Thanks so much for the reply Shelley... I'm glad you weren't offended by my asking. It's hard to read people at times when all you have to go by is what they've written, and I was afraid I hadn't come across the way I intended. Thankfully, you understood where I was coming from. :)
Cheers!
--whattavirgo
PS. After that bio of yours, I have no problem understanding how you came to have your very own thread. LOL