ATTENTION: Please put on your hard hat.  This page is under massive reconstruction and will soon be destroyed and relocated.  Thank you for your patience.  If you would like notified when the page is complete, please email me at ripken_2632@hotmail.com  Thanks!!!  --Kelly PLEASE JOIN ME AT MY NEW HOME. Don't forget to update your bookmarks! Hello!!  Welcome to my homepage!!! My name is Kelly Anderson.

Read on to find out all about me, my friends, and my hobbies.

This is Cal Ripken, Jr. blowing me a kiss.

This is my yearbook picture from my senior year in high school way back in 1996.

I suppose that I should begin by telling you a little bit about myself.  I am 23 and my birthday is on November 15th.  I have brown hair (naturally but currently it's bleached blonde) and blue eyes and I am about 5'11".

I have been diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Hyper-Mobility Syndrome, both of which are genetic diseases of the joints.  I am not an expert nor do I have the knowledge of a doctor on either of these diseases but I am a survivor of both so if you have any questions, please feel free to email them to me.  Due to my many medical problems, I have had 25 different surgeries performed on various parts of my body to date.  I am an only child. I am originally from the town of Newton, Iowa. In fact, I have lived in Newton for almost my entire life (in three different houses). Of those in my family that live in Newton, most of them do/did work at Maytag Co.

I graduated from Newton Senior High School in 1996.

As well, I graduated from Iowa State University in 2000.  My B.S. is in Sociology and I earned minors in Criminal Justice Studies and Psychology.********************************************** Check out how and what the Baltimore Orioles are doing by checking my Orioles page.**********************************************

Please email me at ripken_2632@hotmail.comAlso, please sign my guestbook located at the bottom of this page.**********************************************

As you should already be able to tell, I am a huge fan of Cal Ripken, Jr. and the Baltimore Orioles.

For those of you out there that follow baseball but not the Orioles (God forbid!!), check out the MLBwebsite.**********************************************

Believe it or not, my friends are the most important thing to me in life, yes, even more important than Cal Ripken.  Please check out my friends page to see pictures and links to their pages.********************************************** Along with my friends, my family is very important to me.  Please check out my family and pets page.**********************************************

Along with my minor in Criminal Justice Studies, I want to work in Law Enforcement. **********************************************

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I love to play my violin.  I have played the violin since 4th grade which makes it 13 years that I have played but now I just play for my own enjoyment.  My favorite pieces are Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik and Pachebel's Canon in D.  Anyway, this is my violin.

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I also like to write poetry in my spare time.  Some of my poetry is very deep and very personal.  I tend to write poetry about severe issues and from time to time about my own life.  Be forewarned.  If you would like to check them out, click here for my sad poetry and here for my happy poetry.

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Finally, I like to watch a lot of TV and movies and listen to the radio a lot.  Click here to see my favorites. ********************************************** PLEASE SIGN MY GUESTBOOK!!!Sign GuestbookView GuestbookYou are visitor number

to this webpage since it's initial creation.  Thanks for stopping by!!!

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