The OFFICIAL buddy bench/naughty bench thread No. 4

[Teaandcakeplease]

Come hither all those who haven't found their place on mumsnet, have scrapped in Aibu or crossed words in chat. The buddy bench shalt not judge.

The buddy bench will hand out wine and cakes, it will join you on your scoffathons getting pissed

All those who sit on the bench, will have their sins erased and be given a warm welcome and cheerful chat from CheerfulYank, gomummy, tired mum, Elmo, AF, HE, Cheesey and far, far too many more to mention.

Welcome to the buddy bench, we look forward to meeting you all

Oh and don't forget, last one to leave polishes bench and locks up!

Oh no when will you have to move?

You dont need that stress atm

We only have a couple of months, no i dont need the stress especially as i will still be recovering, but i cant let it get me down

I wish i could help ,

Try not to get yourself stressed out about it [easier said than done i know] . Could you ask family /friends to start collecting boxes for you now & maybe get the dc's to make a start on packing a few toys away? i know its early but if you can do a little at a time it might not be so bad iykwim.

Oh Tiredmum, I'm so sorry to hear that! :( Think Elmo's idea of getting a head start now on anything that you can is a good one. As if you need that kind of stress! Another from me. Do you know where you are going?

I'm sure I've asked this before, but what's half-term/mid-term?

Hope your visiting family is a good thing, Valium! :)

We are, we are! :) Welcome missjulie. Have a seat and some ! Or if you'd prefer.

Tiredmum that's too bad! Moving is so hard as it is, let alone with a newborn. Anything we can do? (start a moving fund or something? :o)

Welcome missjulie! :)

Cheerful we'll have to time that lottery win with Tiredmum's move so that we can get over to help. Little bit of wine, I can make some lists, we'd have a new nursery set up and decorated in no time!

Thanks for the hugs and thoughts, we will try and move some bits out asap, but its just so daft, they are only doing it cos we asked them to do a couple of bits like fix the garden, they havent bothered doing nowt in 2 and half years, its all a bit petty from their side really

Gomummy half term is just a weeks holiday, woo hoo dont have to worry about school stuff for a whole week

Cheerful a moving fund would be great lol

Hi missjulie, we are a lovely bunch, these ladies are fab

Gomummy that sounds wonderful

A weeks holiday in February sounds like a great idea really. Such a dreary time of year.

Do you have a new place arranged yet Tiredmum?

Is there a freecycle network near you tiredmum so you can get boxes etc for free? Bad timing by the ll

Nothing arranged as yet gomummy, i cant seem to find much, which is just typical, i would love to be moving to canada believe me

I know i am with him, but some people dont seem to care , i have never heard of freecycle, do you know how i find out

MK freecycle. Your closest one I think.

Hello ladies!
I finally went to bed last night, so missed your posts! Thanks for the welcome!
Howz everyone doing today? xx

Cheers tea, i will have a look later, do they have one down towards you, that you know of, sorry to be a pain

Just relaxin here missjulie, had dinner,kids having a bath soon so its been a quiet boring day really , has yours been good?

I'm on the Watford one and love it. But here's the list if it helps: www.freecycle.org/group/UK/South%20East

Watford link

Thanks tea, much appreciated, i shall look after the kids are in bed, so i can concentrate , are ya havin a good day, have you been doing anything nice

tired, sounds like a nice day!
Have been sooo busy here, baking birthday cake, doing hundreds of loads of washing (!!!), lots of household chores, and of course seeing to DD, and cuddling her lots!!! Just sat down with a for a wee rest before i start again! x

Quiet day here, kids in bed, I'm going to go and watch CSI: NY from last night

I leave freecycle on all day and refresh it and if something comes up that I want, I'll message them being nice about it and saying yes please, how helpful it'll be blah blah blah. If I'm quick enough and nice enough I usually bag the item. You have to collect it from them. I've put "wanted's" on before too and managed to get something sitting in someone's loft no longer used, that I really needed. Everything is free on there. So it's great. Much better than things going to landfill that work well.

Ooo whose the birthday cake for, can we see a pic on your profile?

It's for my dad's 60th, tomorrow. Don't get excited, it is ONLY a bog standard victoria sandwich cake!!! (so no pics!!) Lol! x

Welcome missjulie

Hows everyone ? Any plans for mid term ?
Its going to be Sooo nice not having to get up to do the school run in the morning

Seeing Tangled at last tomorrow with DD whilst ExH looks after DS No other plans so far...

Ooh enjoy it tea its brill
I think i enjoyed it more than the dc's lol