Normally, this is the place where I would give you a bit of history or something about the holiday, but I kind of think that this is one that everybody knows. If you don't, well shame on you (unless you're not American, in which case....).

So instead I stopped by just to give out good wishes to all and to mention a couple things.

A) You may have noticed the look of the blog. Yep, I changed it right after the 100th post. I thought it was time for a facelift. Mostly, the hot pink was starting to wear on me, so I switched it up. Hope you like it.

B) I recieved an email from my friend Katie, featuring her daughter Sophia. I thought the picture was completely appropriate for the day and so Sophia makes her visual debut here tonight:

Isn't she just about the cutest little mascot ever?

And finally, because I couldn't resist, check out this fun fact sheet compiled by the Census Bureau.

That's it! Hope you all had a safe and fun holiday!