For my new years, I got my 2-line LCD with 6-buttons going, LOL.
Me too, perhaps we could have collaborated 
My ( 60 ) SAA1064 chips havnt arrived yet, so I might get a chance to check the range of the RFM22B tomorrow.
I see the FIO uses the 328 chip ( like the Duemianova ) which the RF22 library writer reckons has not really enough memory for networking and mesh applications......