Gone Camping!

In the early hours of tomorrow morning we're setting off for Algonquin Park. A long weekend canoe trip extravaganza. I even got my fishing license today so that I can give it a whirl (legally).

We've got the kebabs in the freezer (chicken, steak, and some cheese ones - mmm), the s'mores essentials, a thermos jug filled with fruit for sangria, and a 4L bag of wine which will be slapped and finished off before the sun rises on Monday morning. Hopefully.

All in the classiest way possible.

I'm excited to get going. We're camping with some of John's work friends and I can't wait. They're such fun people.

AND the weather is supposed to be beautiful so I've packed more bikinis than I'll wear.

It's just what I do.

Hope you all have wonderful long weekend plans!

A happy birthday this weekend goes out to my Aunt Wendy also <3

Here are some of my favourite camping clips.

Enjoy!

Fubar:

And a few from my all-time favourite movie of all time ever: Wet Hot American Summer

(also the reason I cannot seriously watch Christopher Meloni on Law and Order).

Try it: Halloumi Cheese

I think I've been poisoned.

Nope, not that kind.

I think I may have given myself food poisoning somehow.

I don't know what could have caused it though cause John and I ate pretty much the same things yesterday and he's fine.

Either that or I caught some kind of bug that woke me up last night at 4:30 am with the worst abdominal cramps I've ever experienced. At one point I thought I was having a heart attack and seriously contemplated waking John up to call 911 with me.

Then it obviously spiraled from there and I figured it had to be something more serious.

So far I'm still in tact though every so often my intestines feel like they're being wrung out.

From 4:30 until about 6:00 am I went back and forth from huddled in the bathroom to fetal position in bed.

When John woke up he got me a hot water bottle and some tums.

I managed to get back to sleep for little while and even get some fluids back into my body.

Last night I made dinner (not food poisoned, as John is feeling fine) and grilled that halloumi cheese I mentioned yesterday.

Halloumi has a cheese-curd-esque squeak to it when you eat it as is but when you grill it... it's incredible. Buy some and grill it. You will NOT regret it.

Halloumi is perfect to grill because it has such a high melting point. I may try breading and frying some halloumi later this evening.

For dinner, I made some penne in a rose sauce - pasta sauce with ricotta and goat cheese swirled in, as well as onions, garlic, and some Paula Deen spice mix that I got for my birthday.

Crumble a bit of the goat cheese on top of  warm pasta for extra flavour.

As I'm still not feeling 100% I'm really craving what every sick person craves:

Chicken Noodle Soup!

I looked up 2 recipes that I'm thinking about making.

1. Martha Stewart's Chicken Noodle Soup

(click on it for the recipe)

or

2. Paula Deen's Chicken Noodle Soup

That's it that's all for today!

I'm going to go reheat this water bottle and maybe get dressed.

How to be Productive at Work: Fun with Cameras

Contrary to popular belief, it is very possible to amuse yourself at work.

All it takes is a good, fun-loving friend, some dollar store toys, and a camera.

Earlier in the week we made an arm westling video among others and last night we had originally planned to make some magician-style videos. I went to the dollar store to try and find anything remotely magic related but, alas, there were none to be found. Instead, for the low, low price of 100 cents, I bought a bag of 2 knights with weapons.

This is what happened.

You're impressed.

Don't pretend you're not.

The music? The gracefull ease with which we created this short film? The cameo appearance by yours truly?

I wouldn't be surprised if I get a call from the Academy, congratulating me on my Oscar nomination.

There will definitely be more of these to come.

Christmas Movie Clip Countdown: What's This!?

LOVE this song

This clip is (perhaps unintentionally) hilarious. The song? Does not work with this movie. However finding the best of max clips I wanted was not yeilding any results so here ya go. Enjoy some choice clips from perhaps the best Christmas movie around.

Christmas Movie Clip Countdown: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

"Hallelujah, holy shit. Where's the tylenol!?"

Christmas Movie Clip Countdown: Home Alone

My two favourite lines:

Christmas Movie Clip Countdown: Elf