Alien Crickets!

OMG! Last night I was crocheting and the hubs was getting ready to go upstairs and we spot an ALIEN CRICKET!!! This is what I call them ever since seeing one for the first time about a decade ago (ugh saying a decade ago still makes me feel old.)  Of course they are not called alien crickets, well i just looked it up and maybe they are lol but her's a picture.

Camel or cave crickets will ALWAYS freak me out.  I'm not one to shy away from a bug. In fact very FEW things absolutely freak me out and these are one of them.  So one snuck into our home and made an appearance and I squealed.  I pulled my crochet bag onto the love seat and I continued to tell the hubs that it had to die, that we could not go to bed until it was out of the house one way or another.  So while he was laughing at me I proceeded to go after the super fast mind reading alien that had invaded my home. Take one it's on the floor and WHAM! it jumps under the couch. Craig moves the couch. Take two it's on the corner of the sofa and WHAM! it jumps under the couch. Take Three Craig moves the other part of the couch and it's on the back corner and WHAM! it jumps in the corner but I think I got one of it's legs. Take four WHAM! it jumped against the wall and take five WHAM! I finally got it.  All the while I'm jumping back after each "WHAM!" and squealing and asking frantically if I got it. Craig was laughing hysterically and hands me the wipes i take two and go get the alien and clean it up all the while saying "EW! I FELT IT SQUISH" which throws my hubs into another fit of giggles. I turn my gaze to him and say " I don't see YOU chasing after the alien cricket that was all me not YOU but ME!"  But my words have no effect on him he just giggles and starts putting the living room back together. Then lets me know that I HAVE to blog about this.  I told him he should have been video recording me because now that would have been a sight!

Now don't get me wrong I don't like killing things, and if I upset you all that I killed a cricket (even if it was an alien cricket) I'm sorry. Like I've told many of my friends bugs are fine, just outside of my house. And if it was a regular cricket I would have caught it in my hands and let it go outside just cause that's what we did at home. Oh and regular crickets aren't mind readers and jump like they knew you were coming. *shudders*

Onto other matters, I wish the trash came at 830 and not 800 because it would give me a couple of minutes to get the morning diapers out to the trash. Alas it doesn't.

My kids are asking for us to visit Mrs. Lisa's house again already.  And they still ask for Miz. Lizbet, Agwis, and MYah all the time. And yes that's how they say it. I LOVE MY KIDS!  Time to get a move on the day I need to vacuum, it's getting quite gross in my house. I'll update more later. Writing about last nights adventure has tired me out. My heart got a pumpin again! lol

~Me