"""""""While Im at it please let me ask one more thing.....
When I am editing points on a curve I often select objects around the points by accident....can be very frustrating.
Is there a way to have moi ignore other object selection while I am i points edit mode?"""""""""""""

Probably what you are looking for, beside "locking" objects, is that "Ctrl+Shift" will temporarily disable "Picking", which can allow you to window select things, like groups of points "within/on" a surface/curve....