http://mummifiedtimesfive.net An Aussie mum raising 5 kids...& 1 husband Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:49:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Even though we live not far from my maternal grandmother, whom we call Babcia (Polish), we don’t see her very often. I had organised with her to bring Bill and kids to visit this afternoon, telling her we’d be there around 4pm. All seven of us walked up ... http://mummifiedtimesfive.net/2009/07/02/grandmothers-got-a-potty-mouth/ Remember when I told you all about the Lucky Possum waterproof mattress protector? Well, Lucky Possum is having a special July promotion for their waterproof mattress protectors! You can buy 2 protectors for only $70! That’s a saving of $9.90!! Place your Lucky Possum order ... http://mummifiedtimesfive.net/2009/07/02/lucky-possum/ I’m putting a hypothetical question out there for you all…. Say I was thinking of offering 5 prizes to the value of $200 each to 5 Mummified Times Five readers, what would you like the prize to be? Technorati Tags: giveaway,prize suggestions http://mummifiedtimesfive.net/2009/06/30/what-would-you-like-to-win/ Read on to find out how you can win an awesome Lipton Tea pack valued at $150! Liptons is committed to having all Lipton tea bags coming from Rainforest Alliance certified farms by 2015. Currently 50% of Lipton Black and Lipton Yellow labels in Australia come from certified ... http://mummifiedtimesfive.net/2009/06/30/win-with-lipton/ When I mentioned on Twitter and Facebook that we were having homemade pumpkin and sweet potato soup for dinner, I had a few people ask how we Bill made it. So Bill says you need: (and he’s not one to measure, so apologies for no measurements) pumpkin, sweet ... http://mummifiedtimesfive.net/2009/06/29/nothing-beats-homemade-soup/ I wish I was a Girl Guide when I was a kid. This weekend, Giorgia and I participated in a Mother/Daughter camp. Out of the 11 mums that stayed overnight, there were only 3 of us that were never Guides. The others told us about the fun times they had ... http://mummifiedtimesfive.net/2009/06/29/i-survived-girl-guides-camp/ If I really took the time to think about this, there are probably a whole heap of things that I’ve always wanted to do but haven’t…yet. But these are the ones that I thought of now as I write this post….. I’ve always wanted to ... http://mummifiedtimesfive.net/2009/06/24/5-things-ive-always-wanted-to-do-that-i-havent-done-yet/ I seriously can’t let this Wordless Wednesday post go wordless! This guy was having such a fun time dunking his head under the water and flapping his feet about We were all standing on the bridge, cracking up at him! LOL    This post ... http://mummifiedtimesfive.net/2009/06/24/heads-down-bums-up/ Remember I mentioned that I was doing an “Introduction to Photoshop” course? Well next week is the last week of the course and we haven’t even opened Photoshop! Granted, the course is being held at the school that Giorgia used to go to and when the TAFE teacher tried to ... http://mummifiedtimesfive.net/2009/06/23/picassa-does-that/ Penny (my sister) and I got together this afternoon with a mission to make a whole heap of pierogi, which are Polish dumplings that can be made with various fillings. We did it the way our Babcia (grandmother) always does and that’s with mince and onion. So we chopped ... http://mummifiedtimesfive.net/2009/06/19/350-pierogi/