Oregon Is Pink and Florida Is Orange

How are you at puzzles? 

I remember growing up, we had a United States map puzzle. Every parent and grandparent in the world needs one of these. 

My sisters and I took turns putting each state carefully together. We'd spend hours doing our USA puzzle. Then we tried timing how fast we could go. We were competitive and home-schooled. It was bound to happen.

Without realizing, we learned all the states and capitols. Immersion teaching. Although, I think this was my kids version, I remember the colors. Somehow blue is missing. I have to ask my sisters.

The pieces were paper on cardboard. California and Washington were yellow, as was Texas. 

I forget the colors for Hawaii and Alaska.

Maine and Oregon were pink. 

Montana was a lovely purple. 

Florida was a garish orange. 

What baffles me is I can't remember where my coffee cup is, but Oregon is pink?

I think my parents had some realization of how I was wired. I did my puzzle by color and alphabetically. The orangey-brown color I solved these first because I disliked that color the most. After some time, I had to glue the pointy tip of Texas due to peeling cardboard paper. New Mexico squished it all the time. 

Of course, it did. New Mexico was pink, too. 

Puzzles have a way of calming me when I'm hamster-wheeling in my head. My kids are the same. I bought them the same map puzzle I had as a child. Now they are adults and that puzzle lost its life in a juice incident years ago. 

I use a website. Sheppard Software. I've mapped out their puzzles online for literally 20 years. I don't know if they offer software but their online world geography puzzles are amazing. Homeschool parents, take notes. 

It should be noted, I found this picture after I wrote this post. Not bad for someone who forgets where she left her glasses 2 minutes ago. On her head.

 

 -Bee knew the whole time they were on her head.

Listening to: Neighbors power washing their walkway.

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