thanks, I finally found it. That was is radically different than any other domain registrar I have used (and I have used about ten).
It was very frustrating untill you just explained it to me.
Speaking of process, I recently renewed a domain at godaddy. Thank goodness I had a whole morning to do it. Page after page of options (that you had to pay extra for of course), and flashing or blinking, gaudy advertisements. Man my eyes hurt after all that.