Thanks Brian! I did go ahead and set up a test server. Took a while, since I have more than one site using xamp. You have been extremely helpful. Thanks for all the advice. It really helped. I got the test server up and running, and now I am going to spend the rest of the evening doing some backups, and wait for another night to start revising with Menu Writer. Hopefully all my problems (there) are solved.
Thanks again,
Michelle