Help with paths in CS3

Hi all, I'm not an illustrator expert by any stretch of the imagination, more a photoshop dude. I'm having a problem with Illustrator CS3 (i know, 2 versions old, but there's a recession on). I'm using Windows XP.
I am using the brish and pen tool to draw and it's been working fine. I did an undo and now the shape will not fill or stroke. What have I done? have I accidently hit the wrong shortcut and transformed the paths into something else? how do I get the shape back to  format I can fill and stroke?
Any help would be very much apreciated.
Thanks
Conor

Hi Monika,
Here is a screenshot of my Illustrator screen:
http:http://www.deantusmedia.com/temp/illustrator%20paths.jpg
and a link showing a close up of the faces of the characters. You will see that part of the lips on the man is stroked, and even though it is part of the whole path, only this spline is stroked.
http://www.deantusmedia.com/temp/illustrator%20paths2.jpg
At the moment i am just drawing out the shapes and using the stroke so I can my lines, In the end the shapes will be filled with a flat colour, as you can see from the eye and some of the hair on the man. It's all going to be flat colours, no gradiants or shading.
I hope you can help me.
Conor

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