Speaking of moving around a lot...

It's interesting to see this in graphic form -- the 31 states I've been in/passed through are in red:



create your own visited states map
or write about it on the open travel guide

States I've lived in:
Pennsylvania (was born there)
Delaware
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New Mexico (home sweet home again)
California
Colorado

Clearly I've been partial to the northeast (where I spent my childhood and part of my 20s) and the southwest (where I've lived for the past 10+ years) -- I've made most of my state "touchdowns" while criss-crossing the country from one to the other -- and haven't had occasion to visit the deep south or northern plains. Or Hawaii. *sigh* (I shouldn't sigh so heavily, since it's sunny and nearly 60 degrees here today...) Lazarus has already lived in three states and visited 11.

And now he's standing at the back door calling "boo-deeeee" (for "Lucy") because he's worried the dogs have taken off to Arizona, his would-be 12th state visited, without him:

Walkin' man

We've been seeing a lot of this lately, especially since we moved (yes, again -- but phone no. and PO Box remain the same):



Lazarus just stands up and starts walking now... he can almost make it all the way from one end of the house to the other and doesn't have five goofy sets of up or down steps to negotiate. And he loves being in a warm place again -- the sun warms this place up in no time -- where he doesn't have to wear four layers of clothes.

So does mama.