Jaxel,
I feel for you... like pulling teeth or worse, fingernails on a chalkboard
Anyways...
Have a look here:
http://www.radiofreefinland.net/2006...m-a-telephone/
It's fairly old now though and I'm not too sure that the new Skype version (4) still has some of the features.
I will say from experience, an external mixing board will give you the best quality and way more options.
More resources/reading:
http://skype.telephone.hybrid.americasdebate.net/?home
http://www.pamela.biz/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1728
Good luck!
Regs.