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"Let's build a pizza oven"...I said.

"I've seen one built on TV and it was easy - they did it in an afternoon and were cooking pizzas the same evening.

We already have some bricks and we just need a bit of sand and clay...it'll be fun and we can have a pizza party".

Mmm...famous last words..

• Easy!,
• Fun!
• ...just need a bit of sand and clay....

It's amazing how our brains just look for the attractive elements and get all excited. All sense seems to go out of the window and we stop loo…

Ever had an experience that left a 'bad' taste in your mouth?

Now, I mean this both metaphorically and literally.

Some context...

My friend and I decided to book a lunch at a local cafe/bistro. It was just after the restrictions started to lift.  Like most people, we'd not been out for lunch for months and months.

We could have met for lunch if we wanted to sit outside but the weather had just been too unpredictable, so we waited. Once we could meet inside, we waited a week or so and then bo…

Have I told you about when my cousin came to visit?

My cousin lives abroad.

She rang to say she was coming for a visit with hubby…

We always had a great time when we were in our teens, so I was excited to see her.

She wanted to stay with me for the second of a 4-week visit.

Their itinerary:

Week one was for visiting her mum; week two my house; week three her brother’s; then a week at the coast, on their own, before returning home.

So what did I know about her journey?

1. That they were …