Halloween fashion.

Here's to having no shame and doing things "for the blog!" and for Teh Bear being such a good sport when Suzy (my Droid 4) sucks ass and refuses to take photos and for being a model with me, even though he refuses to acknowledge how spectacular my "selfie" skillz are.

And don't even deny that taking "selfies" is a skill.

Don't judge my hair.  I can't explain it, but just don't.

"Babe!  Babe!  Take my picture!  Please!  These HAVE to go on Teh Blog!"

"What's the face that Elvis always made?"

Teh Bear: "Ah!  There's a snake on your head!"
Teh Megan: "Don't judge my hair!  This is my natural state!"

He doubted my ability to selfie with such a tall "wig"

He's always serious business.

He was immune to my charms.

After we took these photos, I saw several people come up after we finished and were trying on all the foam wigs.  Teh Bear's comment was, "Great, now I'm going to get Southern MD lice."  My response, "ITS FOR TEH BLOG!"

You're welcome...

Five on Friday #8

UNO

RAIN!  SO MUCH GLORIOUS RAIN!  Many people have been complaining about the rain (since its been raining for most of the week), but it is delightful.  I've been sleepin' like a pro.  Its been so long since we've had such a good rain.  Ok, or maybe I lived for 2 years without a significant amount of rain and now any time precipiation comes from the sky I do happy dances...  whatever.

Speaking of rain, last night at midnight:05 I woke up to the sound of a dog peeing in my floor, which is definitely cause to turn the light on immediately (which never happens).  I sat up and there were no guilty critters, although Ruthie was standing there looking guilty (which may have been because she might have been drinking out of the toilet) but there were definitely a small puddle on the floor... which was coming from the ceiling.  Good game, Rain, good game.  I grabbed the bathroom trashcan and put it under the drip, which I thought would solve the problem.  1- the noise.. ugh.  I fixed that with a washcloth, 2- my ceiling is slanted, so the water started to go the direction of gravity, down... which meant that the trashcan was no longer catching the water.  SIIIIIIGGHHH.  After laying down a towel, I got back in bed and questioned my predicimate.  I texted my landlord so that way he knew ASAP.  By this point the water had started dripping onto the fan (which I had turned off in case this did start to happen), and eventually dripping through the fan.  Since the water had finally found a place to stop, I moved the trashcan and went back to bed after a few more text messages to Teh Bear.

Hopefully, my landlord gets in contact with the roof guy.  Since I've never had to deal with a leaky roof, when I realized what the problem was last night, my first thought was, "Well, they always put down pots/pans in the movies to collect the water.  I don't want to go downstairs, what can I use that is upstairs?  Trashcan!  Score!" 

DOS

LONG WEEKEND (which I forgot about until someone reminded me this morning)!  Teh Bear and I are both off, and the government is still shut down, so I have no idea what we are going to do.  I'm sure we'll manage.

TRES

Weekend activities include a meet and greet (which could be a bit damp, but fun) and church on Sunday and laundry and cleaning and homework and probably some Breaking Bad, The Office, and whatever else Teh Bear makes me watch turns on. 

QUATRO

Tonight I'm meeting Teh Advising Sister in Waldorf for dinner!  It's been about a year since I've seen her (she let me crash on her couch when I flew from Raleigh to Denver last Nov and she let Yurtle stay for the week we were on vacation), so we're due for a meeting!  Not the rain, the trucker's 495 blockade, the government shut down, or anything else will stop us from having a grand time!

CINCO

We might not be real life FB friends, but that's ok, I'll share this with you anyway because its awesome.  Don't even deny it.

We found eyebrows and mustaches in the halloween party favors at Target.  WIN!

Linking up with these ladies since it's FRRRIIIIIDAY:

Sopapilla Cheesecake

Cruising All Recipes I saw this recipe for Sopapilla Cheesecake dessert and it looked deeeelicious.
Sadly, I was disappointed, but over 500 other reviews said it was the most delicious dessert ever.

Ingredients:
2 (8 ounce) packages
1 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon Mexican vanilla extract
2 (8 ounce) cans refrigerated crescent rolls
3/4 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
1/4 cup honey

Instructions:
1.  Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Prepare a 9x13 inch baking dish with cooking spray.

2.  Beat the cream cheese with 1 cup of sugar and the vanilla extract in a bowl until smooth.

3.  Unroll the cans of crescent roll dough, and use a rolling pin to shape each piece into 9x13 inch rectangles. Press one piece into the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish.4.  Evenly spread the cream cheese mixture into the baking dish. 

5.  Cover with the remaining piece of crescent dough.

5.  Stir together 3/4 cup of sugar, cinnamon, and butter. Dot the mixture over the top of the cheesecake.

6.  Bake in the preheated oven until the crescent dough has puffed and turned golden brown, about 30 minutes (the cooking time on the overview said 45 minutes, so I was confused.  I did 30 minutes at first and we tried it and I wasn't impressed so I put it back in the oven for another 10 minutes, which didn't seem to make much of a difference). 

7.  Remove from the oven and drizzle with honey. 

8.  Cool completely in the pan before cutting into 12 squares. (oops, didn't follow this step, maybe this would have made the difference?)

A reviewer on the All Recipes site mention that this dessert wasn't "pretty" and I mocked this lady in my head because her comment was "the best part about desserts is when they are pretty."  Yeah well, she was right about this because it just looked like a pile of sugary goop... and I'm not one to shun sugary goop.

As for taste, it was all sugar.  This could have been enhanced because the "pie" was still warm and it was practically liquid sugar.  I couldn't even tell if the crescent rolls were baked or still doughy, which was why I put it back in the oven for 10 mins.

I doubt I would ever do this dessert again, honestly.  I had such high expectations because I love not-Mexican sopapillas (meaning, I like the flat sopapillas, not the puffy ones, judge me, idc).

**After refrigeration**
Ok, I would potentially make this again.
1.  Teh Bear said he liked it.
2.  When it was cold it was much more delicious.  You can differentiate between the crescent dough and the cheesecake and it doesn't feel like you're spooning straight sugar into your mouth.

After making these, I just want to make Sopapilla Chips again.

Fashion doesn't agree with me... #26

Why are these so cool?

Giggles

For serious.. or at least at you can be with something like this on your face...

Annapolis Part 2...

Part 2 of Annapolis includes our walk from the State Building to the Academy, through the Chapel, to the crypt of John Paul Jones, and back through town to the parking garage.  Again, no captions, just photography viewing pleasure.

Fun fact for you:
The anchors outside of the Naval Academy Chapel (the one where I'm "holding" the anchor) weren't originally there.  Originally, there were guns outside of the chapel until 1939/1940.

"Upon Chaplain Thomas’ suggestion, the naval guns which formerly decorated the main approach to the Chapel were removed and two large old-fashioned anchors, made for the Navy’s first armored cruiser New York, were substituted as being more symbolic of the Christian tradition."   
  -History of the Chaplain Corps, Part 1; NAVEDTRA 14281; p.243