The New Blogger

So here goes ... the new blogger format.  For anyone having trouble like I was with blank screens and it not allowing me to type at ALL, I finally downloaded Firefox after much searching about how it might affect my computer.  Apparently Google does not like Apple or their programming would work on these machines ... or maybe they have a vested interest in Firefox, who knows.  Amazingly, when I opened the blog dashboard, this new screen appeared, complete with an edit bar. 

I finally figured out how to size images (click on the image and a box will appear ... hit the - or the +), however it will not center them on the page no matter how many times I hit the center button.  Other things like "center text" are buried deep, so you have to click more than once to find what you are looking for.  There are more options, none of which I would ever have use for.

Honestly, I don't know why they change things this much.  I'm sure they lose people right and left, especially Apple users.  One other thing that bothers me is no longer having the ability to go directly to the comments.  If you want to read them, you have to open THAT particular blog and scroll clear to the bottom.  It seems to me the other version was much easier to navigate, unless you are a computer programmer and want to write in HTML. 

The good news is I can continue to write without having to find a new platform.  I mean really, I have dozens of critter pictures to post!!!  I'll give you a break on that one though since I have RV news regarding the Beep Beep. 

I cut the wires to the old one and proceeded to install the new alarm unit.  First off, those crazy pliers you use for wiring are difficult to use at best.  One slip and you cut the wire.  Don't ask me how I know.  It didn't help that the wires used were a different gauge than the rig wiring.  Reason #45 I need a man around the house!

After much frustration since I really didn't FIT in that tiny space on the floor, I got the two wires connected.  I lifted the unit and placed it in the hole.  Oh good grief ... this unit is not as big as the old one.  Did they sell me the wrong one?  Yes they did. 

To make it worse, there were no SCREWS with the new unit so I had to scrounge in the drawers to find something workable.  I seriously don't even want to tell you what I paid for this at Lazydays.  I may have mentioned it yesterday .... $130.  I'm shaking my head.  I'm not sure if I can take it back, which will require cutting the wires again, making them even shorter.  At long last the beep beep has been strangled but it's not pretty.

In other GREAT news, Dan and his son Mark stopped by to skype with the local Building Department and get a final on my RV cover.  They turned the phone around to show the braces, but honestly, the guy was more interested in the Phaeton than the building.  No matter, it's a DONE DEAL!! 

Well, almost anyway.  The local Homeowners Association has not responded in spite of several emails.  Not that they really hold any weight, but it's always good to cross the T's and dot the I's.  Mostly they approve the "desert" colors.  It's white and beige.  I could have gone with neon green or glaring red, which I'm sure would have brought about a quick response.

I do have a request for my readers.  It seems many people are not blogging any more, some due to disinterest, maybe they passed (how sad) or maybe Covid just isn't interesting to write about any more.  On the other hand, I'm sure there are many out there I would love to read ... I just don't know what they are.  

If you have two or three you really like, could you tell me in the comments?  I'd love to have more reading in the morning with my coffee.  Especially when it's nice and cool out on the patio.  

By the way, I actually got some "critters" on the critter cam yesterday morning.  The animal kind, not the human kind.  I can't wait to show you the pictures.  That camera is turning out to be a great distraction.