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My joy came on Saturday with the birth of my first great-grandchild, a precious little girl. After a small cancer surgery a month ago and a shoulder replacement waiting for me next week, the birth of little Aspen has made life so much brighter.

Here is my Norwegian Elkhound Boris in his usual Goofy sleeping position.

If you are a Coles' shoppers can always cash in their accumulated FlyBuys for FlyBuy dollars and use those to pay for groceries when times are tough. I save mine up for Christmas then my FlyBuy dollars mean Christmas costs me nothing as I usually have around $600 spend on food and gifts. I do...

I have watched B&B since the very beginning when I was a journalist and TV/film critic. About 30 years ago my husband also became 'hooked'. We spend 30 minutes a day criticizing, complaining, pulling the script and acting to shreds, ridiculing the repetitive and ridiculous story lines...

We had a lovely Easter Sunday with my three Grandsons, their partners, plus sister of one visiting from Vietnam, my son in law, all travelling from Brisbane to the Sunshine Coast. We video called one daughter on her way home from a conference in KL and the other daughter and husband in France...

I married an Australian to escape English winters. Horrible memories of chilblains, shivering so much I am unable to think, frozen fingers, cold snow and sleet, school swimming lessons with ice still on the water surface and never feeling warm unless I was on top of a radiator. Even Melbourne...

So you can no longer make jokes about People of other sexual pesuasions, people of different skin colours, other cultures or Ethnic Groups or Religions so what makes you think us " shorter than you" people can be ridiculed without being offended? It is just pure jealousy.

My friends and family have the perfect solution to avoid mosquitoes and sandflies - they invite me to parties and barbeques knowing that the pesky insects only ever bite me. I can be in a crowded hall or outdoor venue and I am the only person who goes home with red lumps swelling and scratching...

When the child is in her teens her father may even be dead or senile and her mother will be in her 70s. I hope the older siblings will be responsible for the young girl who may otherwise end up with a lost life as carer for her elderly parents. To have a baby by surrogacy once you are over 50...

I do not have autism but I hate shopping at Woolworths. As soon as I enter I feel faint and disoriented. I think it is the lighting because I find some areas of their stores are worse. If I must go in (with my daughter who shops there or I have no alternative at the time and place) I escape as...

14 Years ago my husband and I began "Boots for Bali" to provide soccer gear for poor village boys who lost everything due to the Bali bombing, to keep them playing and fit. We raised money gathered donated strips and boots and equipped five teams. We kept fundraising and helped establish a...

I would definitely tell my younger self, "Do not believe everything your mother tells you". I would have been saved so much unhappiness, lies and lost relationships.

I am on my way to Bunnings as soon as they open to buy that brush and some sponges. I hate cleaning the tracks and we have sliding doors in most rooms. Being partially disabled (and old!) it is so hard every fortnight for me to get down on the floor and clean these. I use a mini vacuum...

What a wonderful innings Emmy has had before dementia became obvious. It was a joy to see her and witness the love between the three generations. How lucky she was and still is. As I approach 80 with a family scattered across the Globe but daily in touch, and my 82 year old husband becoming the...

OMG!!!!! There will always be some who complain about anything. There are 24 hours in a day and Coles opens 7 days a week. Surely you can organise your shopping otherwise than after 8pm. Something is radically wrong with your lifestyle or you are so downright lazy that you will only shop for...

Absolutely irreprehensible and downright greedy! Back in the 60s I worked in restaurants in the UK to pay my way through Uni. My tips were 75% of my income and the only way I survived so I ensured my customers got great service, friendly banter and smiles, plus I ensured my regulars got the best...

I sent my daughter in France a birthday package, all registered online through Australia Post and handed in and postage paid at our local Post Office, back in mid-October . It contained a handbag, matching spectacles case and a pair of earrings bought from an indigenous store in our town. I...

My bucket list 15 years ago was to equip a village soccer team in Bali when I went there after the bombings. I was so saddened but impressed by the beautiful, kind people who were now without jobs, schooling or social assistance, due to loss of tourism through no fault of their own. Within a...

I used to have a small herd of goats and when it was time to take one of my girls to be serviced by the handsome buck at the nearby goat dairy, I would put her in the back seat, secured with the dog's harness. We often got 'toots ' and laughter from passing truckies. Once I stopped for petrol...

I have great difficulty drinking water as often it won't stay down and it is embarrassing and unpleasant if I regurgitate. It has been this way since I was a child. However I ensure I drink enough and keep it down by adding either a dash of lemon or lime juice or mix it with Blackcurrant fruit...