I have been here:

visited 11 states (22%)
Create your own visited map of The United States or try another Douwe Osinga project

I am so glad I found this on my blogging friend, Drew’s blog! Sidenote funny: For the longest time when I first met him, I thought Drew’s name was ‘Ben’, because, in the online world he goes by ‘benspark’! It’s been a couple years now that I’ve known him, and by now I’ve forgotten the origins of that name!

But I am so glad that I saw that thing on his site, because, I was just saying to my kids recently that I wished there was something like that on which I could mark and see exactly where I’ve been. I know I haven’t been too far, but, I’d still like to ‘see’ it!

Momma – did I get it right? Did I leave any out? Can you believe – I almost left out New York!!! My dream trip, people – and my momma took me on it in 2000!! She put off her bathroom remodel just so that she could take me! Is she the absolute coolest, or what?! (And yeah, sometimes I forget some of our childhood trips – or I think I’ve been somewhere I haven’t – or I think my brother slept in a drawer….uh yeah…..I’m a dork, so I try to ask my mom to back up my stories all the time now! LOL)

As I was looking at the list of states, I was thinking, I really need to get to Vermont. That is where the first Burnett landed in this country. Burnett is my maiden name. My dad actually saw where this person signed the book in the town offices. (Eeps – did I get that one right, Momma?) Anyway, we went to Vermont first, so I need to go there.

But I’m dying, nay – salivating, jonesing, praying, hoping, wishing, and dreaming to go back to NYC! I loved it just EVERY. BIT. AS. MUCH. as I thought I would – and more! And it loved me, too! Oh yeah – Momma can back me up on that one, too! Hahaha! The stories, oh the stories!!

So you guys all go make your own maps – then leave the links to where you’ve published them in the comments! Let me see where you’ve been!

Momma – if you wanna do one, too – just send the html code it gives you to me in an email. You’ll have to make it a word doc. as I’m sure the email program on both or either ends will chop it up. And if you do, make two – I know you’ve been out of the country and will make a ‘World’ one, but, I’d like to plainly see all the states you’ve visited, as well! (Now see, I was right, we need to get you blogging!)