happy birthday.

photo via amaliachimera.com
my birthday is this week, 
and the 5th birthday of . o p a t . is coming up in just over 2 months. 
more than 2 million visitors and nearly 3,000 posts later, 
i'm happy as ever to be curating this blog. 
stay tuned for fun celebratory posts...perhaps a giveaway, or two, or five! 
thank you so much for sticking with me. 
your support means more than you know. 
xoxo, monica

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Congratulations!! Thank you for your interesting blog.
January 29, 2013 at 1:52 AM
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