moving...

... well moving sites that is. yup, i've switched over to wordpress. not 100% sure why yet, but just go with me on this one. recently i've been finding blogger somewhat... limiting. i've been trying to change my header and add a unique touch to things, but every time i try i end up wanting to toss my laptop out the window. i'm certainly not a computer geek and have absolutely no idea how to edit anything html or coding wise and things were getting a little frustrating. so out of the blue a few days ago i decided to check out wordpress. again, not sure why, but i did. and i found that you could change the header just like i've been trying to do for the past forever-ness on blogger... and it seemed pretty easy. oh, and i liked the little tabby things (you'll see what i mean when you get over there). anyway, i signed up and have been messing around trying to get everything figured out for the past few days. (you'll also note when you get over there that the whole unique individual header thing still hasn't happened, but they have a ton of cool themes that i can live with until i get things set up the way i like em.)

anyway, venture over and see what you think. it's still a work in progress, so don't criticize too much. we'll see how things go. who knows, in a week or two i could be back here a blogger. anything can happen.

you can find me now @ http://leannegiesbrecht.wordpress.com/

bald is beautiful

well, the baby shopping has commenced. and i have only one request... could one of you lovely pregnant ladies please, pretty please, have a girl. please? i must say, that i'm drawn to all the little bitty baby girl clothes. i think it's the pink. i love me some pink. the boys clothes are cute too... how can one resist the little man shirts and little jean overalls?

during my shopping this weekend i came across this little onesie... and all i have to say it, why oh why did they not sell this 25 years ago?

facebook

well, it seems i've now finally, maybe, sorta, kinda embraced the latest internet craze. (do you sense my hesitation in admitting this?) first there was myspace which i never really understood, then there was blogger which i eventually scummed to, and now dun dun dunnnn... facebook. i've been on it for quiet some time now, but refused to accept it. i'm not sure why. perhaps because you have to request to be "friends" with people you've been friends with your entire life. or maybe it's the simple reason that it was the latest trend and i refused to get caught up in it. but alas i now find myself addicted to it. sad, but true! this last week i've caught up with people i haven't seen in years, had an internet food fight, relived a few old memories, and had a much needed reconnection with a dear friend i haven't spoken with in a few months... all because of facebook.
so, if you'll excuse me now, i hear facebook calling my name...

the streets, they are lakes

deerfoot (above) and glenmore (below)

hidden cameras

my dear friend, the cold, has now taken permanent residence in my throat and has left me with the i-have-a-cold-and-can't-really-breathe-and-i-think-i-just-coughed-up-a-lung voice. sounds lovely, doesn't it. and yes, that is the correct medical term.
yesterday while diving home from work i took the opportunity to pop in some sheryl crow (which i must say is one of the best cd's to listen to while you're driving down the highway on a sunny afternoon) and sing along at the top of my lungs. now, i'm not exactly the greatest singer at the best of times, as a matter of fact, i couldn't sing if my life depended on it, but usually i just turn the volume way up so it drowns out my own voice and all is well. however, yesterday, i think i reached a whole other level of cover-your-ears bad singing. i was actually laughing at myself while driving down the highway. yes, it was that bad. remember the above mentioned voice? yeah, it sounded even worse when trying to sing. and did i mention the coughing? but in the middle of my laughing i was reminded of this crazy reality tv show i found while flipping channels about a year ago. it was a show that allowed friends to nominate friends as the worst, craziest and most creative sing-along-to-the-radio-singers. the only thing was, the friends didn't know that they were being nominated. hidden cameras were set up in the nominees vehicles to record them in the action. there was singing, there was dancing, there was screaming, there was even choreographed moves. it was funny stuff man! but in that moment when the chick broke into her signature choreographed routine i realized that i was thankful nobody has ever caught me on tape while driving in my car, cuz goodness knows i'm just as bad as all those people on that reality show. yup, definitely thankful there were no hidden cameras in my car yesterday afternoon. oh the embarrassment!

how will you be defined in the dictionary?

(noun) a person who likes to make ravioli
at least that's what the latest facebook quiz told me.
now, if you'll excuse me, i have to go make some ravioli.

priorities

there's something about having this cold that's got my priorities all messed up. for example, last night i felt it was far more important to make sure that i wash and vacuum my car and watch canada's next top model instead of emptying the dishwasher or doing some laundry. and while i was trying to fall asleep it occurred to me that i was far more concerned that i wouldn't have time to paint my nails tonight than i was about making sure i would be packed for the weekend. hmmm, pretty toes and a clean car or clothes to wear?

my new best friends...

the red neck hick that is within me...

the last few weeks, my sunday afternoons have looked a little something like this... lawn chairs lined up in a row along the bottom of a washed out river bed, beautiful alberta sun shining down tanning my pastey white skin (that is, except for the day that it hailed and rained off an on. gotta love that alberta weather right girls?), seated between some good friends laughing the afternoon away while we shoot at broken skeets, empty pop cans and empty shot gun shells.

this weekend i shall take the next step towards getting-caught-up-with-the-rest-of-the-world. i've enlisted my knowledgeable sister to help me in this venture and i'm confident that our mission should prove to be successful. we're going camera shopping. digital camera shopping. yes, i realize that you're all gasping at the fact that i do not yet own a digital camera and am still living in the dark ages with my old school pentax (which in fact crashed and burned about two years ago). but you see, i have this "thing" where i drag my feet when it comes to purchasing new technology. the only reason i ever bought a dvd player was because i could no longer rent new movies on vhs. honestly! so as always i've done my research. i've read up on all the features of many different cameras , asked around to get people's opinion about which brand they prefer, and have tried to learn a little bit of digital camera lingo... but i still have no clue what camera i'm going to get. actually my secret plan is that i want my oh-so-camera-knowledgable-sister to say "pick this one Leanne, it'll be perfect for you", and then i'll respond "okay, it does look pretty. i'll take it"... she just doesn't know it yet.