Come and celebrate our new [thanks] emoticon by saying Thank You to a Mumsnetter who's made a difference. Spot prizes to be won and all!

[HelenMumsnet]

Hello.

We have a new emoticon:

It's meant as a way for say thank you to someone for something nice/funny/amazing they've done or said. And it's in no small way inspired by the lovely Mumsnet Blanket Crew who've been agitating- very politely but very persistently - for a thank you emoticon for some time now. (They originally wanted a star but we thought a bunch of flowers probably had a bit less of the 'prefecty'/'sticker chart' thing going on.)

We want to mark the arrival of our new emoticon by starting this special Thank You thread - and inviting you to say to another Mumsnetter who's made a difference to you.

Perhaps it's a Mumsnetter who has posted (or PM'd) something that helped you or supported you or inspired you ? or just made you laugh like a drain. Or maybe it's someone who's done something extraordinary for you, off-board or on.

Do come and tell us about it - and thank her/him for it - here. We're hoping for a thread full of for some truly lovely MNers.

Oh, and we've also got some rather covetable prizes - books, toys and some very cool (child and adult) bike helmets from Bell - to give away as spot prizes. Anyone who posts on this thread is in with a chance of winning - we'll pull names at random out of a hat in a couple of days' time.

, MNHQ

Damn, I wish I'd read this thread earlier, I've already misused it and complained about the woolies'

Can I to purplepidjin, knottylocks and lydia for their work on the blankets. They're endlessly polite, helpful and resourceful

InstructionsToTheDouble

Here for you for always xx

to every single mumsnetter who has ever said something kind or supportive to anyone who has suffered a pregnancy loss.

MN for returning all my calls and texts, and remembering my birthday; and for just being you.
I love you just the way you are, the way you loooook tonight, now will you go all the way with me?


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to all the wonderful ladies who take the time to give so much help and advice on the breast and bottlefeeding board. I am probably one of many who scoured the board in a sleep-deprived haze, desperate for answers and support.

for being there - couldn't have done it without you.

To Maryz for althogh she sounds like she has plenty on her plate coming upwith lots of advice for others stuggling with teenagers (thanks) Ha ha I dont know how to add asmiley

HMTheQueen
for the the PG Tipps. :o

To the lot of you - I'm terrible with names but you don't arf make me laugh .

I'd like to say thanks to MmeLindor, for being there to chat to and for helping me through dark times

to all the mums from the aug 08 threads, was so nice to have a thread to share our pregnancies, a place to come & moan etc!

And lots of to everyone on the miscarriage/pregnancy loss board for being there when I thought I might go mad. And to harassedandherbug for being with me every step even though she was going through the same thing herself at the same time.

to Custy who told me to get a grip in 2005 when ds was tiny, I was in a weird country and struggling a bit. She said it over something quite trivial but I realised actually a grip was needed in general and it really helped :)

lequeen

to everyone on the blanket threads - particularly regulars like KnottyLocks, Pistey, Herbie, DutchOma, NessaRose, Trumpton and loads of others who I can't think of right now who have listened to me whinging when my shitty day job has got in the way of the crochet!!

I'd like to thank the Shineys, past and present, for their warmth, laughter and support over the last couple of years. And for the slight stigma of cuntdom which stops me ever being TOO popular

Can i nominate two people please?

Firstly, Shabbs from the bereavement board. She is always there to reach out to others, always ready to give some of herself, despite having gone through some of the worst things imagineable. She is a truly inspirational lady who holds herself with great dignity and poise, and i feel honoured to call her a friend.

Secondly, Lissielou. She too, is another wonderful MNer, always ready with a kind word for folks despite going through tough times herself. She has been a rock and really deserves some recognition.

Ooh and Lougle for some well timed if potentially controversial advice

..... for Chaos. As a shameless 'I am sorry please I am not worthy' for changing back my username to baby letters.

I Luff you

to Tethersend - she has made me spend alot of money on clothes.
foreveronadiet - she spurred us on with her helpful hints, sadly I think I have now let her down!
pinot for the kittens
reality and all previous incarnations and the brilliant threads about your sil - makes mine look sane!
nickel for holding books for me eternally as am very forgetful or at work
to the op's who started aibu if I was 3 and the customer entitlement threads both made me seriously wet myself in my first week back at work!

StarlightMcKenzie for all her support.
all the ladies on the SN board
Rindercella for her strength and her concern when she had so much.

at BOF - here here too!

to tiktok for bf advice, to everyone who has posted about bf an over 2 yr old, so I know I am not alone, especially StealthPolarBear, LeninGrad and Babieseverywhere. To everyone on the miscarriage board. And to Babydubs for starting the homemade Christmas thread.

to all the MNers who make the nobdie threads what they are. Many a day I would've gone insane without them.

I would like to thank Tethers for being there by PM for me when I was in a Very Bad Place about work last year; that and her relentless quest for a red dress and grey leather jacket for me. :)