Well I figured I'd update on my scare with asbestos- The reason I even became stressed about attic insulation and asbestos is because we had our popcorn ceiling scraped and painted. I didn't realize at the time that the popcorn could have asbestos, but when I found out I became fixated on researching and probably over reacting. I even sent a sample that had fell on the ground to that lab in California. They examined it very quickly and cheap $30. To my relief it came back negative for no asbestos! The said he found none in the sample on top of my chances being better since the house was built in 1979.