Dang it.  This afternoon we decided to head out for a walk/bike ride.  On the way out we put the garage door down and from across the street we could hear a loud BANG-TWANG noise.  Yep, that'd be one of the springs.  The good news is I did have a great experience w/ the garage door company I previously used to replace my opener to one with a battery backup.

I knew things in the 10-11 year old house would start to go, but I wasn't guessing garage door.