Best Civil War Facial Hair?

I must have an obsession with facial hair because I am about to showcase it again on my blog.

The Smithsonian is allowing the public to vote on who had the best facial hair during the civil war. These men might not have had quite the competition as the men in the World Wildest Bears and Mustache contest, but I can't imagine they had a lot of time on their hands to groom their hair and style their mustaches into the next big thing.

My vote for the Smithsonian contest goes to J.E.B. Stuart. His facial hair is full, groomed, and good looking. And if I am not mistaken, he is in second place. I have pretty good taste I must say.  Who does your vote go to?

Do you Pin?

Have you heard of Pinterest. Most of you have but if not, check it out. SERIOUSLY, check it out.

If you are on it let me know! If you are not on it, and you want to be on it, also let me know. If you want to check out what I have been up to on pinterest, click here.

Oh Happy Day Takes Someone To Paris

I don't often blog about giveaways. Only if I really want to win. And Oh Happy Day has offered one giveaway I can't help but entering. She is giving away 2 tickets to PARIS!! How can you not want to win? CLICK HERE if you want to check out this most generous giveaway and enter yourself.

Under Our Skin - Uncovering the Controversy of Lyme Disease

I want to do a post about Lyme Disease as I feel very strongly about it, but I have been super duper busy lately and have had no time for blogging.

For now I would like to recommend the movie, Under Our Skin. It is a documentary style movie about Lyme Disease. While it tends to focus on extreme cases, Lyme disease it not something you want to mess with, and this movie provides loads of information about the disease.

The movie is a bit dramatic and very scary but it is a good wake up call. So many people deal with this disease and neither the government nor the general public seems to care or get it. Lyme disease is ignored way too often. Finally VA politicians are trying to change that and I fully support them.

While I would like to say much more, I will have to wait. For now I just wanted to bring up this movie. I wanted to purchase multiple copies and share it with people, but as you can see on the left, it is rather expensive. I just found out though that you can stream it on Netflix for free. I highly recommend that you take the time to watch this movie. It is important to be informed, especially if you have young kids that play outside or if you family often goes camping.

 By the way, if you don't have a Netflix account yet you could probably get a free trial of it for a month. If Netflix isn't an option for you, you can spend a few dollars and watch it on Amazon Instant Video or find a screening of the movie in your area.