Guess I should say my story as well. Well just like Sandie we started with a webtv 5 - 6 years ago and we got into making webpages. This is where I truely learned to code since there was no program or anything for webtv to make pages everything had to be hand coded. Not saying my pages were great or anything.
Next I coded java irc clients for webtv ... another hard one since it all had to be coded using online html editors and storing the stuff in my e-mails since there is no harddrive to store anything on a webtv.
Then about 4 years ago I finally got around to getting a computer and man what a difference it makes when you can actually make pages localy and be able to store and edit them a lot easier .... and as the years went on I got better and better. I have always been into art ever since I was a little kid, so when it came to webpage graphics it was pretty easy for me.
My first major site that I made for myself was wormie.com ... made a new design about every month to strengthen my skills. I also made some other pages that have come and gone throughout the last 2 years, couple emulation ones, and some other fan sites I made. I don't deisgn as much as I used to, because I started getting into other forms of webdevelopment such as learning new code, and languages. One of my main goals is to make a website dedicated to teaching others html, and other forms of webdevelopment. I did start a page, but it is not that great.
http://html.wonderwormonline.com ... sucks but I plan on making a better one sometime. Along with my online comic that may never come ...
http://comics.wonderwormonline.com ... too many projects not enough time.