You say it's your birthday.

Happy birthday, katieachille.com! A whole year has gone by since I started this thing so let's revisit my very first post ever, Tabula Rasa. Here's an update on my goal of visiting all 50 states before I'm 30.

1. Massachusetts – born there

2. New Hampshire – vacationed there as a kid

3. Connecticut – family

4. Rhode Island – visited a few times

5. New York – lived there briefly, family, work

6. New Jersey – lived there

7. Pennsylvania – visited, family, vacationed

8. Delaware – three fun-filled days of AmeriCorps training

9. Maryland – visited, vacationed

10. Virginia – friends

11. North Carolina – wedding in the Outer Banks

12. Florida – visited

13. Texas – visited

14. Minnesota – lived there

15. Wisconsin – visited

16. Illinois – visited, family

17. Indiana – visited

18. Ohio – visited

19. Washington – friends, vacation

20. Oregon – friends, vacation

21. California – vacation

22. Vermont – visited

23. Maine – visited

24. Arizona – visited

25. NEW! West Virginia - visited

26. NEW! South Carolina - visited

27. NEW! Georgia - visited

28. NEW! Tennessee - visited

I'm over halfway done (with a trip to Michigan in the works)!

Rooney is trying to finagle a piece of the Chocolate Angel Food Cake I baked to celebrate a year of kateachille.com but he's out of luck (I'll share the cake in my next post).