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Jacqui Lee

Living life on a budget doesn’t mean you can’t have fun

Lemon delicious pudding

Lemon delicious pudding

Lemon delicious pudding

Lemon Delicious is a wonderful dessert that is perfect for any family gatherings.

Jacqui's grandfather Thomas Sage was a kind and gentle man, despite all the horrors he endured. Source: Jacqui Lee

‘When I need to balance the madness of the world, I think of my grandpa’

‘When I need to balance the madness of the world, I think of my grandpa’

His legacy is gentleness, and forgiveness, so I hope in my blood and in my soul I can be more like Grandpa.

Are you being served? Jacqui longs for the grocery shopping experience of the past. Source: Getty Images

‘Once there were grocers: How I long for the old days when I do my shopping’

‘Once there were grocers: How I long for the old days when I do my shopping’

I had three small children, and had to walk to any shops. Carrying bags was difficult, which meant shopping frequently.

Stress, anxiety, and sad movies are obvious triggers for waterworks. But crying can have more unsuspecting prompts too. Source: Getty Images

‘The many things that make me cry and why I take comfort in shedding a tear’

‘The many things that make me cry and why I take comfort in shedding a tear’

Stress, anxiety, and sad movies are obvious triggers for waterworks. But crying can have more unsuspecting prompts too.

Jacqui still wonders about the piles of mail left unattended in one of her workplaces. Source: Getty Images

‘The good, the bad and the downright ugly people I’ve ever met’

‘The good, the bad and the downright ugly people I’ve ever met’

Jacqui had to go so far as to threaten one work colleague after her appalling behaviour towards a resident in aged care.

Now Gladys had achieved the pose, she had no idea how to get out of it. Source: Getty Images

‘Fit for nothing: I’ve had my fair share of funny exercise fails’

‘Fit for nothing: I’ve had my fair share of funny exercise fails’

Jacqui writes about the many exercise regimens she's tried and why they've all ended in failure.

Jacqui writes about beauty and the impact of cosmetic treatments. Source: Getty Images

‘Keeping it real: The struggle of ageless beauty and how I’m ageing’

‘Keeping it real: The struggle of ageless beauty and how I’m ageing’

"Why do we need to appear what we are not? Searching for perfection or change is not the road to happiness."

The midwife gave Mum her assurance that I was not going to have fame and fortune but just have a “lucky” life. Source: Getty (note: models posed for photo.)

‘My lucky life was foretold by a crazy old midwife the day I was born’

‘My lucky life was foretold by a crazy old midwife the day I was born’

Jacqui Lee recalls how the nurse told her mother that the heavens and stars were in tune the day her baby girl arrived.

Jacqui worries an entire generation will waste away in front of the TV. Source: Getty

‘What happened to work ethic? Today’s couch potatoes need to wake up’

‘What happened to work ethic? Today’s couch potatoes need to wake up’

There was a time when every man and woman was grateful to have a job, no matter how unglamorous it may have seemed.

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