The OFFICIAL buddy bench/naughty bench thread No. 5

[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 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!

Hedgehogs are great little pets, we used to have African Pygmy Hedgehogs and they used to run around in little wheels and play with cat balls and stuff - adorable little things!

Awwwwww sweet!

Awww a cute ickle hedgehog

Its the weekend woo hoo, anyone have anything good planned, i wish i could plan something but i am still busy hobbling round on my crutches, i am a walking disaster

Although i might be glad to stay in, the weather is terrible

I wanted to plant some more plants I bought but it hasn't stopped raining long enough for me to get out there!

How's your ankle doing tired?

Its still a bit painful, and the swellings still there valium

Ooo flowers and plants are so pretty, i saw a whole field of poppies the other day, i love them so much, shame they are wild

We have a bank in our garden and dh has sown meadow flowers on it - just starting to come through - looks really pretty, no sign of poppies but lots of 'blue things'

That sounds lovely, and you reminded me of bluebells, i used to love walking in the woods just to see the masses of bluebells, sooooo pretty

I love bluebells too :)

We're getting together with the ILs tonight and hopefully working on our floor tomorrow. YAY! I can't wait to be done. Also, I want a hedgehog! :)

Hope you feel better soon tiredmum and gomummy !

Ah have a lovely evening cheerful, enjoy yourself

Good luck with the floor

Hey valium bluebells and poppies are mine grrrr

Hello

Just a fly by hello this evening from me . Weather is awful here all day

Bought loads of plants & shrubs this morning so praying for some dry weather so i can plant them .
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Ahhh love the talk of flowers. Saw some lovely ones on my hols last week. Wish the weather would improve. It seems to be rain showers everyday here at the moment. June used to be always nice

Dont mind if i have a glass of ta elmo

Its horrid eh tea (the rain i mean lol)

Was the carnival on near you recently tea?

Yes i am fully aware that i said teas name quite alot on my last post

Yes but I was away. Were you in the area?

No friend request yet from you either

Hmmm using too many of these "

No i wasnt there lol so you didnt miss cuddles, i just read about it

Wow i didnt realise i had a message, i'm a bit dopey like that

You could've found me on cheerful or Elmo's fb friend list actually. I love FB. In fact I seem to have migrated to there with a lot of mumsnet friends how and post less on mumsnet

Your boys are gorgeous. Love the fact they were asleep in the same bed. Makes my heart melt. Hope my two cheeky chops get to a stage of being buddies instead of squabbling all the time. 17 month age gap is not a good combo right now.

I worry about that too...by the time we have another DS will be five at least, I think. Wonder if that's too big a gap to have a genuine friendship?

No you'll make it work. You'll encourage a good friendship between them I'm sure Cheerful x

It was meant to be now not how on my previous post

Time to catch up on some recorded tv.

Hello How is everyone doing today ?

Having very mixed weather here today . My dad is sick over in Scotland
Looks like he has come down with same dose i had last week . He's very wheezy and he doesn't even have asthma .

I have to buy chicken wire to surround the flower beds as my pooch has started to rip them to shreds eat all the plants

Anyone ?

Morning everyone!

Sorry to hear about your dad, Elmo. :( It is so miserable to be sick when travelling, poor guy.

Would sprinkling the edges of your garden/plants with cayenne pepper stop him chewing them, Elmo? Worked for me with former neighbor's dog.

Good morning gomummy . No i've tried chilly pepper and lemon juice and nothing stops him chewing the plants . We bought a spiky plant yesterday as an experiment , It has red leaves with thorn like spikes on it , the idea was to plant a line of these in front of all the other flowers in the hopes that he wouldn't climb through them iykwim . Well the man in the garden centre assured us that Oscar would bite this only once and never touch it again . So dh put it outside with Oscar and we went to the local shop so gone 15 minutes maximum and when we got back the plant was torn to shreds all over the patio and Oscar was lying down chewing on one of its branches thorns & all
Aggghhhhhhhhh

Happy Fathers Day to all the dads on the bench

Wow, he is determined, isn't he Elmo! Assuming you've tried the apple bitter and the spray-on-hot-sauce thing. Hope chicken wire is more affordable there than here!

He is Gomummy I have a thread in the dog house section ATM as he is driving me up the wall the last few days . www.mumsnet.com/Talk/the_doghouse/1239731-First-session-with-behaviourist-booked-feeling-nervous
Time to call in the experts i reckon.

I also tried a bitter spray that i got in my local pet store . he loves it lay down licking up the drops that fell . Haven't tried the hot sauce so i'll give that a go thanks

Chicken wire is very expensive here too . but i can't think of any other way to stop the dog eating the plants

Hi ladies, hope you are enjoying the weekend

Sorry to hear your dad isnt well elmo, hope he feels better