Saturday, January 24, 2009

My daughter Rocks and the Spectrum Newspaper didn't even write anything!!!!

I am upset, nay ticked, today by the lack of information on the Region 9 High School Swim Team coverage! Region 9 includes both 3A and 4A schools which is a mistake to begin with. But, when records where broken (by my daughter) then the world needs to know about them! The Spectrum Newspaper had the smallest article written yet this season and all but 1 paragraph of it was about how the the "great" Cedar High was finally knocked off their pedestal. Which I loved, but what about the kids from Desert Hills that did it?
They never mentioned one kid by name. The kids worked there butts off all season and not a word was said. Many kids qualified for state and not a word was said. Records where broken and not a word was said! The one paragraph that mentioned 4A only talked about the Buelter brothers from Snow Canyon who the reporter loves and trains and that we all know dominate the sport. But, what about the other kids!!!!!! This is the only meet that the kids get individual recognition. The rest of the season it is a team effort. No gold, silver or bronzes just points to see which team wins. At region and State the kids are actually given medals to show what they've been working on all season.
I know many kids that got all gold and not a word was mentioned. Shayne got 2 silver for her medley relay team and for her 200 freestyle. And two golds for her 500 freestyle, and her 400 Freestyle relay team which knocked 6 seconds off of the Pine View High School record! 6 seconds is an eternity! Their time was a 3:56.08. That means each girl swam down and back and down and back in less than one minute each. That is AMAZING! And not a word was said about it.
That totally bites! Of course I love my daughter and wish that she could always have an article written about her but to not mention at least some of the kids that did an exceptional job was a huge mistake. I feel bad for those kids that were left out. Every article written with a kids name on it gets sent to whichever colleges they are pursuing and every bit helps. To not have your name written in the Region article is sad and I feel that they did these kids a disservice. I would love to kick some butt about it but if I do then I can guarantee that I will never see Shayne's name in the paper again and I would never do that to her. I am glad that I have a blog to vent in.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009


Can you tell which kid is the naughtiest?

Shayne's Swimming

Shayne had a great weekend of kicking butt and taking names. She won her 50, 100 and 200 Freestyle races and came in 2nd in the 500 free. Her relay teams continue to climb up the ranks on the top Utah swim teams. I have put some links at the bottom of my blog to some articles from the newspaper on her and from UtahSwimCoach that has the ranking for all of the High School kids in Utah. It's fun to follow her progress and remember that she is a Freshman!

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

New Year Resolutions

I resolve to not make any resolutions!!!!! That way I won't mess up on them. Why say you're going to loose weight when it's a given that in the next 365 day I will not only loose but gain weight. How about try to weight the same come next New Years? I can probably do that. Every first FHE of the year my sister JoEllen writes down her families New Years Resolutions and they go over the old ones. She said that hers was to not scream as much and she asked her kids if she did that and the room got really quiet. I wish I was there! I would have laughed my butt off. That is exactly the reason I don't make them. If you feel you absolutley have to make them then make them monthly goals or short term goals not yearly ones that you want to shoot yourself for later. That's not a good way to start off the New Year!

Friday, January 2, 2009

Blogspot not Yahoo

I decided to google my blog to see if it'd pull it up and much to my surprise there is another Penny's 2 cents. I thought I was soooo cute and creative when I thought of that title. I was wrong. PLEASE do NOT confuse me with the Penny that has a Yahoo blog. I think she's from New York and she likes to write her congressman alot. I wonder if he ever checks her blog to read the messages she's sending? Oh, well. Definitely not me. Here I am!