The OFFICIAL buddy bench/naughty bench thread No. 6

[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, tiredmum, Elmo, valiumredhead 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!

Oooh was it an Aran sweater cheerful ? They are lovely and warm
If it is then i think I've found an American site that stocks them if that's any use ?

www.aransweatermarket.com/childrens-knitwear

:)

Sorry i made a mistake it's an Irish website

It had the prices in Dollars when i clicked on a Jumper so i thought it was an American site .
I was rushing and didn't check it out properly .

Thanks Elmo ! That's ok. :) I'm looking at it right now... love the sweaters, they're just gorgeous. Will have to calculate the shipping.

We're going to have to keep the heat low this year (for financial reasons...sigh...) so we're going to have to be wooled out! :o

Ooh I just found one on ebay for DS! YAY!

Evening all

Hows everyone ?

Good! Just going to go out to play with DS and the dogs.

And then it will be "quiet time" meaning DS will go up to his room and play or rest quietly while I furtively watch True Blood on my laptop.

What is everyone else up to?

I was looking back at some old threads and realized that this time last year we were all brainstorming names for little Jamie. :)

Time flies , doesn't it?!

Certainly does doesn't it Cheerful

Crazy that that is a year ago already! Sometimes I get so :( about how fast it all flies by!

All about preparing for winter here, with a bit of baking thrown in for good measure. We've had frost at nights for a little while now, sort of my cue to get in gear and get ready for the months to come. Won't be long 'til the lovely sweater days turn into parka days at this rate!

cheerful, i was thinking that the other day we have actually all been buddies for a very long time

Elmo we just had a drink at home for dp's birthday, i lovely relaxed evening.

Gomummy you cant see the pics of me rain dancing i deleted them hahahaha

Hope everyone is well, i must sort out them pics let me go look............

Hope you are well

We have been buddies for a long time! I don't know what I'd do without the Bench sometimes...

HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!

I AM here!!!! Dh has been using the laptop for work a lot recently and haven't been able to get on MN!

How are you all? Busy by the lack of posts on here I imagine, I thought there would be pages and pages I had missed!

x

Awww we missed ya valium

Yup just busy as always, its one thing after another as usual

Right i have put some pics up, not sure how well they came out, doing it on my phone so i also apologise that they are on the side, my phone is very odd

Ooooooo will try and have a look tired although the laptop is so old it can be very tempermental when trying to view people's profiles

Oh LOVELY pics! I managed to see them

Welcome back everyone! :)

Great pics Tiredmum! Jamie is getting SO big! Wow, it's so hard to believe that a year ago we were all baby-naming! Thanks for posting them.

< Joins in on the group hug >

OMG Tiredmum Jamie has gotten so big and cute , i just want to kiss those chubby cheeks xx

How is everyone ?

Getting ready for winter here too gomummy . Bought us all new winter coats this morning and some heavy sweaters for dd and ds .
I heard rumours that the snow is going to hit us early this year , some people are saying October . So i want to be prepared just in case .

Welcome back Valium missed ya x

< scoffs cinnamon roll yummmm > thanks gomummy .

Hi go and elmo :) > xx

Mmmmm...cinnamon rolls! That would really hit the spot; it's so dreary and cold here today. I'm getting ready for winter too. I sort of like it- feels like we're getting ready to hibernate or something. :)

Oh Jamie is SO CUTE! He's getting to be such a big boy!

Very cute pictures Tiredmum

I could do with a recipe for cinamon rolls GoMummy. Yum!

How are you these days?

Ack Elmo, you are well ahead of me now. DH keeps asking when I'll get DS' new winter coat and I've not found one yet, think I'll have to go online for that one. I just prefer him to be able to try it on, iykwim. Getting late though, all the other winter stuff is out and ready. I will be here to empathize if you get the early snow!

I know what you're saying about getting ready to hibernate Cheerful. :) Made a fire last night and it was all cozy, but I also know I'll be very sick of making them in a couple of months, LOL!

Tea, I am , my cinnamon rolls are just toooo easy, it's not really a recipe, you will laugh at me! Got the idea from the recipe Flylady had about ten years ago. It's ridiculously fast too if you make your dough in batches and freeze ahead of time.

Grease bundt pan or any non-stick pan you have going, with butter. Put in random chunks of frozen dough (I freeze mine in little balls to make dinner rolls, so I use about 16-18, but whatever would work for the pan you have). Sprinkle on 2 teaspoons of cinnamon, 250ml brown sugar, a small package of instant vanilla pudding mix (this is about 80mls if they are not the same size there), and then pour on about 100ml melted butter (I am sometimes more generous with this, lol!). Cover with a damp cloth and leave them somewhere warm to rise until they're about 2.5 times their original size. (Morning to evening or overnight). Bake @ 375 degrees for 20-22 minutes or until golden looking. Put a big plate over the pan and flip them over to turn them out.

Oops, sorry for the super long post!

Hello again! Don;t all faint at once - dh is in the office a lot this week so I get the laptop wooooooooo hoooooooo

Lasagne anyone? Just made a huge one!

Oooooooooo I could make the dough for cinnamon rolls in my bread machine............ but I wonder what instant vanilla pudding mix is........ we're a bit lacking in the instant pud department in the UK

Oh yes Valium, bread machine would be perfect .

Sorry, I didn't know about the instant vanilla pudding mix not being there. It's packages like jello that you're supposed to add milk to and mix up. Not terribly desirable for actually eating as pudding, imo, but v. useful in baking.

Lasagne is my absolute favourite thing to make and eat. May I ask what is in yours?