fourth

those of you who know me are aware of my love for fun facts and statistics (might be the main reason i love snapple so much).

i thought it was only appropriate to celebrate this fourth of july weekend with a little knowledge about the holiday:

• 31 cities/towns across America have "liberty" in their name.
• around 150 million hotdogs are consumed on the fourth.
• the amount of fireworks imported from china was over $200 million.
• the fourth of july was not declared a national holiday until 1941.
• the words 'under god' were not added to the pledge of allegiance until 1954.
• benjamin franklin wanted the turkey to be the national animal but was outvoted when john adams and thomas jefferson chose the bald eagle.

jon and i have decided to make an impromptu trip (i love those) to edisto island, sc for the weekend. hoping for nice weather! my body has been yearning for some vitamin d.

annnd rufus wanted to tell everybody happy fourth but he's too shy/sad that i'm leaving for the weekend.

happy independence day! hope everyone has a great weekend.