BYUisms

A new series dedicated to listing common expectations and regular occurrences at the Y.

#1 - If you are a male, business major at BYU, you better get a faux hawk!

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Ode to the Swimming Days

My little squashmore brother Garrett recently joined the Orem High School swim team, and all his talk of meets and races and practices has brought me back to the good-old-days of swimming.

Yes, the good-old-days of swimming--the days of waking up in the morning at 5:00 am to go to practice, and then going to practice again after school ; the days of constantly smelling like chlorine and never being able to get rid of it; the days of talking in the sauna after practice for hours and hours and hours. Wonderful. I loved it.

For my swimmer friends:

Meets. Relays. San Diego. 400 relay song. Goggles. In-and-outs. Sauna. The Rec Center. Flip turns. Pulling lane lines. Cheers. Caps. Attitude...kick butt! Tapering. Kickboards. Favio. Traveling. 200 medley relay. Staying in hotels. DQs. Utah County Invite. Winning. Losing. Streamlines. Warm ups. OTAC. Banquets. Cap thief. Awards. Region. The Christmas set. The hot tub. Counting for the 500. Valentines Day practice. Sweats. Paddles. Pull. Team "Moms". Strip 1000. 200 free relay. Not shaving. The clock. Kick. State. Shaving. Cedar City/St. George. 400 free relay. Mesh bag. Attempting to do sychronized swimming. Layering swim suits. Drills. Sprints. Team parties. Towels. Flip flops. Dives. Park City. Blocks. Starts. Blue and Gold. Sandy. Todd. Battle for the paddle. Dan.

Friends!

Swimmers! What are some of your memories?

While it's Halloween . . . Look who's in the death business now

The other day, I was doing some casual online shopping and found that you can now order caskets and urns through Walmart!

Yes, it is true. I even looked on their website to make sure. The lowest price for a casket was $895! Not bad, Walmart. In fact, I'd probably end up buying one there. Why pay the big bucks for something that's never going to be seen again?

My favorites from the selection:

The "Lady de Guadalupe" Steel Casket, $895.00

The "Supreme Distinction" Steel Casket, $1199.00

The "Wings of Freedom" Adult Urn, $174.05


And for your pet's needs:

The "Standing Tall Cat Calico" Brass Urn, $114.00
*For cats up to 40 lbs*

Unfortunately, these items cannot be returned...

Order yours online now! Click here.

Big News is Here!

Big news that requires a separate blog...

See here.

"He's got the swine"

I got this funny email from my Aunt Joyce today:


Swine flu paranoia is getting out of hand....

HA!

Side Note: TWO days till the big news!

Clutch

I've really been wanting a little clutch bag lately.

It'd be so nice! Because, most of the time when I'm running an errand or going out for the night I just need my wallet, phone, and keys. Maybe some chapstick. And I don't need a big purse to carry all those around. So a clutch is perfect!

Side Note: The big news (see the end of this post) is coming this week!

Addiction

I think I have a serious problem: I'm addicted to sweets! Usually of the chocolate variety, but if those aren't around, usually anything will do.

This became very apparent when my family left for UEA last week and left me with NOTHING sweet to eat! I almost died. In fact, my family's lucky that I'm still alive and well.

Next time, you might not be so lucky. Better stock up on some of these.

Or, if Oreos aren't available, I can always live of some Dove Darks!

I blame my dad for this addiction.