Who is Reading my Blog?

I know in years past, people would put up for fun, a post about asking people to come out of the wood-work of who was reading their blog, whether a friend, family member or complete stranger.

I never really cared, until I attached Map Loco to my blog and it would show me on a map of where I am getting hits from. I know it's fun to browse blogs once in awhile, so I know random places, like Spain and Australia hits would be rare. But lately, they have changed the map to include how many times that location or person has looked at your blog. Since we have moved to Japan, I have lost my luster to blog (oddly enough)as much about the family, because frankly, I haven't the time and seem to forget what it is I wanted to blog about when I finally get a chance to sit down and update.

But what startles me, that even with my lack of blog posts, I notice there are some people/locations on the map that have so many hits, as if they were checking back every few days for a post.

While I am not at all alarmed at the unusual rate of visitors to my blog daily, I do find it interesting where I get some hits from and I am most certain I do not know anyone in those areas.

So I am inclined to ask who some of my readers are: do you know me personally, friend of a friend or just a curious on-looker.

It does make me hesitate to keep my blog public, as I do post pictures of my family and children, and while I have never felt I have given out information that would lead anyone straight to my house (which would be hard since I live on a military base), it does make me wonder why so many people browse my blog whom I do not know.

I would appreciate some feedback and always enjoy comments made. Since I thought my blog was being neglected, perhaps, I might try harder to post on some of the amazing adventures our family is having out here.