I cleared the cache (something I didn't even know about until it came up here in discussion) - and it seems like my computer is behaving much better. It is still not the "zip-in access to this Board" I had before the maintenance shut down, but a lot better than the last few days. I wonder if in changing to the new server, if somehow our computers are running a conflict of which access to use for the Board. (just a long-shot idea - it just seems strange that so many of us are having the same problem, and it all occurred at the same time for us.) None of my other sites and stuff I visited had loading problems.
Have a good day everybody.
Marysewfun