on for another year.

One year ago I was chatting with my pal Fran, The Angry Lurker, about maybe starting up a blog, mainly just to put up some photos of my painted figures, you never know it might be fun!!! Well blow me down a few days later and he's got his own blog up before me!! Lesson 1 - Don't tell Fran, what I'm gonna do.

So the cutting of the cake will commence on the 8th of this month, if your in Gravesend that day, let me know and I'll save you a piece of cake, that is if Fran's not ate it all!!!

I must say I'm very pleased with my first year of blogging, I've made great new friends online from all over the world and receive regular emails from them from general chit chat to advice on painting. Myself and Fran met fellow blogger BigLee, at a show, he now is a fellow member of Posties Rejects, our little Wargame group. I've had one of my blog articles The Battle of Zarkarina, published in First Empire Magazine and I've even won a lovely pair of Danish socks, from  Lord Siwoc , zombie blog and even made it onto one of his models??
Also myself and Fran met up with Wargamer and expert modelmaker Paul Darnell, who has invited myself, Fran and some of the other Rejects along to Salute next year to help play his demo game, Beware of Tigers in the Bushes!!!!
This Sunday, Postie is putting a Napoleonic game on and hopefully we'll have a fellow blogger, Mike, from Holland at the game, he's on holiday in the area so we invited him to our game. Let's hope Mike turns up, even if its just for Fran's pasta that he's making, he should sell it in jars, he'd make a fortune!!!

Finally once again a big thank you to all you readers out there, if it wasn't for you and your comments I'd have given up months ago!!!

Cheers

Ray