So, I found a great deal on Amazon for some 8GB RAM. I bought some so put in my MBP and took the 4GB that was in it and upgraded my wife's MacBook to 4GB. Now both machines are running flawlessly. Even Word will open and close when I want it to. Used to it took an act of congress for the Macbook to close Microsoft Word. Lion seems to have added some "extra" animations since the jump in RAM, but maybe I just was not noticing before...
K, I am done with my soapbox.
K, I am done with my soapbox.