Michele 
      This page is my way of introducing myself to you. I've been told that I
      can talk a river into standing still, so if you get bored
      you can always scroll to the bottom of the page or go back to my home page,
      but I hope you can take a little time and get to know me.
       
      Who knows? We might even become great friends!
       
      I guess to start it all off, I'll tell you about me now...I can go backwards from there.
       
      I'm 24 years-old and currently live in Morgantown, West Virginia.  My husband and I
      are originally from WV and moved back here after a three year jaunt
      to Illinois where I finished by undergraduate work at Judson College.
      It's a small American Baptist college in Elgin, Illinois. I'm majored
      in human services and now that I've graduated I have no idea
      what I'm going to do with my degree.  If you'd like to stop by and
      visit Judson College, just follow the link, but make sure you come back!
       
      Click Here to check out Judson
       
      Some of my hobbies include music and reading and lately,
      they've also included sleeping!
      My all-time favorite author is Stephen King. The Master!
      My previously miniscule collection has developed into a rather extensive
      barage of limited and signed editions.  In September of 1998 I even
      had the opportunity to attend a book signing for Bag of Bones
      in Chicago.  What a wonderful experience!
       
      I've been reading King's books since
      I was in fourth grade and read Cujo for the first time. I've been addicted every since.
      When I started cruising the web I found a great "fan" club
      called SKEMERs which I now have the honor of serving as webmistress for.
       
      If you are a SK fan and are looking for a group to discuss your favorite author with, stop by!
      It's a great site and SKEMERs is really easy to join!
      The web page has a lot of super links to other Stephen King pages.
       
       
      I was born and raised in Princeton, West Virginia and I have to
      admit that while in Illinois West Virginia was where my heart longed to be again.
      Now that we have returned home I'm content that this truely is where we belong.
       
      I am married to an absolutely wonderful man, Andrew Ballard.
      We have been married for almost four years now! YEAH!!!
       
      Andrew and I met in 1992 when I started college at
      West Virginia University. Actually,we met as members of
       
      The Pride of West Virginia,
      The Mountaineer Marching Band!
       
      I played trombone (ask me and I might explain those clowns on my homepage)
      and started out in school as a music education major. That just
      didn't work out! I loved the experience, but I didn't really care too
      much for all the time I was expected to invest.
       
      Anyway...I didn't really get to know Andrew until I
      became friends with his roommate and fellow trumpeter David.
      (I know, you can smell a soap opera comin' on can't ya?)
       
      Well, you guessed it. Stupid me, dated David and became best friends with Andrew.
      Andrew became the greatest thing to happen to me since DQ softserve
      (and if you know me that's pretty impressive).
      We became better and better friends....
       
      ...What?Did you ask what happened to David?
      Oh well, I guess the easiest way to put it is...
      David became closer and closer to his ex-girlfriends.
      Does that answer your question?
       
      Now, where was I...oh yeah!
      Back to Andrew...I went through some pretty tough times and decisions and through it
      all, he stood right by me. I couldn't have asked for a more faithful and devoted
      friend. Well, I can't tell you any romantic stories about how he proposed.
      The funny thing is, we can't remember who's idea it was.
      But on July 9, 1994, at Valley Falls State Park, in Fairmont, West Virginia
      Andrew and I decided to tie the knot!
       
      We went on to plan the wedding over the next eleven months and were married on Friday,
      June 30, 1995 at First Baptist Church in Morgantown, WV .
       
       
       
       
      After the wedding our family celebrated two graduations within six months.
      I graduated from West Virginia Career College in September and
      Andrew graduated from West Virginia University in December.
       
      We moved to Lombard, Illinois just after Andrew's graduation
      so Andrew could begin graduate classes at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary.
      We lived on campus for about a year until I left my job at the seminary
      and started working for Geneva Community Unit School District #304.
       
      With graduation from Judson in May and moving
      back to Morgantown, that brings you up to where I am now.
      I hope to add more as things progress
      back here in West Virginia. I've always got a lot more that I want to say,
        but I'll bring it to a close for now.
      I hope, at least, I didn't bore you too much!
       
       
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      If you want to learn more about me or if you have
      any ideas about what I can add to my page!
       
       
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