Well I must have been incredibly lucky....I started my import a couple of day ago and decided to stay in the queue and see what happened (am going away in 5 days and wanted peace of mind before I went, just in case I came back and found LJ gone for good!)....

My entries successfully imported 3 hours ago.....just waiting in the queue for the comments now...

Thank you DW and LJ....I am very relieved to have backed up my entries at least.....I can head away knowing that 6 years of mindless rambling is safe for a while..

Deeds xx