Okay, here's the deal.....

Many of you have asked about my comment regarding

having to PAY for my blog.

As of right now....I haven't paid anything.....

Here's the low down.

Obviously to have a blog on blogspot

you have a gmail account, right?

When you sign up for a gmail account

you are automatically signed up

for a Picasa Web Album through google as well.

Most of you probably don't even know it exists....but it does.

Go to picasaweb.google.com

and sign in using your gmail account info.

And whaaaa laaa

EVERY picture you have ever put on your blog is there.

The scary thing is.....is that the security settings are set allowing

everything and anyone to see or

search your images through google.

On the top right hand side there is a link labeled "settings"....
click on that and change all the settings how you want.

Under that settings tab there are 4 more tabs.....

"general, email notifications, privacy and permissions,

and storage." If I were you I'd click on all of them

and make sure they are set how you like.

On the main page of your account under the "My photo's
tab go to the very bottom and it shows you how

much storage you have and how much you are using.

When you reach the max amount,

you can "upgrade" and pay for more storage.

If you delete images out of your picasa web album

it deletes them from your blog automatically.

SO BE CAREFUL!

The best way to avoid this getting full and having to pay for more storage is to always shrink your pictures before putting them on your blog. Especially when you have a really nice camera that takes HUGE pictures (which I DON'T....but I make my sister who DOES have a really nice camera take a bunch of my pictures for me)....it obviously takes up more room.

I simply deleted a bunch of my pictures on my web album,

re-added them in a smaller/shrunk version and then re-posted them on my blog.

A pain in the butt.....but at least I didn't have to buy more storage....for now.

And there you have it.......