tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-180890142012-02-16T04:12:37.564-06:00Cricket's NestIt's important to be able to laugh at ourselves and to have the ability to find humor in our lives. We can spend our days filled with worry, stress, and anger or we can spend our days filled with laughter. I choose the later. Life is just to damn short to take so serious.Crickethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09555945768350094454noreply@blogger.comBlogger251100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18089014.post-76391028740551098532007-01-15T00:51:00.000-06:002007-01-16T14:31:26.485-06:00Are there support groups for people like me?Have you ever heard of Craftster.org?....it is really the most amazing place...I spend most of my days there dreaming of all the wonderful things I could create...and to make that addiction worse, I have just started participating in the "swaps" they have there....get your mind out of the gutter!...it's not what you think...a swap usually has a theme...like...movies or music....favorite actors orCrickethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09555945768350094454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18089014.post-69531013535215324072007-01-09T18:59:00.000-06:002007-01-09T20:00:51.412-06:00HELL FROZE OVER!I just realized today that I can do amigurumi...I can't pronounce it, but I can make it....who'd a thunk it?....and it was so easy....I wish I would have known that sooner....a wonderful girl at Craftster.org designed this lovely pig and then graciously shared with everyone....only to have someone take it and list the pattern on EBAY and hotlinked to HER website and used her own pictures of her Crickethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09555945768350094454noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18089014.post-1160257188143377672006-10-07T16:33:00.000-05:002006-10-07T16:39:48.156-05:00FALL (BAG) IS HERE! Fall is in full swing here in Utah...the colors and smells of the season are to die for...really they are...so in honor of Fall, I've been working on some Fall themed bags...here is the latest one I have finished...I still have to do some last minute "permanent" attachment of the handles (which is wood from my aspen trees outside) so they don't slide around...so here it is....Crickethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09555945768350094454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18089014.post-1159401182628861982006-09-27T18:34:00.000-05:002006-09-27T18:54:53.470-05:00MADNESS....IT'S PURSE MADNESS!!!Here's a few more bags I have done...Every bag that I have made so far has been sold (by my mother)...I forgot to get pics of a few of them before shipping them out, but here are the ones I snapped pics of before they left me...*note to self*...Take pictures of EVERYTHING you make or you will regret it later...LOL...I made little "Cricket's Nest" tags to wrap the handles with before shipping....Crickethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09555945768350094454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18089014.post-1159123382951961572006-09-24T13:29:00.000-05:002006-09-24T13:48:21.113-05:00KNOW AN ELVIS FREAK???I DO!!!I have an aunt who is absolutely obessessed with Elvis...she' s 63 years old and gets crazy giddy when ever she hears or sees anything to do with Elvis...Her husband of 45 years (that's right, they got married when she was 15) passed away 3 years ago and she has been deeply depressed ever since...WELL...she met a man at her church who is a widower and they hit it right off...they are Crickethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09555945768350094454noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18089014.post-1157085049515858542006-08-31T23:20:00.000-05:002006-08-31T23:34:14.146-05:00GET ME A HANDKERCHIEF.....I've gone plum crazy....bag crazy that is....I've made another Halloween bag....from a .94 cent handkerchief....I have found that I love to sew...who would have guessed???.....although I'm an amatuer sewer (there's GOT to be a better way to spell that word) everytime I sit down with my sewing machine I learn something new....so maybe someday I'll be a real sewer (ick)....Alright, here's the bag..Crickethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09555945768350094454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18089014.post-1156404287237600762006-08-24T02:10:00.000-05:002006-08-24T02:30:11.623-05:00Insomnia OR It's never to early to get prepared???Actually, it's a little of both...While purusing my favorite craft site (http://www.craftster.org) I saw these awesome little "ribbon" bags....they were the cutest little things and I thought it would be neat to make a "themed" bag...like for my favorite holiday....Halloween...so I rushed out to the store and bought loads of orange and black ribbon, some nifty fabric....and made myself a bag...I Crickethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09555945768350094454noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18089014.post-1152989864193218982006-07-15T13:25:00.000-05:002006-07-15T13:57:44.826-05:00BELLS ON HER FINGERS AND RINGS ON HER TOES.... And she shall carry her hunny where ever she goes....here's a bag I made out of some old BDU's my hubby couldn't wear anymore... I found the most perfect lining for it with pink fabric and little froggies on it....seeing as his nickname is frog...it's not perfect, but I made it so I love it...Never mind the errant string I forgot to clip before taking the pics...like I said...NOT perfect...LOL..Crickethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09555945768350094454noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18089014.post-1151701879595100632006-06-30T15:56:00.000-05:002006-06-30T16:23:32.376-05:00I CAN ALMOST SMELL THE PINEAPPLE...I love purses and bags, almost as much as I love shoes...and when perusing my favorite craft site (craftster.org) yesterday, I ran across the most wonderful idea...I'm very challenged when it comes to sewing...to say I suck at it would be an understatement...BUT...I found a simple pattern (even for me) with simple supplies and decided to give it a go.....so if you give a sewing challenged girl a Crickethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09555945768350094454noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18089014.post-1148328247265465862006-05-22T15:00:00.000-05:002006-05-22T15:04:07.283-05:00What are you? Take the quiz and find out....http://www.self-gov.org/quiz.htmlThe political description thatfits me best is...CENTRISTCENTRISTS espouse a "middle ground" regarding governmentcontrol of the economy and personal behavior. Depending onthe issue, they sometimes favor government interventionand sometimes support individual freedom of choice.Centrists pride themselves on keeping an open mind,tend to oppose "political extremes," Crickethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09555945768350094454noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18089014.post-1146059060050663042006-04-26T08:26:00.000-05:002006-04-26T14:46:18.936-05:00Mormon Crickets....Please don't eat me!!!Apparently there are Mormon crickets that have taken to eating their fallen comrades....how sad is that?....Makes me so glad that I'm not a MORMON cricket....Could you imagine if we ate our dead instead of burying them?....I mean, I LOVE movies and books about cannibals....I'm crazy for Chop Top, Leatherface, Hannibal, and who could forget those flesh loving Zombies....Who doesn't love those guysCrickethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09555945768350094454noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18089014.post-1145444445992967672006-04-19T05:46:00.000-05:002006-04-19T08:46:22.816-05:00DON'T YOU HATE IT........When you can't sleep....my hubby actually over slept this morning (his alarm clock decided to be a rebel today) and in his panic and commotion to get out the door, he woke me up....so here I sit....waiting for the clock to say it's time to wake up my sons for school....I remember the times when I was younger and I would just be rolling in the door at 5 am....and now, here I am in bed by 10:00Crickethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09555945768350094454noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18089014.post-1144630259857417912006-04-09T19:43:00.000-05:002006-04-09T19:50:59.876-05:00IT'S A MIRACLE!...An Aries finishes a projet!Can you believe it?...I finally finished one of the projects I have been working on....it's a library book bag....I call it my "Good and Plenty" bag...do you remember that candy?....I use to eat it till I made myself sick on it...I used Hot Topic bags and Mary Kay bags...I bought the Mary Kay bags from a friend who sells the stuff...Good god, man...are those bags hard to crochet with...they are Crickethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09555945768350094454noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18089014.post-1143558096085516832006-03-28T08:26:00.000-06:002006-03-28T10:32:18.286-06:00Anger, like love, CAN be bought....It costs $12.95....I was looking for an inspirational read to go with the new Stephen King novel I had in my hand ready to purchase...it's called "Cell"....Mr. King dedicates this book to George Romero....so you can only guess where he's going with this baby...I can't WAIT to read it....well, I thought with my horror I would get something a bit uplifting...you know, to balance myself out a bit...Crickethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09555945768350094454noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18089014.post-1143259125854032062006-03-24T21:49:00.000-06:002006-03-25T09:24:52.496-06:00Why oh why can't I....Just finish a freaking project already!....I have about a hundred and one crochet projects currently in my "to do" basket and closet....I always start a really COOL thing with the absolute determination to finish it so I can pat myself on the back with a job well done, when, out of no where some glittery shiny object catches my eye and demands that I start work on it....I say kindly that I just Crickethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09555945768350094454noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18089014.post-1141165730781766052006-02-28T16:28:00.001-06:002006-02-28T16:33:33.536-06:00SPEAKS FOR ITSELF DOESN'T IT??? What a hoot!Approved Christian Slang for "Sex"By Brian K. WhiteJul 18, 2003, 18:36If you are going to talk about the act of procreation, it's imperitive to not go to hell. After all, there are many circumstances in which the church does condone the act, well, maybe the outcome if not the act. Sharpen your pencils, gang, it's time to learn some new terminology.Crickethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09555945768350094454noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18089014.post-1140133001568641642006-02-16T17:22:00.000-06:002006-02-16T20:47:38.723-06:00Seventeen YearsI'm FINALLY over what ever the hell it was that made me sick...and it only took 3 long agonizing weeks...there is a billion other things I SHOULD be doing right now, other than writing, but my therapist told me I needed to throw the word should out of my vocabulary...So, my house will still be filthy, and the laundry will still be dirty and the dogs will still have to pee when I am done writing..Crickethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09555945768350094454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18089014.post-1139265769469612612006-02-06T16:27:00.000-06:002006-02-06T16:59:46.376-06:00What the F$&#*!!!!I'm so tired of being fucking sick....Ask me where I got it....go ahead...ask me....my husband infected me!!!...that's how much he loves me....the bastard...I can't hold it against him though...he has taken good care of me....but...Cheese and Rice!!!!!....when am I gonna get better???...Just when you think you couldn't possibly pull anymore mucus out of your head....SURPRISE!!!.....you tap a Crickethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09555945768350094454noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18089014.post-1138715498784343502006-01-31T07:48:00.000-06:002006-01-31T10:11:40.613-06:00TERRA COTTA NIGHTMAREWhat do you do when your sick?....when you can't sleep, your eyes are watering so bad you can't see, and your sinus's are so packed your teeth hurt????...Make a bag!....well, that's what I do....it takes my mind off the fact that I feel like doggie doo...and isn't there an old saying that goes "Starve a fever, Crochet a cold"?....I made myself a bag just big enough to carry 3 or four Libraray Crickethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09555945768350094454noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18089014.post-1138374063815738982006-01-27T09:00:00.000-06:002006-01-27T18:40:27.160-06:00AS TIME GOES BY...I miss it more and moreLooking at my kids as they ride the cusp of 16 and 12, I realize how much I miss the days when they were itty bitty....when they spoke their own made-up language, asked silly questions, and told innocent jokes that made you laugh, even when they weren't funny....I'll never forget that...An airplane was an Ala-WallaA water tower was a Da-foonMy ex-brother-in-law was Uncle Geek.....And my parents Crickethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09555945768350094454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18089014.post-1138204238585407402006-01-25T09:49:00.000-06:002006-01-25T12:19:20.256-06:00Whose Brilliant Idea Was This?Mine?This project was started months ago and will probably take a hundred years to complete…I got the super cool (dumb) idea to crochet a queen-sized blanket for my bed and started the project with lots of excitement and determination…and here I am 4 months later STILL working on it…I do row after row after row and don’t seem to gain any ground…I’ve gone through a bazillion skeins of yarn and it Crickethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09555945768350094454noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18089014.post-1138119198897587852006-01-24T10:08:00.000-06:002006-01-24T15:48:42.580-06:00Self Portrait TuedsayThen:Thoughts of puppies, kitties, and lollipops...an insatiable love for Smokey the Bear and Mrs. Beasley....an innocent child with uncontaminated thoughts...Now:A child's simple thoughts are replaced with zombies, psycho's, and beer (oh my)...an insatiable love for a bear and a doll are replaced with lust for Rob Zombie, blood on the Silver Screen, and undead things...A grown woman WITH Crickethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09555945768350094454noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18089014.post-1138027460115512302006-01-23T08:38:00.000-06:002006-01-23T13:21:20.470-06:00Kids Say The Darndest ThingsLast weekend we had some friends over for drinks and general merriment...they brought with them a new game they had just bought called "Name that tune, 80's style"...or something like that...My husband and I thought we would RULE this game...Come on...we were teenagers during the 80's...music was our life then...We grew up in a town, which during the winter season, offered very little in the Crickethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09555945768350094454noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18089014.post-1130016988943521992005-10-22T16:34:00.000-05:002006-01-23T10:43:58.993-06:00Can You EAR Me Now?No one WANTS to have a bad day, especially on the first day of your college finals. BUT, as Murphy's Law states: If something bad can happen...well...it's gonna happen to me!I had been sick with a sore throat that was literally kicking my behind and trying to cram for finals...well, at 5:30 in the morning, on the day of my finals, I was woken up by a funny tickling in my ear (not IN my ear) just Crickethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09555945768350094454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18089014.post-1129932016260483362005-10-21T16:58:00.000-05:002006-01-23T13:33:18.936-06:00The Smokey ConspiracyMy earliest memory is of chocolate cake. Granted it was flying through the air at my father's head, but it was chocolate cake all the same. You see, my parents didn't have an ideal marriage, so to speak. Love was not lacking in their marriage just self-control, patience, and the ability to communicate. Before the age of ten, I thought that screaming and throwing small objects at people was just Crickethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09555945768350094454noreply@blogger.com0