oil change done, thanks all! Charon - FSO, THANKS A BUNCH!!! you were right, i did manage to tighten it back up on my own but I'll get some help to give it a final tighten.  Whooo, happy I tightened that!  Makes sense why it was spinnin and spinnin then  

Thanks again everyone for the help and support, this website is AWESOME.  Now on to clean the air filter....