Issue 26, 2021

that's life

The magazine with heart

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Your LIFE!
PET My granddaughter Jannalia and my little dog Charlie are great friends. Sandra Moyden, Inala, Qld I had a fun getaway to the Hunter Valley with sisters. Elizabeth P, Sydney, NSW I love looking at this pic of our honeymoon in Hawaii.
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I Found My LONG-LOST FAMILY After 60 YEARS
Dawn Spencer, 70, Hervey Bay, Qld My mum, Gwen, then 45, pottered around the kitchen, as I watched on. Aged 13, I was enjoying high school and loved learning new things. ‘A girl in my school said she was adopted today,’ I told Mum. ‘Do you know any
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My best friend VANISHED WALKING TO SCHOOL
Dyamai Hillard, 22, Melbourne, Vic Tucking into the spicy Thai food, my eyes watered. ‘It’s so hot!’ I said, downing a glass of water. My best friend, Bung, then 13, burst out laughing. ‘It’s not even that bad,’ she giggled. ‘You just can’t handle
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I Stole Her Man
Maddy, 38, Sydney, NSW* My best friend, Julia, had started going out with a guy named Matt. ‘He’s everything I ever wanted in a man,’ Julia enthused. ‘I can’t believe I finally met a decent guy!’ ‘That’s great Julia,’ I said. Both in our mid-30s, i
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THE Buzz
Madolline Gourley, 31, travelled the United States with free accommodation, thanks to cat-sitting gigs. The feline lover from Brisbane says she wouldn’t have gone on the holiday if it hadn’t been for the house-sitting, which saved her close to $30,00
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My dog's A TRADIE!
Brenton McNeil, 34, Ocean Grove, Vic Loading up the tools into the van, I whistled to my four-year-old dog, Brix. ‘Let’s go!’ I called out, patting the car seat. Always obedient, my English Staffy eagerly jumped into the car – ready for another day
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THE GIFT Of Giving
From bushfires and floods to the COVID-19 pandemic, the past year or so has been immeasurably hard for a great many people. But it has also seen us witness many acts of kindness. So if you’ve been thinking about volunteering, but have never gotten ar
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DROWNING HORROR SAVED By His Cousin
Chloe Farrell, 25, South Hedland, WA The sun was shining and sausages were sizzling on the grill. I was at a family barbecue with my three kids, Telillah, seven, Jordan Jr, five, and Marshall, three. Their aunty, Casey, 30, was there with her daug
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Pets Are Pawsome!
While reading that’s life! Teddy found a dog that looks just like him! Sally Palmer, Kurunjang, Vic Sylvester loves chilling on a lovely Sunday afternoon. Helayna White, Murray Bridge, SA Diva demands full attention all the time. Anne L
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Pet In A Puzzle
If you look at the two pictures, we’ve made a change to the second picture. When you have found the change, write the number of the quadrant in which the change occurs on the puzzle entry coupon on page 44 for your chance to win. ■
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Devils In Disguise
Nurse Orville Lynn Majors was popular on the ward, especially with elderly patients. He’d become a nurse after caring for his grandmother as a teen, and received glowing reports from colleagues. However, after he began working at Vermillion County H
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Welcome!
One of my favourite TV commercials of all time is the one where a little boy sitting in the back of the family car asks his dad, ‘Why did they make the Great Wall of China?’ The dad, clearly bamboozled, comes up with the fanciful – but very funny – r
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The Organisation
Surf Life Saving Australia is a community cause, which includes volunteer and paid lifesavers, committed to reducing coastal drownings. Every day, lifesavers rescue around 30 people. So far this season, they’ve performed more than 16,000 first aids a
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Tony, 67, says
It took a long time to find Dawn, with many heartaches along the way, but the emotion we both felt when we met for the first time made up for all those lost years. We are now the best of friends – as well as siblings! ■
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BRAIN Waves With Eunice Oh
An old fitted sheet is perfect for protecting an outdoor setting from dust and bird droppings. Simply wash in your washing machine. Sarah Taylor, New Plymouth, NZ To prevent your mirror from fogging up, cover it with shaving cream, then wipe cle
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Try A New Use For... Cola
■ Use cola to marinate meat, it not only tenderises, but also enhances the flavour. ■ If you have built-up scale in your kettle, fill it with coke and leave overnight. Empty out the kettle in the morning, then rinse twice with water. ■ It might sound
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Our Best Ever PIES
SERVES 4 PREP AND COOK: 40 MINS 1 onion, finely chopped500g beef mince2 tblsps tomato sauce2 tblsps Worcestershire sauce2 tblsps traditional gravy powder2 cups frozen carrot, peas and corn 2 x 350g tubs microwaveable mashed potato1 cup grated Tasty
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My Brave Boy’s FINAL WISH
Sitting down on the couch next to my 17-year-old son, Rhys, I handed him a heat pack. ‘Thanks, Mum,’ he grinned. Back from boarding school for the holidays, his left hip hurt. We’d put it down to when he’d broken his right leg the year before, thinki
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ASK THE Doctor
QI am 59 and went through the change nearly a decade ago. Five years later, I had a bleed out of the blue. My doctor arranged an ultrasound and a biopsy, and I was given the all-clear. Everything settled down until this week, when I had what seems li
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MY GIRL’S RASH WAS deadly
Meagan Mitchell, 39, Currumbin, Qld She’s a textbook baby,’ my husband Ryan, 39, smiled, as we watched our newborn daughter sleeping. Aurora breastfed perfectly too – her brother, Rafe, two, had been the same. Then, when Aurora was four weeks old,
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This Week We’re Loving...
SERVES 8-10 PREP AND COOK: 1 HOUR, 30 MINS 125g butter, softened½ cup firmly packed brown sugar¼ cup caster sugar2 tsps vanilla bean paste3 eggs, at room temperature1 cup self-raising flour½ cup plain flour1 tsp cinnamon¾ cup buttermilk ½ cup wal
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Swinging Sixties!
My dad’s 71, but when he turned 60, a few of his friends had already passed that milestone. I remember him joking that had any of them warned him about the aches and pains that appear overnight, he would have decided to stay 59 forever! There are a
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Hello Readers!
My name‘s Sam and I’m an average Aussie mum determined to uncover every money-saving, budget-friendly tip I can. Each week, I’ll share them with you, so that your family – and mine – can get into the best financial shape of our lives! And if you ha
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Did You Know…?
I once got a 5am call from my bank asking if I’d just bought jeans in New York. The answer was no! Turns out, my debit card details were stolen after I shopped on an unsecured website. I got my money back, but my card was cancelled, and getting a new
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Simple Swap
Before I started working from home, I bought my lunch almost every day. I had to leave so early and arrived home so late, I just couldn’t be bothered making . $40-$50 every single week, I can’t bring myself to add that up over the 13 years that I
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Get Creative With... Yummy Honey
MAKES 7 CUPS PREP AND COOK: 45 MINS ½ cup honey2 tblsps light olive oil1 egg white2 tsps ground cinnamon3 cups traditional rolled oats1 cup coconut flakes¾ cup seed mix½ cup natural almonds½ cup pecans2 tblsps sesame seeds¾ cup diced apricots Greek
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Living Well
Early treatment is key to managing this painful condition Aching, arthritic joints are often associated with getting older. But there’s one kind of arthritis that can affect people of any age. About half a million Aussies and 40,000 Kiwis have rh
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Kawasaki Disease
• Kawasaki disease causes blood vessels throughout the body to become inflamed, including those of the heart. • It’s categorised as a type of vasculitis that affects the arteries and leads to a number of symptoms including a rash, dry lips, bloodsho
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Best buys UNDER $ 50
Combat the cold with a warm winter scarf. The brighter the better! Channel Cate’s style and add a rich pop of green to your winter look! Knee-high boots are back! Look for warm dark chocolate tones to wear over stockings or jeans. Avoid spending
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YOUR Stars
If you’re searching for a box-ticking holiday destination, property, or at-home job, it’s not far away. Constant roadblocks stopping the sale of something? It’s either meant to stay put or be inherited by a family member. LUCKY NUMBERS 2, 6, 13 Th
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THE Warm FUZZIES
Bringing smiles to people around the world, Californian man Jim Preston spells out words of wisdom on his front lawn… in rubber duckies! The small yellow ducks are neatly lined up before Jim snaps a picture and uploads it online hoping to brighten so
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Can You Help?
On June 2, 2011, Siriyakorn ‘Bung’ Siriboon, 13, left her home in Elsie Street in Boronia, Melbourne, Vic, at around 8.30am. She was last seen by a neighbour walking towards Albert Avenue, but she never arrived at school, Boronia Heights College.
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Wish You Were HERE
Cassie pulled open the curtains, then bent her head to write the postcard. Dear Dad, It’s snowing right now! Learning to snowboard has been so much fun and I’ve met some great people. She was tempted to add, especially Zach. But she probably woul
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A BUG STOLE MY FACE BUT... I Was A Beautiful Bride
Put that on her. It’s the best we can do,’ said a nurse, handing my distraught mum, Sylvia, a surgical mask to cover up my face. It had all started with a tiny red dot on my cheek. Diagnosed with leukaemia, aged two, I’d gone into hospital for chemot
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Round We Go!
✔ 13 sheets of assorted paper or card* ✔ 3-inch circle punch ✔ Cutting mat ✔ 30 x 30cm artist’s canvas ✔ Gold acrylic paint, paint palette and paintbrush ✔ Hot glue gun, glue sticks ✔ Tape measure, ruler, pencil ✔ Scissors, craft knife 1 Paint the e
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Unknown caller
Kuliz Kantanovska, 43, Melbourne, Vic Scary people come into my bedroom at night,’ I told my mum, Kathleen, when I was seven. ‘Stop making things up,’ she admonished. She just didn’t believe me. Neither did my dad, Derek, or my brother, Kiro. But t
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Salt In The Veins
Zipping along on the jetski doing a patrol of my local beaches, I couldn’t help but feel lucky. A born and bred Queenslander, I’ve had salt water running through my veins my entire life. From when I was two months old, my family camped by the beach e
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WHAT WOULD You Do ? Can I Mend A Broken Heart?
I went through a terrible break-up about nine months ago and was heartbroken. I was shocked when my husband wanted to leave me and I still have no interest in meeting anyone else. I thought we were happy and I’m not over him. A couple of my friends k

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