Wednesday, May 28, 2008

THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS....

Well Thursday evening Angie, Mandy and I packed everything up and hit the road for the Lake of the Ozarks. Each year, for the past 7 years or so, Mandy and I have gone on a fishing trip with my Dad. Each year we stay in a cabin next door to my grandparents and just do TONS of fishing. Well as we have gotten older and as Lane has gotten older, it seems that he is taking our spot a little bit and doing more of the fishing with my Dad as Mandy and I stay back and help cook or just try to get tan! :D This was the first year actually we didn't even get fishing licenses. :) Anyway, back to my story......so we set out and of course I thought I knew EXACTLY how to get there. Bad thinking..... we were on 54 headed to Jefferson City and I asked Mandy, (she was driving), "Are we supposed to pass Jeff City?" She thought so and Angie did, but ME the one who KNEW how to get there didn't think so, but alas, I was wrong! :) I ended up calling David to get me directions to the lake. Ended up we had all the right roads, I just wasnt sure the mileage for each highway so I was getting confused. It was a nice drive down there though. It had stormed earlier that day, but no rain on our drive down and we had a beautiful sunset!
While getting onto Hwy 54 we saw this truck at a stoplight. Is this not the sickest thing you have ever seen in your life? Yuck! (In case you can't tell what that is, it's a bunch, a WHOLE bunch of chickens crammed into those little pens on the truck...I thought they were dead, but then one moved, so unless something creepy was going on, I'm pretty sure they were all alive....barely!)
After the 3 hour drive we finally arrived at Wilson's Resort at 10:00 pm. Mandy was exhausted and just went to bed and I went to play with Lane for a little bit. Oh boy did he change though....after spending a week up there with just the guys, he became all rough and tough and didn't want anything to do with a girl! There were SO many bugs out also, which was pretty gross. In our cabin and my grandparents there were these little black bugs that would just go straight to the ceiling. They weren't horrible, since they didn't come around me too much, but they were everywhere. After playing a few hours I went to bed also but couldn't sleep too good the first night.
The next morning I was up by 6:30. Like I said, I couldn't sleep too well, so I just ended up getting up and went to get some pictures. There are squirrels EVERYWHERE down there and they are usually quite friendly, but this one particular squirrel was SO mean. I thought he was going to attack me. He ended up getting to the railing by me so he was pretty close I thought I'd be able to get some nice shots, but he started doing this tail banging thing and making MEAN sounds so I kind of just stepped back and forgot about him. A nice picture isn't worth getting attacked by a squirrel! ;)
Basically everyday we would just hang out up there. One day I went swimming in the lake with the kids, but it was SO freezing, I mean, I felt like an ice cube. So that was the only day I went but they ended up going every day. I would usually just sit on the swim dock and watch them and take pictures--which was fun!
(Mandy's days consisted of this a lot! ;)

On Friday my Grandma told my Dad it was his night to cook dinner, so he in turn came to Mandy and I and said, "Girls, it's your night to cook!" :D We just laughed and then Mandy said, "Oh, lets make kabobs, that seems like a festive thing!" So we started thinking what we could put on them and Angie threw in some ideas, so we agreed that I'd make the kabobs and Mandy would make a salad and we ended up making some pasta salad as well. The chicken kabobs were quite an adventure though...we have NEVER made them in our lives, but everyone was thinking or assuming we were pros at it or something...until we proved otherwise! ;) :P Getting the kabobs prepared was easy and fun but when it came to grilling it was a bit more complicated. I had forgot to pick up charcoal at the grocery store so we were relying on a little bit of charcoal my grandparents had. So I asked my Dad to light the grill and get it ready. Well by the time I got out there to put the kabobs on there was like NO charcoal left. The grill was hot but soon the charcoal would just crumble and be gone. So my Dad said to just put ALL the kabobs on the grill at once and leave the lid on. So instead of taking like 20 min. the amount of time I was planning on it taking, it took about 2 1/2 hours! Kind of became a family cooking night though, we ended up having all of us around the grill watching it. Oh and another mistake I made. I had the chicken marinating in teryiaki sauce for like 2 hours, well after the 2 hours cooking the chicken it was like MAJORLY soft, almost not normal. We ended up finding out that the sauce we marinated in acted as a tenderizer so we had some REALLY TENDER chicken! :D :D :D (Not sure that's a good thing)
(My Dad)
(My Uncle Danny) ;)

Here are just some random lake pictures:



(The boat dock)






Okay, my last story. I'd love to write more but Hanah woke up so I have to finish this up. :( But I can't publish this post without my last final "episode" of the trip! My Grandpa had gone to the store to get marshmellows for everyone to roast. Well, I HATE marshmellows so I just took pictures instead. Of course though the camera was messing up, or I was...not sure which, so that wasn't working either but as I was messing with it I felt something on my foot. Since there are so many bugs I just kicked my foot some and thought it went away. Then I felt someone right near my ankle so I kicked my leg to get the "knat" or so I thought off of me. Well finally I felt that same thing up near my knee and so I looked down and I had a HUGE ROACH on me!! YUCK! I was screaming so much and kicking my leg wouldn't get it off so I actually had to touch the thing. My cousin who loves bugs was even afraid of it! It was just so sick! I had enough for that night, I ended up leaving the marshmellow party and went inside! ;)
(Brittany, we did her hair for her one night)
(I think this kind of stuff only happens to us, we let the balloon go and look it wouldn't even fly away, usually you can't keep the things from getting loose and flying off...nope, not us!"
(A lizard that Devin caught...oh wait or was it Brittany?)

Thursday, May 22, 2008

THE PRANK: Episode 2

Okay, I'm starting to think there is something with me and people pulling pranks on me. Not sure what it is, but one of these days I'll figure it out and the pranks will stop....right? :) Okay, so yesterday was just some normal day and as I was writing to this one friend this OTHER guy starts writing to me, his skype name was "Jack Custer" I had never heard this name before so I figured it was a mistake. You have to understand, I used to get a LOT of creepy weird guys write to me on skype and so I ended up taking off ALL the info on my skype so nobody would write, and it worked! :) No creepy guys anymore...that is until JACK started writing me. I know it's probably confusing reading our chat, but it will be better that way then for me to explain it all. :)



Jack Custer
6:50 PM
whats up?
Danielle Moody
7:11 PM
hello?
7:15 PM

who is this?
7:20 PM

well okay, guess it was a mess up or something
Jack Custer
7:28 PM
this is me
Danielle Moody
7:28 PM
who?
Jack Custer
7:28 PM
me, it isn't as mess up
Danielle Moody
7:29 PM
do I know you?
Jack Custer
7:29 PM
what are you talking about? of course you do?
7:29 PM

Remember...\
7:29 PM

we went to preschool together!
Danielle Moody
7:29 PM
I didnt go to preschool
Jack Custer
7:30 PM
then it must have been 1 st grade
7:30 PM

long time ago
Danielle Moody
7:30 PM
oh really
Jack Custer
7:30 PM
how have you been?
Danielle Moody
7:30 PM
who was your 1st grade teacher?
Jack Custer
7:30 PM
good greif, my mom would know but I can't remember
Danielle Moody
7:30 PM
what in the world
7:30 PM

you would too
Jack Custer
7:30 PM
where do you live now?
Danielle Moody
7:31 PM
nah
7:31 PM

what town did you go to school in?
Jack Custer
7:31 PM
want me to ask mom?
Danielle Moody
7:31 PM
you should know where you grew up at
Jack Custer
7:31 PM
Don't remember
7:31 PM

oh yeah, well after 1st greade I do
7:31 PM

\lol
Danielle Moody
7:31 PM
um
Jack Custer
7:31 PM
have you grown up to be a nut or something?
Danielle Moody
7:32 PM
ME?
7:32 PM

How old are YOU
Jack Custer
7:32 PM
well, you act like...
7:32 PM

18
7:32 PM

same as you
7:32 PM

soon to be 19
7:32 PM

or no
7:32 PM

I already turned 19
7:32 PM

last August
Danielle Moody
7:33 PM
ask your Mom where you lived in 1st grade
Jack Custer
7:33 PM
mom, where did I live in first grade?
7:33 PM

St. peters
7:33 PM

that is in MO
7:33 PM

just so you know
Danielle Moody
7:33 PM

7:33 PM

Hmmm
Jack Custer
7:33 PM
what???
Danielle Moody
7:34 PM
what year were you born?
7:34 PM

((I dont want to do the math)
Jack Custer
7:34 PM
1974
7:34 PM

I mean
7:34 PM

1988
7:34 PM

or something like that
Danielle Moody
7:34 PM
why did you say 74
Jack Custer
7:34 PM
that is my mopm
7:34 PM

mom
Danielle Moody
7:34 PM
what?
Jack Custer
7:34 PM
I know sad
7:34 PM

young
Danielle Moody
7:35 PM
what?
7:35 PM

why would you put your Mom's age down
7:35 PM

instead of yours
Jack Custer
7:35 PM
well, we could talk about better things
Danielle Moody
7:35 PM
okay
7:35 PM

how did you find me?
Jack Custer
7:35 PM
because I love my mom so much! Think about her all the time
7:35 PM

searched
Danielle Moody
7:35 PM
why did you think to search for me?
Jack Custer
7:36 PM
well, mom remembered a really pretty girl in 1st grade and she told me your name and she wanted to see if I could get hooked up with you somehow
Danielle Moody
7:36 PM
where did you move to?
Jack Custer
7:36 PM
I am sure that sounds strange
7:36 PM

sorry
Danielle Moody
7:36 PM
well
7:36 PM

um
Jack Custer
7:37 PM
well, I sort of go all over the plce
Danielle Moody
7:37 PM
ask your Mom what school you went to
Jack Custer
7:37 PM
she is gone now
Danielle Moody
7:37 PM
what?
Jack Custer
7:37 PM
died 3 years ago
Danielle Moody
7:37 PM
that fast
7:37 PM

huh
Jack Custer
7:37 PM
or no, that was my dad
Danielle Moody
7:37 PM
you said you had to ask her where you lived
Jack Custer
7:37 PM
my is doing laundry
Danielle Moody
7:37 PM
okay
7:37 PM

something is messed up
7:37 PM

sorry
Jack Custer
7:37 PM
what is wrong?
7:38 PM

are you okay?
Danielle Moody
7:38 PM
wait
7:38 PM

I"M FINE
7:38 PM

something is wrong with you, sorry
7:38 PM

but
Jack Custer
7:38 PM
so anyways, I really think we aught to meet up, where do you live?
Danielle Moody
7:38 PM
how can you forget what parent dies?
Jack Custer
7:39 PM
It was traumatic
7:39 PM

my mom died then came back to life, my dad died
Danielle Moody
7:39 PM
one of my parents died and I know clear well which one it was
Jack Custer
7:39 PM
they were both a car accident
7:39 PM

oH, i AM SORRY TO HEAR THAT
Danielle Moody
7:40 PM
okay you know what
7:40 PM

I really just want to know how you found me
Jack Custer
7:40 PM
my mom is sort of a vegetable, like me
Danielle Moody
7:40 PM
and
7:40 PM

how you knew about St. Peters
7:40 PM

where do you live now?
7:40 PM

I know you are lying about all this other info
Jack Custer
7:40 PM
arkansas, but I am moving tomorrow
Danielle Moody
7:40 PM
ookay
Jack Custer
7:41 PM
I told you where do you liver?
7:41 PM

live?
Danielle Moody
7:41 PM
where you moving to?
Jack Custer
7:41 PM
St. Louis I think
7:41 PM

you come to that area much?
Danielle Moody
7:41 PM
no not really
7:41 PM

where at in AK?
Jack Custer
7:41 PM
oh, never go back home then?
7:41 PM

H90ow about in St. Peters?
Danielle Moody
7:42 PM
I'm there ocassionaly
7:42 PM

nothing there anymore though
7:42 PM

how in the world did you know I lived in St. Peters?
Jack Custer
7:42 PM
Really, want to go out to the movies sometime?
7:42 PM

my mom told me
Danielle Moody
7:42 PM
where at in Arkansas do you live?
7:42 PM

your Mom is a vegetable remember
7:42 PM

how could she remember some girl
7:42 PM

what color hair did I have?
Jack Custer
7:42 PM
Northern mid-
7:43 PM

Blonde- lol do think I would ever forget? lol
7:43 PM

She remembers you cause she knew you were the one for me
7:43 PM

Hey, I am sorry, but I have to be going
Danielle Moody
7:43 PM
wait
7:43 PM

just tell me the truth
7:43 PM

please
7:44 PM

do I have siblings?
7:44 PM

who were some other kids in our class?
Jack Custer
7:44 PM
I am jumping iun the car so I will call you instead
Danielle Moody
7:44 PM
what?
7:44 PM

call me?
Jack Custer
7:44 PM
yeah
7:44 PM
bye

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Okay, well THEN my cell phone starts to ring and it says "Withheld" I was SHOCKED that it was ringing but then figured, it MUST be a prank cause there is no WAY some guy could get my cell number. So I answered and it was some weird girly type voice and they said they were Jack. I just laughed cause the voice was so funny and kept accusing it of being Mandy, my sister. He then says, "Mom, she doesn't remember me" (in a REALLY whiny voice) I just laughed more and said "Who is this! Mandy?" Then, HE laughed and I found out who it was! Any guesses????


















JOHN NAYLOR!





Can you believe it! :shock: I could not AT ALL! He had me going SO much, I was pretty scared, like the FIRST prank done to me, but was even more scared this time not knowing how he knew all this information about me. CREEPY! Ends up he was just using someone eles' skype account and decided to do a little joke....REAL LITTLE JOHN! Oh my! I still can't believe it! I gotta do something to him, just not sure what yet! Any ideas?

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Picnic at the Park!

Well I have been waiting and waiting for this warm weather to hit St. Louis and it just seems like it will never get here. My uncle in CA said it's been in the 90's there and then my friends in Oklahoma are already playing with water balloons and I'm sitting here wondering what's going on with Missouri's weather. We get rain and then MORE rain and then if it's not raining, it's cloudy. :( But.....Today was an exception! Although it wasn't 90 OR water balloon weather, it was sunny outside and nice to be out in, except for the wind. (I don't do too good in wind, no details necessary) :P

Anyway, Hanah and I decided to go to the park today and have a PICNIC! We had done it one time before but we just sat at a picnic bench, this time we wanted to be "adventurous" ;) Hanah got a big blanket for us to take and we spread it out on the hill by the park and sat on it and ate our lunch.I realized it's not the greatest idea to eat your lunch IN VIEW of the playground cause instantly Hanah was full and ready to play. :) Funny how fast she ate it all though after I told her that she can't play until it's all gone! :D

(She really DID like her lunch...don't judge the facial expressions!) ;)
(My lunch....YUM!)


Okay, so after eating Hanah finally got to play so I just snapped pictures the whole time, well pretty much the whole time. A friend loaned his camera to me to use so I can get practice using the zoom lens and his type of camera before the wedding on the 31st. (I'll be using his camera during the wedding) Anyway, so I am still trying to figure out how to get clear pictures with his camera. Lots of them look very grainy for some reason.

(Alright, so I don't know these people..but with my zoom lens they never knew their pic was taken, and I thought it looked like a cute family!)
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I'm really looking forward to the end of this week. Mandy and I are riding up with Angie to the Lake of the Ozarks. Every year for the past, umm...like 7 years, Mandy and I always go on this fishing trip with my Dad. It's funny because I'm not really that into fishing, but one week is okay I guess, that's my fill for the year though! ;) It's more of a time to just bond with my Dad and spend quality "fishing" time with him. :) We always would get up REAL early to go out in the boat and check the jugs and then fish all day for our bait and then in the evening go back out in the boat to set the jugs. :) It's a rather long, but fun process. :) The reward is good too, HUGE FISH! Anyway, this year is different. Mandy and I both have jobs and have to work, so my Dad packed up yesterday with Lane, so now it's a father/son fishing trip I guess. Us girls will be going just for the weekend though. I'm hoping SO much that it doesn't rain and that we MIGHT even get to jump in the lake! :) All of my family will be there on the weekend...grandparents, cousins, aunt and uncle, and then my family! I can't wait till Friday!


Thursday, May 15, 2008

Lane's Graduation

Well, it's that time of year again for high school graduations and college graduations and................
KINDERGARTEN GRADUATIONS!!!!
My brother Lane had his graduation last night and I was so happy to be able to attend. :) For going to such a small school I was shocked at the amount of kindergarteners. The program was filled with many songs and little dances and then the diploma giving time. It was cute. The kids were moving around so much though that almost every pic is blurry and well, you'll see, I barely got any good pics! :(


Oh, I have to say, I was SO shocked with one of the songs they sang. It was the first song actually and the kids started to sing, "Rise and Shine and ____ welcome to school today!" I don't know if any of you are familiar with this song but the original lyrics go, "Rise and Shine and Give God the Glory Glory" well, since it's a public school they just changed those words and where it'd typically say "God" the music just mutes out that word. I could NOT believe it. Mandy and I just looked at eachother in shock! Oh, and then one more was to the tune of "Father Abraham" and they said "Mother Koo Koo bird" I dunno...I guess it's fine just seemed kind of odd to me.

Well, here are some more pics!





Love you Lane!!!!!

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Happy Mother's Day


It's May again, that time of year, when flowers are in bloom

The greeting cards are all sold out, but we're left in our gloom.


It's Mother's Day, you hear a lot, "It's time to celebrate her."


But what do you do if she's not here? The memory is just a blur.


My only hope is she can hear the crying of my heart,


And to know how much she means to me...If only we weren't apart.


This is the second mother's day, I haven't had her here.


Remembering back to every other time, it's just another tear.

So Mom, if you can hear me, there's so much I want to say.

I miss you and I love you, but in Heaven, Happy Mother's Day!

I love you!

~Danielle