Quote - Thanks so much for the link AmandaGirl. I actually subscribed to BlenderCookie but really haven't found the video approach all that... approachable. However, they and practically the rest of the universe find videos the way to go. Maybe I need a remedial " how to take best value from video tutorials" tutorial.

No, the basic problem with the video approach is that you have to watch the video instead of doing it yourself. And if you miss something, you have to waste time searching for it in the video. I just wish some of the Blender cookie videos were accompanied  by pdf files.