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well its official. i’m 30.

30 on the 30th.

its what they call the magical “happy happy birthday”. i kind of feel like i celebrated my magical birthday LAST year, haha, when i turned 29 IN london, and was the happiest i’ve ever been. not to say i’m not happy right this second… i am. hell, i’m 30 and still look like i’m 23. that’s pretty damn happy. haha. but you wanna talk about magical? that was definitely this day, one year ago. BUT… THIS day is only just starting ;) AND i have my big celebration in atlantic city a couple of weeks from now.

my mom gave me a beautiful bracelet as my present. pictures do this thing no justice. i’m absolutely in love with it. <3

also, just like the last two years… i’m asking for one thing from everyone for my bday.

please make me the happiest girl in the world, and donate $1 (or more) to helpsaveone.org, and save these dogs that badly need the help. as most of you know, its where i rescued shia from… and $1 from everyone on my friends list would make almost $1,000 to that shelter, and i can’t even BEGIN to tell you how many dogs that would save from being killed! the last 2 years, everyone’s donations during my birthday ended up saving around 25 dogs. they were able to be pulled from the high kill shelters and placed with helpsaveone, and now they are all adopted out and living the lives they were supposed to be living… and i was ecstatic when i saw how many of my friends were helping! so please… if you want to make my birthday special, all i ask is that you take two seconds to donate. $1 is nothing in the grand scheme of things. and if you can throw over a couple more… even better. its just something i always do now every year since i saved shia. it means the world to me… and trust me… it means the world to these little babies too. <3 GO HERE PLEASE! – http://www.helpsaveone.org/donate.html – and thank you from the bottom of my heart <333

in other news… i can’t believe how fast a year goes by. i talk about what strong female i’ve become, and it really is the truth. i’ve done things in the last year that i never in a million years thought i would be doing. even in my personal life. i finally realized that i didn’t need certain people anymore. actually, i never “needed” them to begin with. i’m such a different person. im still me… just a better version of me. the upgraded version, hehe. i’ve had some people hurt me over the last year, whether it was through my heart, or even just my generosity… but i pushed through.

the entire time i was 29, i was so concerned with everyone else. i was only focused on helping everyone else with their dreams, or their lives, or their problems…and i loved that…i got to see one person in particular make his dreams come true and THAT made me ecstatic. but i put myself on the back burner until about a month ago. and in the last month, i resigned from my job, left baltimore, moved back to new jersey, and went full stream with my tshirt line, as well as my portfolio in general… revamped everything, have been designing 24 hours a day, and getting Britees ready to go exactly where i know it belongs :)

this year WILL BE my year. i can guarantee that.

and as it stands, i know that one year from today…

my book is finally finished and i’m taking the steps towards a publishing deal.

i have an incredibly successful tshirt company.

my list of clients for my freelancing is big enough to where i need additional designers on my team.

and why… hello again, london.

notice how i didn’t once say “i will”.

because i already know.

and i know, because i’m making it happen right at this moment.

and its continuing to happen.

and i’m loving it.

i happened to see this literally by chance around 12:30 this morning, and i’m putting it in here because i want everyone to read it. and i want everyone to save it, and continue to read it every day until it sinks in. i could have written this myself. i LIVE by these words. i always have. they completely ring true… especially the part about getting lost. that is beyond true. but the fact that i saw this randomly, minutes after i “turned 30″… i couldn’t help but smile.

its the absolute perfect way to start my “new” number ;)