November 13th: Detroit Red Wings vs. Colorado Avalanche

As an early Christmas present, one of my roommates surprised me with tickets to the Red Wings game against Colorado Avalanche.  A huge group of us went and we all had a blast. 

 

Look at those smiles!!  We all got really pumped before the game.  

Jess is in the green.  She gave me the tickets.  Thanks Jess!!!

 

 

I'm glad that I got to share this experience with these two.

  Kim and Kelsey, you rock!

 

 

Before the game, the rink was pretty empty. In all our excitement, we got there early.  

There wasn't an empty seat by the time the game started. 

 Still waiting for game to start.

 OOO...It's started.

Cleary (#11) had an awesome game. 

He's my favorite player...but sadly I do not have a good pic of him. 

Colorado only scored once during the game.  

It was on a power play and the Wings were down two players.  

 Kim and Greg at 2nd intermission.

 Final score!!! Red Wings kicked butt!!!

First Snow! Yay!!

This morning I woke up to a winter wonderland. It's my first snow up here in the Soo and I am oober excited.

There are lots of things that I plan to do when the snow really settles in.  Here are just a few:

•  Get a proper winter coat...pronto.  My peacoat jacket is probably not going to cut it when the weather finally starts to get really cold.
•  Curl up with a good book while drinking hot cocoa.  I wish that I had a fireplace for this purpose.  Maybe I can befriend someone with a fireplace and house sit.
•  Learn to ski or snowboard...or both.  Thinking about heading over to Marquette to go with my cousin.  She too has yet learned either and so we can fall on our tushes together.
• Get new wipers for my car...also pronto.
• Snowshoe to Tahquamenon to see the falls after they freeze.
• Go sledding.  
• Have a massive snowball fight.  I'm imagining teams and forts and a full out war.
• Go tanning at least once.  I heard that this help to lift one's spirits after months of little sun.  Of course I could just take a vitamin D supplement instead and probably get the same effects.
• Snuggle with someone to keep warm.  I have yet to figure out how to accomplish this.  It will come to me.
• Still walk to class every morning.  Sadly it is too late in the semester to break down and buy a commuter pass.  Oh well, I still need the exercise anyways and it will help me to better admire the beauty of winter...

  

Cass and Admissions...Just Beautiful!!!

Really, I'm Studying!!

Pathophysiology is such a terrible class to study for.  Who really wants to memorize the symptoms of a cardiovascular accident when one can be laughing and singing along with random YouTube songs instead.

D-d-d-duck tales....! 

Life is like a hurricane here in Duckburg 

Race cars, lasers, aeroplanes - it's a duck blur 

You might solve a mystery or rewrite history 

Duck Tales, Oo-oo
Everyday they're out there making Ducktales.

Tales of derring-do, bad and good luck tales, oo-oo

When it seems they're headed for the final curtain 

Bold deduction never fails, that's for certain 

The worst of messes become successes!

Duck Tales, Oo-oo
Everyday they're out there making Ducktales.

Tales of derring-do, bad and good luck tales, oo-oo

D-d-d-danger, watch behind you - there's a stranger out to find you 

What to do? Just grab onto some Duck Tales, oo-oo! 

Hope you sang along too!  Now back to studying.

When Bad Boys Go Good.

I am catching up on Vampire Diaries (yes, I actually watch this crap...gush!) and just finished episode 2x08, "Rose".  It was crazy awesome by my standards, even if the plot was only sub par. For a while last season I quit following this show because I felt that the story had already been done many times before (it's hard to be original these days), but then I picked it up again when the character development started getting good.

Damon is the character that I love to pretend to hate...but secretly do love...no hate whatsoever.  Well, in this episode, Elena gets kidnapped and Stefan and Damon run off to save her (see, so unoriginal).  For most of the episode I wasn't really paying much attention; then, the final scene came. 

I have re-watched this scene nearly ten times...today...and I swooned each time.  Could Damon actually be going to the light side?  Probably not!  I expect him to be back to his brooding, devilish self by 2x09.   

Finding Inspiration

No Reserves!

No Retreats!

No Regrets!

Note: Please Google William Borden!  He was an inspiring man.

Turn that Frown Around!

Have you ever had one of those days where you wake up groggy and already feeling like the world is against you?  Today started out like that for me.  If I could have, I would have snoozed my alarm and slept in till tomorrow.  Actually, I've had a few of these days lately.

But then, while eating my pudding at lunch, I looked down at the pull top and got this pleasant surprise.

 

 "Frown is a four letter word!" 

Uh, no it's not!  Frown is definitely a five letter word.  But whatever...I got the point.

Thank you Jell-o for starting to put quirky sayings on your cups (even if they are not entirely correct).  It made my day.

Mini Life Lesson: Try not to let life get you down...because it only takes a second to turn that frown around.  Let yourself smile at the little things.  

Take a crack at it.

Kiley Tidbit #1: I'm a nut.

Not in the literal sense.  Don't worry, I am definitely not crazy...I am however hard to crack.  I have this rather tough shell (defense mechanism, I guess) and a lot of times people have a hard time getting past that.

Though, just like a nut, once you break me open, there is a tasty treat.  I am a caring, sometimes witty, funny, quirky, down to earth girl.

But I do not just magically open up.  You cannot simply say "Abra Kadabra " and get Kiley.  So unless you plan on going out and buying a nutcracker, plan on having to wait just a little while to get to the really good stuff.  It takes patience to crack this shell.

And if you think that I am worth cracking, you will have patience.

Yes, I'm a nut...but I am working on that.  If anyone knows another food product that I could be better suited as, please let me know.

Thompson Square - Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not

If I actually believed in that happily-ever-after stuff, I don't think that I'd mind if my story went a little something like this....

Countrified bliss at it's best. 

Trick-or-Treat

Last weekend was my first Halloween in the Soo.  It was awesome.  Here are some pics...and stuff.

Friday
     The weekend started out with me working of course.  The kids at the Childcare Center looked frightfully cute in their costumes at the Halloween party.  There were three princesses, a pirate, a Buzz Lightyear (too great for words), a devil, and a fire fighter.  I wanted to pinch each one's cheek...but Kendal was the only one that would let me.
     After work, there was trick-or-treating Downtown.  Seeing all those kids dressed up had me eager to get my costume on too...

You are never too young to trick-or-treat.  Ok, you are, but peer pressure made me do it.

And I am not a chicken!

Saturday

   My roommates threw a party. And I didn't hate it...especially the part where Jess and I were beer pong champions.

 Henry always gets all the action.

 Danger Zone!!!! Danger Zone!!!

 Couch Potatoes.

 Three's Company minus Jack Tripper. 

 Stanley (bowler cap) and Bryce (St. Louis) dressed up as Abbot and Costello.  

I actually sewed those buttons onto Bryce's shirt.

 Friends Forever!

 Me and Michele! BFF!!

 

Pocahontas meets Fight Club!

Sunday 

   The TEAS is a four to five hour test (kinda like the ACT) that is required to get into nursing program at LSSU.  It is not a joke...and yes I did study hard for it...

...But I probably should have gotten a little more sleep. Lol.