Welcome to the Seventh Heaven Tea Room (BYOB. Biscuits, crisps and cake provided)

[Catitainahatita]

Hello and welcome to the seventh incarnation of the tearoom.

If you have found us by chance and/or curiousity you must know that the tearoom is a virtual safe haven for all those seeking a friendly word, a good cuppa and plenty to snack on. By virtue of its magic nature, no food can cause any physical damage, so chocolate, alcohol, transfat and all such can be consumed guilt- (and magically calorie-) free.

We have a wide range of soft-furnishing to relax on; a lovely garden with a swing and a ha ha; a variety of animals; a spa and (for some unknown reason) an apidistra.

Everyone is welcome, if you have one child, ten or none at all. We are a tolerant and fisticuffs-free zone. Instead we employ our energies swooning at Mellors the Gardner cum handiman thinking a silly things to get up to.

Please come in and say hello. You never know, you may end up joining us ...

Aaaaarrrgh - if any of you have time (appeal to Daisy or MT - you always seem to be able to summarize other threads for me), I'd be so grateful for a recap of what's happening. Amber, I wish I could help. Can't do anything except send you lots of love.

Ladies with bumps or beans, how are you? (Justa, you're the one with the bean... how are you feeling? Was the holiday ok despite no booze?)

Going to work this morning. Will check in later. If necessary, would someone please ask Mellors to get my white charger Lady Grey and my cooking pot lance ready so I can kick some ass on behalf of Amber if needed.

JM I can't give you a résumé as I would onlly end up trying to justify myself, and I don't want to make excuses.

Daisy I apologised on the other thread straighaway but have deliberately stayed silent thereafter. The problem is that what I sad cannot be unsaid, even if it is removed. I was a bad friend to Amber as I didn´t think how she might be affected by my actions. She obviously is very sensitve to this kind of situation and my interference undoubtedly made the whole thing a lot worse.

I do not want to be the cause of anymore problems. I think Amber needs all your support right now and I don't think I am helping at all.

Love to you all.

no Jacksmama please dont do anything like that, I cant handle it but Catita please dont say you are a bad friend, I don' t know what you wrote really but I am sure it was what you felt and if that board is for people to say what they feel then it cant be wrong can it

Not in a good way but thank you for the love and hugs and things

More love and hugs to Amber. You will make it through this, I promise. I know it just seems very overwhelming at the moment, but you will feel less awful soon.

A wide selection is available:

Egg and chips (a personal favourite)
Ginger nuts (courstey of JM, obviously)
Chocolate biscuits
Quality Street
Cashew nuts...
Salt and vinigar crisps

You name it we have it here. Just help yourself!

Oh no Amber, I didn't mean to worry you - I meant it more metaphorically.
Just wanted to express my support more than anything.

Hello all - back from holiday, and trying to catch up.

A summary - we discovered that the North Cornwall coast is very windy. I discovered that DS at not-quite 3 is better at trotting than I am, but still went riding everyday with him. DH learnt how to lead a horse. DS condescended to swim properly, but only in exchange for time in a jacuzzi . I found a fantastic supplier of gluten free food, and ate too many gf scones with clotted cream.

It's good to see you again CMOT - please, have a cup of tea (unless you'ld like to borrow a galvanised bucket).

I think there is still some of the lemon drizzle cake left that I made for Amber earlier...

A bucket sounds good I missed ny usual pint mug whilst away.

I see your Dad was having some problems - the steroids are usually responsible for those ime

How are you doing ?

The doctor blamed the steroids...
I'm ok now after a couple of very disturbed nights worrying. (Not helped by DH breathing like a walrus because of a cold! - He does move room because I sleep very lightly, but it still wakes me up when he blows his nose stertoreously (sp?) in the middle of the night!)

Good evening all and a supportive wave to Amber.

Would you like a galvanised bucket of tea, Donk?

I think I will be in the sn parents thread and a quiet gentle thread on the SN section and just not read the other things until mumsnet decides what to do with me

Tea and toast for people?

And I really really shouldn't try to post on mumsnet after taking emergency tablets and whilst hiding under a duvet as some of my posts looked pretty incoherent (well, more than usual)

Arrr yes, Donk, steroids..... that makes sense!

It is amazing what medicines that are supposed to be making you better can do to you in the process!

I must admit I know very little about steroids - is there a possibility your Dad can change to a different kind that are less likely to have such a nasty effect on him?

Oh Amber - I would love a quick cup of tea and some toast - it is a big day for the Tea household - It is the day of Milk's birthday party.... so I better finish munching this and then go and get organised!!!

[panic emotion]

I hope the party goes really well. Home made cake? We did that once: It was a castle. It fell down half way through the party . We coped by saying that it was under siege

Bonjour tout le monde! No internet atm at home - sneakily looking in on friend's computer.

A briks pat on the arm to be lowered into the priest hole for Amber. Don't know what happened but I am sure that you have not done anyone any damage.

Happy birthday to milk

Happy birthday, Milkfortwo! (it may not be her birthday today, but if it's her party Tea will have a hard job persuading her otherwise ... )

Thank you, Amber.

at the castle under siege. I was a bit less ambitious with DD's cake this year, and even then it all went wrong because the cake was disgusting. I had to go to Tesco in the middle of the night, buy a 'celebration cake' and doctor it. Pic is on my profile!

The 'what happened' was, in a sentence, that I've had such a few months of total overload and horror that when I read a particular challenging poem about autism I panicked. And then I was so tired that I accidentally upset someone (or it could have bee more than one someone, I can't tell) and my brain did its thing (flat out panic, no sense of reason). Then trying to ask for help and explain things whilst lacking brain cells meant that I overcorrected, said even more strange things that upset one or two people, panicked some more, and ran for it because that's what happens to me and my brain just won't behave nicely and switch off until it's exhausted itself/reset itself.
Oh, that was three sentences

So now I've had to invent my own solution for the moment and set up an Amber thread on the SN board, which is like a tea room but without all the furnishings, so at least I can be on the SN bit but in a safer bit for me (safer because of the way my brain works, not because I think people would hurt me deliberately)

We have a dumb waiter? He used to be relatively intelligent...Mellors, are you alright?!

Well, I found the thread that so upset Amber... haven't read all the way through (too long) but, bleurgh, .

But I do wish [cheeky emoticon] that I'd read Catita's post before it was deleted . Sounds like justifiable anger to me.

How is everyone today?

It's Mothers' Day in North America today. Well, in Canada and the U.S. Is is in Mexico as well Catita?

I've had flowers and two lovely cards (from DH and DS), and we are going out to lunch later. Mmmmm. Maybe I can even have a hot bath...

BTW, if Mellors has suddenly turned into a dumb waiter, does that mean he'll be speaking even less than before?

I'm back. sorry for the rapid departure friday night. They arrived as I was mid post!! DH was bathing boy so I HAD to hit send before answering door then returning toot sweet to PC and closing window.... PC is in spare bed room.

any how, all gone now. and I'ev had a good session tehgarden after they left and DH went to play cricket. Boy and I have filled up bird feeder, plumped up a new grow bag, waterered ditto, weeded, watered, planted out his play group sun flower in a pot etc. Tomorrow we shall transfer teh courgettes from pots to grow bag. I'm planning on donating the spare courgette to pre school. so maybe I should go and put that in a bigger pot later this evening.

I have RL rice pudding in to cook, washing to air and a few other jobs to do, so adieu sweet friends adieu.

I wish it to be known, ladies, that although I constructed the dumb waiter (using my legendary woodworking skills) I am not a dumb waiter. I am highly qualified as a disgraced gamekeeper gardener and handyman and can, when I choose, be quite articulate. I can also express myself through the medium of dance, as the lithe and gorgeous MadBad can testify. I am returning to my shed.

Hello, Justa. Would you like something to drink? Or a little snack? I've just taken some cheese straws out of the aga.

Have a bucket of tea and a carrot!

I thought that work would have become quite scarce by now - but I find that I am much in demand...

Maybe once Year 11 have gone, I will find some free time!

How are things going?