It's the little things that make it all easier. I found out how to make a 2D floor plan by using Camera View in the 'Top' mode, and today I learned about using 'Parallel Projection' to keep it from becoming a 3D view when I don't want 3D. Here's the result:
The latest version of my sketchup design, started learning how to use it yesterday. You can kinda see what it's going to look like, just need to look past the many flaws :-)