What the heck? EDITED

Back in early December I was working on the photo re-sizing/editing of the archived blog material.

At that time I mentioned I had whittled things down to    

You are currently using 699 MB (68.3%) of your 1024 MB. 


I was thrilled because it had dropped from about 98 % capacity, thanks to my efforts.  Now today I had planned to work on my hand quilting but my thumb is still a bit sore to be pushing a needle-thimble combination.   I did a bit more on my blackwork embroidery instead and THEN decided to edit a bit more---about two months worth of material.   I'm into late September 2011 now so slightly one year of blog material. 

Any guesses what my capacity is now???  I was allowed 1024 MB and now it is 5120  MB??  How did that happen?  Change of policy?  I didn't pay for anymore storage.  If I had then I wouldn't bother resizing the old stuff. 

You are currently using 654 MB (12.78%) of your 5120 MB

  So what is my true standing in this area, I wonder?  Anyone else out there seeing weird numbers??

EDITED:  I may have found an answer to my question on this page
http://support.google.com/picasa/answer/1224181?hl=en&ref_topic=30179

it says something about the photo size so that fact that I am making mine 800x 600 pixels is a good thing.

It makes a difference if you do or do not use Google +  ( I tried it but I didn't see the point of it when I use Facebook)

For us hold outs then it goes as follows----. 

Free storage limits

Photos up to 800 x 800 pixels and videos up to 15 minutes won't count towards your free storage.

Automatic resizing

All photos uploaded over the free size limit will count towards your 1 GB of free storage. When you reach your storage limit, any new photos you upload to Picasa Web larger than the free size limit will be automatically resized to 800 pixels (on their longest edge).

Note: If you reach your storage limit when uploading from the Picasa desktop software, you'll only be able upload at free storage sizes. Larger uploads will not be automatically resized to the free storage limit.

what happened to "B" button?

What did you do with it, Blogger!?  I want my favicon and nav bar back!!

I know I just changed my blog template but that was only because the two said items were missing more than anything.

The template says that they are there..........but they are not visible.  You cannot click and drag them around. You cannot eliminate them either.

Then I started looking at some blogging friends addy's----they don't have them either?  When did that happen?  Did they tell us they were changing it?  I don't care if I am not mobile or dynamic.  Just quit making it harder to post!

I use the B (favicon) button to get to http://www.blogger.com/home   and nav bar to search my blog primarily for the archived posts that missed labeling.  It helps when posting and I need to refer back.  At least the post settings are is not trying to dock when I am trying to use it for the moment anyway.

For now I added a google gadget in the sidebar for that purpose.   My most immediate thought is that they want us all to migrate to Google + badges and +1 since those are two new gadgets------oh and be available to others on mobile devices.  Trying to make inroads into Facebook territory?  +1 sounds like pinterest to me.  I get a big Blue B button instead of the orange one I want back?

 Ipads, android phones, tablets etc are NOT going to be happening at my house as I cannot afford it.  It annoys me that everyone just assumes you have one and takes the attitude that you are living in the dark ages if you don't.  SIGH.