My Mom

7:25:00 PM Natalie S 0 Comments

I am going to let you all into my world of my family. 


There is no doubt in anyone's mind that I am a mommy's girl.  I am not a daddy's little girl or anything else you can think of.  I am my mom's girl.

  Jen please don't get upset that I say that, we both know and have talked about it before.

My mom is my best friend.  She is my world and my rock.  She knows all my ups and downs.  

There is nothing I love seeing more than my mom being happy.  I know that my mom hates living up here.  Let's be honest, your cracked if you love living up here.  As my mom puts it "Copper Harbor is a nice place to visit". 

I would give anything in the world to give my mom a some what "normal" life again.  This world that she lives in is not ordinary and puts too much stress on ones body.

My mom motivates me keep moving. "You need to have a smile in your heart".. she always say.  Maybe not those exact words, but something very similar.  You may not always not like the situation you are in or where you are in your life, but you need to find the best in it.  You need to find the good in it to get through it. 

If I could do just one thing for my mom, I mean for both of my parents, but especially my mom, I would love to give them a house.  Like an actual house.  What do I mean by that?  Well let me give you a few examples. 

  • My mom won't even walk around in her socks in this house.  She either has slippers on or shoes, nothing less.  
  • We have lived in this house for 10 years now and we still have boxes that we have not unpacked yet. I would love to give them a house where everything has a place. 
  • I want a place where my mom feels comfortable to call a home. Not meaning the town is a home, but a building. Does that make sense?


I love my mom and I think she deserves the world. 

My mom gives kindness to those who give kindness to her.  She doesn't like being stabbed in the back, then again no one really does.  She is one to speak her mind.  She will let you know if you have upset her or hurt her in any way, shape, or form.  I have learned from my mom that if you don't like the way someone is doing something you might as well do it yourself.  Until someone gives you a reason not to, give them a chance. 

I want to see my mom smile more.  I want to hear her laughter again.  I mean a real laugh, one that comes from the belly.

I hope my mom knows how much I love her and how much I appreciate her being there for my even when I didn't think I needed her. She has done so much for me and I don't believe I could say thank you enough. 

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Photo Dump

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This pictures have no rhyme or reason as to why they are on here.  Some I have not posted and others I am not sure if i have posted.

1. My and Ellie. Her and I were laying on the couch watching Ellen! We love Ellen! :)
2. This is from when I was obsessed with I'm Yours by Bruno Mars
3. Finals week of Spring 2013. My friends and I went sliding in the mud out on the campus quad.
4. A picture of me riding a horse at the Mayan Dude Ranch in Bandaras , Texas.
5. My family and I and Oreo the bull, also at the Mayan Dude Ranch.
6. A tree in Sarasota, Florida.
7&8. These last two pictures are of my beautiful sister, Jen. :)

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Memorial Day Weekend

6:57:00 PM Natalie S 0 Comments

As I am sitting drinking my tea, I am overwhelmed at how I hope this summer will out do last summer in so many ways.  The fact that Dunja and Slavko, both from Serbia are coming back for a third year as well as Christina from Jamaica is back for a second year, I am extremely excited.  Now what do I mean by "back", well if I haven't told you my parents own a resort in a "destination" town in Michigan.  Since the town is in a rural part of Michigan it is hard to get employees to work, so my parents have resorted to getting students from other countries. 

This year we have seven Serbians and one Jamaican. I hope that things go well and we all get along.  The past few years we have had great groups of people.  I am trying not to get too excited about it because I do not want to be disappointed.  I am taking every day as it comes. 

For this holiday weekend, my town filled up and filled up fast.  I have come to the realization that without the mountain biking trails that this town would lose about 50% of its business.  I kid you not this town runs on the mountain bikers.  In the restaurant today we weren't as busy as we were last year.  Last year we did 111 breakfast and today we only did 63.  It seemed busy at the time but breakfast is from 7:30-11:30 on most days so in all reality we weren't that busy.  Thinking back on it I believe it just all came at one time.  

I needed to write a little something I have just had a lot on my mind. I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend, while most of you have the day off tomorrow I will be getting up early to open the restaurant at 6:30 so its a goodnight and goodbye for now! :)


A little something before you leave!


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Blog Every Day In May.. ended.

3:45:00 PM Natalie S 2 Comments

If you don't know by now I have given up on blogging every day in May.  I was doing well for a while and then things fell apart and now I just stopped.  Well, that's what happens when I have no motivation. 

Since I've last talked with you all I haven't done much.. shocker! :P

Last Wednesday (5/15/13) my mom and I went to a food show in Marquette.  Nothing to special,just all the vendors from Reinhart.  I saw them all last year and this year nothing really popped.  The only thing that I remember is the guy that told us his sales pitch about butter.  This guy was amazing, even though my mom and I were not interested we stood there and listen to him.  He talked about how many calories his butter had and then how much the competitor had.  That's all I remember from his pitch, but bless his heart because he did it. He also gave us a bag of free dry butter! :)

At the food show so many vendors give out free samples. We came home with, dry butter, bun samples, grease cleaner, and table cleaner.  



I am becoming addicting to Pinterest again.  Here are some of my favorite pins recently






Other than that I have done a YouTube video about Restaurant Tips here is a link to that video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSNoBX_qGWY.  I hope to make more videos this summer. We'll see what ideas come to my head! Until then you all have a nice day! :)
 




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Blog Everyday In May Day 12

6:26:00 PM Natalie S 0 Comments

Blog Everyday In May Day 12: What do you miss? (a person, a thing, a place, a time of your life...)

This is perfect because I think of this all the time. 

I miss when I had my family, like a good ole fashion family. I have my family, don't get me wrong, I just miss them. Let me clarify this for you. The time was when I was 10 years old and younger. 

I miss when my family had family dinners every night. I miss when my mom would sing to us on Sunday morning to get us up for church. I miss when my dad and I would play catch in the front yard. I miss living in a neighborhood. I miss when my parents didn't own a restaurant, bar and a motel. I miss, as my parents put it, "my parents old life". I miss going camping. I miss catching fireflies. Believe it or not I miss mosquito bites. All I have to deal with is black flies and they are worse. I miss my childhood, from age 10 and lower. I miss being within 20 miles from all my family. 




Pictures from my childhood. 


I wish I could go back a relive these moments, these memories, the ones listed above and in the pictures.  I loved my childhood. Now I cry because I didn't grow up like the "other" kids.  

This is what I miss. 

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I cheat.

5:32:00 PM Natalie S 0 Comments

I MAY cheat, but I get things done. :)

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College Collage.

8:21:00 PM Natalie S 0 Comments

I know I have fallen behind on the May Blog Challenge and I hope to get caught up tomorrow. I just got back from Ferris today. Yay for 9 hour drives! I already miss every one, but I am glad to be home with my family. 
I just wanted to share with you all a little snapshot of what my year was like. This is no way my whole year because I did a lot this year, but just some things. I hope to make a bigger collage, or maybe a scrapbook soon. 


I will be writing a post soon about my whole year this year, stay posted! :)

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May Blog Challenge Day 7

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May Blog Challenge Day 7: The thing(s) you're most afraid of

Things I am afraid of:

  1. losing my parents
  2. not graduating
    • I'm no where close to not graduating I am just afraid of it
  3. hurting people
  4. not getting a job when I graduate
  5. being alone 
    • Not meaning being single, but just being alone. I like my alone time, but sometimes I have too much alone time and I feel like there is no one. 
  6. Butterflies
  7. Small Spaces
  8. Being laughed at

...and then there is



This probably wont be true because I still have a lot of life to live, but in this moment right now I am scared.


I could continue and go on and on, but I won't because it would probably never end. 




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May Blog Challenge Day 6

8:44:00 PM Natalie S 0 Comments

May Blog Challenge Day 6: If you couldn't answer with your job, how would you answer the question, 'what do you do'?

What in the world do I do? Other than saying I am a full-time student. I study. I learn. I teach. I live and I love. I express myself in laughter and sometimes even in anger. I capture moments in my mind and through technology that I think are those that people never think of. I create unlimited opportunities for myself.  

Backwards hat reminds me of the 90's

This is what I think I do. :) 

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May Blog Challenge Day 5

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May Blog Challenge Day 5: Publicly profess your love and devotion for one of your blogger friends. What makes them great? Why do you love them? If you don't have blogger friends, talk about a real-life friend or even a family member

Well If I had to choose one of the blogger friends that I met when I first started blogging I would have to choose Bree from The Thing About Joy. She helped me with my blog layout (before I made changes). Bree is super nice and extremely helpful. 

I think her blog is so adorable and so is she! The thing I love about her to most is that she is easy going and down to earth. She is someone I look up to in the blogging world. Her blog post have made me laugh and some of them have even brought a tear to my eyes. 

I envy that she is so motivated to be fit. I want to be that motivated. It's amazing what this girl does!

Here is a picture of her from her blog that I stole (Sorry!)

She is very pretty!


I know this isn't much of a post, but I am truly speechless on how to define Bree. She is just amazing in all ways!

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May Goals

7:47:00 PM Natalie S 0 Comments


I have somethings to work on and I want to accomplish. Here they are:
May not be just for May, but I'm starting them now.

1. Work out with my mama 3 times a week.

2. Organize my room after I move back home

3. Keep a positive attitude throughout the summer

4. Take more pictures. 



Not much of a list, but its my list. :)


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May Blog Challenge: Day 4

1:23:00 PM Natalie S 0 Comments

May blog challenge day 4: Favorite quote (from a person, from a book, etc) and why you love it


Wow! I have so many favorite quotes. I do not know where to start or which one to choose from. Sorry for choosing two but, I couldn't pick between them.


"Do what you need to do, before you do what you want to do."

This quotes keeps me motivated at school. I have it hanging on one of my wardrobes I see it everyday. As I sit here writing this, I can see it looking at me telling me to do my three online tests. :S

"Ohana means family, family mean no one gets left behind. Or forgotten" 

This quote is so precious and I love the way Lilo says it.  I want this written on a plaque/board somewhere in my house. :)



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May Blog Challenge: Day 3

1:10:00 PM Natalie S 0 Comments



May blog challenge day 3: Things that make you uncomfortable



I am thinking about what makes me uncomfortable and not a whole lot does. While most of us will say that going to the bathroom in a public bathroom or in someone else home, I wanted to think deeper, I wanted to come up with other things than that. I wanted to see what I can think of that really makes me uncomfortable. 



  1. Public Speaking
    • I fear public speaking so much. I have a hard time getting up talking. As much as people rip on me for talking a lot, which don't get me wrong I do, I cannot for the life of me talk in front of a crowd. I thought about taking a public speaking class here at Ferris, which is actually required I just got it covered by another class, to give me practice talking in front of groups. 
  2. Being a third wheel
    • No one likes being a third wheel and if you do I want to say that you probably the only one. I avoid it as much as possible. I am uncomfortable when two people are all over each other or all about each other and I am sitting there trying to not get in their way. I know most of my friends do not do it on purpose, but it happens and its uncomfortable. 
  3. Being with people I don't know
    • Don't get me wrong I love meeting new people and that is really the only way you get to know them is at first be with them when you don't know them. Say, for example, I am sitting in a room waiting for friend (because I am picking them up or what have you), I am very uncomfortable when I don't know their family or their other friends. Most of the time I will get to know their family, but when it comes to their friends and I am getting nothing but bad vibes I am uncomfortable. 
  4. Confrontation
    • If this isn't a bad/uncomfortable situation to be in. When someone comes up to you and calls you out on something or say assumes you did something wrong, uncomfortable! A million things run through your mind before the person even gets to the point as to why they are confronting you. 
  5. Crying in front of others
    • I say this only because I have a handful of friends who cannot stand to be around someone who is crying, which to me is very rude of them. So when I start to cry, I just simply get up and walk to a different part of the room or go into another room. If I need someone there for me I will bring them with me. Sometimes when tears just start falling and I cannot excuse myself, I get really nervous because I don't to make someone else feel uncomfortable because them I, myself will get uncomfortable. 

There you have it! Things that make me feel uncomfortable. There is more, but they are more common things that people would think of. 


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May Blog Challenge: Day 2

9:01:00 PM Natalie S 0 Comments

Here is today's challenge: Educate us on something you know a lot about or are good at. Take any approach you'd like (serious and educational or funny and sarcastic)

I honestly do not know what I am good at or know a lot about. Here's a picture of my dog.





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April Obsessions

9:00:00 PM Natalie S 0 Comments

I am hooked on a few channels on YouTube; Daily Grace, Olan Rogers, and Jenna Marbles. While watching these they give me inspiration to do somethings here on my blog.

Like for example Daily Grace gave me inspiration to do a post at the end of each month and show you what I am been hooked on/loving for that month. Personal fads change often so I am doing that. 

Olan Rogers is just a hoot to begin with and might I add freaking adorable. ;) He has taught me to look at life in a different eye. We are all goofs and we deserve to laugh and what we do when we mess up. 

Then there is Jenna Marbles. Who hasn't heard of her? I love her! She is hilarious and just amazing. I love watching her when ever I am in a bad mood because no matter what I laugh at her videos. 


Am I too late to do thing I am obsessed with in April? I mean it's only the first day in May so I don't think I am too late. 



  1. I am totally in love with this song right now! It just has such an upbeat tune and the lyrics speak to me.|
  2. I love my new lotions from Victoria Secret. I am currently use the PINK Fun & Fearless scent. I highly recommend it, but then again I am not trying to pressure you to buy any certain brand or anything of that nature. I just love it!
  3. Flip Flop! It is starting to be that season again I am in love with using flip flops instead of tennis shoes. Side Rant. Why do they/I call them tennis shoes if I don't play tennis?
  4. Oatmeal! Weird thing to be obsessed with but I love oatmeal so much and I love the flavor brown sugar and maple. :)


Well that's all I can think of! I'll be posting up my May goals soon! :)

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May Blog Challenge: Day 1

2:34:00 PM Natalie S 4 Comments

Me? In 250 words? Definitely not enough words. :)




Born in Grand Rapids, MI on January 5th. Cut myself from the nose to the eyelid with a licenses plate (still have my eye and can see).  Had my first teacher crush in 4th grade.  Lived in my favorite house until I was 10 years old.  Then I got the worst news of my life.  “We’re moving”.  From that moment on, I will never be the same again.  My family and I packed up all of our things and moved to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.. very tip I should add.  Left my best friend and all my family in the place I still call home.  Parents bought a resort: restaurant, bar, and motel, in a little dinky town on the edge of nowhere.  Population 80 year around residence, so no one there was my age. I was forced to grow up faster than any kid.  5th grade was the worst year in school for me, I was the all famous “new kid”.  Hated it.  Middle school is where I met two of my best friends ever, Joe and Rachelle.  High School was better and I changed my outlook on where I lived and sucked it up until I graduated.  I had to find happiness in where I was or it was all going to go downhill.  After graduation, I left the UP to go to school at Ferris State University where I am working on earning my bachelor’s degree in Advertising/Integrated Marketing Communications.  


Well, I did it! :)



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