Time for our annual home repair SNAFU!!! HVAC this time...(FIXED! Now I'm cold!)

SUCCESS!!! We bought a capacitor at the local supply house for $10 and change. Swapped it out, and the AC fired right up! Well, not right up. I had to reinstall the disconnect and turn it back on. But it is really friggin' cold in the house now. Makes me wonder exactly how long that's been going out.

I do want to add that we had one of Angie's coworkers put the gauges on our outside unit to check our pressure and freon levels, and those came back good. He said it looked REALLY good considering the system hasn't been touched in the ten years since it was installed.

Thank you everyone for all of your suggestions and advice. It is always appreciated.