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The Fabulous Mandy had a Saints-themed wedding outside the Superdome two hours before the Saints vs. Falcons game.  Hundreds were in attendance, and it was covered by two local news stations.

Asillia Magdalene and crzydroid, both longtime diarists who met on OD, just celebrated their first wedding anniversary.

After a five-year wait, -katherineelizabeth- has finally been published as a contributing author.  The book is edited by a fellow Torotonian and is available in bookstores in Canada and the US.  It is an educational book on sexuality for teens.

SumSums finally married her boyfriend of seven years!

Cherie_Marion's country is still trying to recover from the devastating earthquake in Padang.

After a year and a half of planning, Bella Jess got married on Oct. 17th in her hometown in Louisiana.  She is very happy to make her family complete with making vows not only to her husband to be, but also to his 4 year old daughter, whom she plans to adopt after the wedding.

Knight Wolf and the TWISTEX crew will be featured in Season 3 of "Storm Chasers" on the Discovery Channel, premiering this Sunday at 10pm ET/9pm CT.

On Oct. 1st, Essence and her boyfriend decided to get married while in Vegas with Essence's family.  They planned the wedding in eight hours and have been married for a week now.

Long-time OD member Dnay has just sold a story to the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, to be published in the True Love book in December.

JumpyJavaJawa got engaged to her fiance on Sept. 12th.

After meeting online three and a half years ago, Tootsie Mama finally married the man of her dreams on September 19th.

*searching*for*a*soul* gave birth to her first child, Skye Alaina, on September 9th.

Sinuous Nihilist has been lucky enough to be in a slightly higher and drier place, but the area all around where she lives has been devastated by the Georgia flooding.

The Mind Asylum worked on a sci-fi short film project all summer, and the project wrapped on the 15th.  The film was submitted to the Sundance Film Festival today.

LiteBrite and her partner Liz welcomed their second child, a little girl named Maizy Jane, at 8:34 a.m. on 9/9/09.

emerald eyes' boyfriend of six years has proposed to her.

Hel's Revolutionary has just graduated from the University of Oregon.

davidslacey gave birth to a daughter on August 23rd, with her son, husband, and family in attendance.  They are expecting her to be very spoiled!

La Vita E Bella will be walking in the Walk to Cure Diabetes (and is looking for sponsors) on October 4th, in honor of her eight year-old niece, who is Type 1 diabetic.

mommyofthreegirls gave birth to her third daughter, Aubrey Joy, on August 26th.  She weighed 6 lbs. 5 oz.

Kitsune and her husband just purchased their first house.

HolyCowItIsMe brought home baby Mackenzie on August 28th, minus one kidney - her body had not developed the kidney properly, but she is otherwise fine.

After three years together and a set of twins, *One PINK Star* and Patrick were finally married on August 30th.

"Dailies" is an OD experiment where members of the community can choose to participate in daily activities and prompts.  The diary started on September 1, but anybody can sign up at any time by leaving a note.

Ms. Monday has completed her Master of Interdisciplinary Studies degree.  Her disciplines were Anthropology, History, and Sociology.

After dating for fourteen months, steev182 proposed to browneyes, and she said yes.  They are both OD members, so be sure to visit her entry and his entry.

In the midst of economic negativity comes the Cinderella story of a true American Dream. Jeanne, the longest-resident diarist here on OD, just sold her small technology company to a three-billion dollar firm in the Midwest.  She credits the positive feedback from the OD community for playing a vital role in the genesis and growth of her business.

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