And...  I also wanted to add a thank you to everyone here. This is an awesome site, full of a bunch of awesome people. Thanks for all the time and info you've given to us newbies.
Maybe one day I'll be able to pass down some skills and info that will change someone's life forever.

I didn't really start picking up on speed until I started placing my fingers on the bass notes first (proper finger landing). I was placing my index finger (strongest) first, and all my other fingers were struggling to get where they needed to be. I've visited hundreds of sites trying to figure out how to change faster. Out of those hundreds, 1 site talked briefly about what I just mentioned above. I basically re-taught myself in just a couple days, and miraculously started changing many chords with ease. It would be nice if this information was more "covered on the net" for other beginners to have this information at the beginning of their learning curve...ya know?