PPCGeeks - help! weird problem with VZW TP2 6.5

wow! i am so confused! my phone has been running so smoothly for the entire week (upgraded to 6.5 last weekend) and all of the sudden, this morning, a really wierd problem pops up..

when i boot my phone up, it starts to load my WM6.5 today screen but then it freezes for about 2 minutes with "messaging" on the task bar upper left and "delete" and "menu" on the lower buttons. there is an "x" in the upper right where the task manager should be. then it fully boots with my today screen showing thru, but all the messaging tags. i can either hit the "x" or i can tap any of the icons on my today screen - they all work... WTF?

i do have a lot on my phone:
quick menu
s2us
spb mobile shell3.5
pda.net
goog maps
sktools
gss player
check*****s snooze options cab
ie toggle cab
skinny signal bars cab
personalizer
clear temp
nopushinternet cab
bluetooth notification cab

any ideas?????

thanks!!!!!