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Do you ever clean the bathroom so it’s sparkling and then pop back in throughout the day just to admire your handiwork? I know other people that do this, so I know I’m not the only one! I love the aftermath, but of course I don’t enjoy the actual task. So I’m excited to launch our brand-new competition this week, Win a cleaner for a year! We’re giving away $5000 cash to one lucky reader, to spend on help around your home, whether it’s getting in a cleaner to tidy everything up, or a tradie to finish odd jobs, or just to spend however you’d like! See page 22 for all the details on how to enter. Next week, don’t miss another new cash comp – Win a $3k cash…

Sixty years earlier, Ed had jilted me. Now he was back in touch… Priscilla Matheny, 83. Across the church hall, a handsome stranger caught my eye. At that, he came over. “Hello, I’m Ed,” the gentleman said. Then he flashed me a big grin. There’s something about that smile that makes me feel safe, I thought. And so when he asked me out, I said yes. It was 1959, and I was 19 and Ed was 21. We were each other’s first love and in time Ed popped the question. I accepted straightaway. Even when he went to university, a five-hour drive away, we vowed to make our engagement work long distance. We kept in touch by letter and, when he couldn’t come to see me, I caught the bus…

TRASH SPLASH A night out in Surfers Paradise, Qld, came to a trashy end for one woman in February 2023. After a long evening sipping cocktails with friends, the young lady accidentally dropped her phone while disposing of some rubbish in a public bin. Trying to salvage her device, she fell head-first into the rubbish, and her friend nearby could not get her out. A passer-by, shocked by the sight of two legs sticking out of the bin, caught it on video. “Did you find it or not?” the friend can be heard asking into the bin, seeming more interested in retrieving the phone than its owner! Once he’d finished filming, the amused spectator helped her out of the garbage. Once he’d uploaded the video to social media, hundreds of…

Chicken & tarragon pot pies SERVES 4 PREP 20 MINS COOK 45 MINS 3 parsnips, coarsely chopped 40g butter, plus 20g extra 1⁄3 cup pure cream, plus ¾ cup extra 1 onion, finely chopped 2 cloves garlic, crushed 3 celery stalks, finely chopped 200g Swiss brown mushrooms, sliced 1 tbsp plain flour ¾ cup white wine 3 cups cooked shredded skinless chicken 1 tbsp chopped tarragon leaves 1 tbsp chopped flat-leaf parsley 1 Preheat oven to 180ºC/160ºC fan-forced. Grease 4 x 1¼-cup ramekins; place on an oven tray. Cook parsnip in a saucepan of boiling water for 20 mins or until tender. Drain. Return to pan. Add butter and cream; mash until smooth. Season. 2 Meanwhile, melt extra butter in a large frying pan over moderate heat. Add onion;…

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I ran through Arctic conditions in honour of my friends… Sia Kindberg, 42, Moonee Ponds, Vic. My eyes widened in fascination, watching the athletes on my computer screen run past white-capped mountains, over frozen lakes and through snow-dusted forests. This is a bit of me, I thought. I was watching videos of the Arctic Ice Ultramarathon, held in the Swedish Alps, where competitors were required to run 230km in temperatures as low as -40°C. Despite competing in 20 ultra-marathons, fear was holding me back from entering this one. Due to the freezing cold conditions, usually only 33 per cent of competitors completed it. I put the idea to one side, and over the next couple of years, I concentrated on my career as an interior designer and raising my girls,…

It turns out laughter really is the best medicine… Peggy Means, 60. My phone vibrated in my pocket for the fourth time and I pulled it out to see my daughter’s husband, Jason, had called several times. He knew I was at work, as an industrial seamstress, so I started to panic. “Is everything okay?” I asked after calling him right back. “You need to come to the hospital,” he said. “Jenn’s been in a car accident.” My heart leapt into my throat. “I’ll be right there,” I said. When I arrived at the hospital, a doctor took me into a side room. I knew then it was bad news. “Jenn’s heart stopped and it took several attempts to revive her,” the doctor explained. “So there’s been a lack of…

Thumbprint biscuits MAKES 50 PREP 10 MINS COOK 25 MINS 180g butter, at room temperature ¾ cup caster sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract 2 egg yolks 2 1⁄3 cups plain flour ½ cup almond meal ½ tsp baking powder Freckle sweets, to decorate Raspberry jam, to decorate 1 Preheat oven to 160°C. Line 2 large oven trays with baking paper. Put butter, sugar and vanilla in the small bowl of an electric mixer. Beat on high, using paddle attachment, until mixture is light and creamy. Add egg and beat until combined. 2 Add flour, almond meal and baking powder. Stir until well combined. Roll 2 tsp mixture into balls and put on prepared trays, 4cm apart, allowing room for spreading. Press a freckle onto half the biscuits. For remaining…

GEMINI May 22–June 21 No-one is suggesting you should pretend everything is okay if it’s not. But, right now, there’s a case to be made that you should focus on the good stuff and what you want. Leave the rubbish to take itself out. ★ Optimism now can bring more good luck. CANCER June 22–July 23 Don’t be too harsh on a friend who seems out to provoke you. They could have a hidden issue. Give the benefit of the doubt so dramas don’t spiral. This applies triple if it’s related to cash. ★ Everyone is dealing with something, right? LEO July 24–Aug 23 As much as now is the time for you to go for it at work, don’t go so hard that you risk alienating the people you…

Tattoos covered the scars of childhood… Melissa Sloan, 47. Sitting in the bathtub with my half-brother, I tried to keep my distance. Recently, Gavin, seven, had been touching me in a way I didn’t like. We had different fathers, but he was only a year older than me, so my mum, Doris, made us do everything together. As he slipped his hand below the water and touched me in my private area, a sinister smile crept across his face. “You shouldn’t do that, Gavin!” I yelled. “All kids do it,” he snorted. Jumping out of the bath, I ran to Mum in the kitchen. “Gavin just touched me down there,” I cried, pointing. “Don’t be silly,” Mum scoffed. She was certain Gavin wouldn’t do anything inappropriate to his own sister,…

After giving birth, my body ballooned – and I love every inch Frances Tatum, 39. As I swayed to Tracy Chapman’s Fast Car, my embroidered gown flowing beneath me, my new husband, Oli, held my tiny waist. “I love you, Mrs Tatum,” he said. It was June 2019, and after seven years together, we’d tied the knot. But today I wasn’t just a bride, I felt like a superstar. My hair and make-up were perfect and my size-eight dress fitted my 63.5kg body like a glove. As soon as I’d seen the gown in the shop window, I’d joined a slimming club and ditched the snacks. But dieting wasn’t the hardest part – having the rare genetic condition Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) was. It meant my body didn’t produce enough collagen…

Cheese & bacon damper rolls MAKES 6 PREP 20 MINS COOK 40 MINS 250g bacon rashers, rind removed, finely chopped 3 cups self-raising flour, plus extra, to dust ¼ tsp cayenne pepper ½ tsp salt 40g butter, chilled, chopped 125g can corn kernels, drained ¼ cup freshly grated parmesan, plus ¼ cup extra ½ cup milk, plus 1 tbsp extra 1 cup water 1 Preheat oven to 200ºC/180ºC fan-forced. Grease a 7cm-deep, 21cm x 10cm (base measurement) loaf pan. Heat a non-stick frying pan on medium heat. Add bacon; cook and stir for 5 mins or until browned. 2 Sift flour, cayenne and salt into a large bowl. Using fingertips, rub in butter to make fine crumbs. Stir in half of the bacon, half the corn and the parmesan.…

TIP If you really want to get your heart racing, head out to the Gold Coast’s famous fun parks. Movie World, Dreamworld and Wet’n’Wild are perfect for a day of fun. That is, if you can drag yourself away from the pool! Located a 30-minute drive outside the Gold Coast CBD, the waterfront inlet of Sanctuary Cove has been dubbed one of Queensland’s most sought-after holiday hotspots. From the thrillseeker to the chill-seeker, there’s something for everyone at the luxe InterContinental Sanctuary Cove Resort. Start the day with breakfast at Cafe Bravo, then if you’re in the mood to take things slowly, book in for a pamper session at Studio Eclettico Hair & Co or a facial at Vault Skin Lab. Later on, get lost in a book by the…