ovidiusoft,
I tried the solution you suggested and now there are no blocks and no connections.
Meanwhile, getbitcoins sent me an e-mail that my coins have been sent. Also, when I used the block explorer, it shows I have the coins.
But my bitcoin program doesn't show anything.
After deleting the items as you suggested, do I need to do anything other than restarting bitcoins?

Thanks ovidiusoft.
The block count has been stuck for a couple of days.
I don't know how to do those actions. I truly am a newbie. There are no tabs on the bitcoin screen that appear to take me to an area where I can perform those tasks. And the "help" tab is useless.
Someone please take a minute to guide me through this.

Thanks Yankee for responding so quickly.
It seems that I need to download the block chain, but I have yet to find specific instructions on how to do that.
Can you help?

I may have gotten ahead of myself and I've gotten myself in a jam.
I downloaded the bitcoin software and then proceeded to buy bitcoins from get-bitcoins. I bought them through BoA's direct bank account service.
My bank account shows the withdrawal, but my wallet is still empty and when I enter my address in the block explorer search, it shows no transactions for my address.
On my bitcoin screen, it shows no connections and 130451 blocks.
I'm guessing I missed a step setting up bitcoin and have searched the forum boards to solve it, but I have not found simple instructions on how to set it up.
Please help.
Thanks