Originally Posted by Gator Gal

I agree that the original question was benign and well-intended. But "be careful what you ask for," huh? She asked for opinions and she got them. But when people started saying she (the OP) should have arrived earlier, the immediate response was that she knows what she's doing, she's too busy, she has better things to do than waste time being "obnoxious" on this board (as apparently some of us are?). That's not exactly a way to make a good first impression on a new group of people or endear yourselves to them.