Why I'm Moving My Blog to Blogspot

 

 

 How comfortspringstation.com is now Carol On the Lake!

 

I've been blogging over 13 years using WordPress.org.  It has been difficult to work with at  times & keep up with the software changes.  I will be 78 years old in April, and I've decided to slow down on my blog.  I discussed this some at the beginning of January. Although I like WordPress, it does cost money. Yes, I had control, and the content was mine.  I no longer want to pay for my blog. Comfort Spring has problems with its HTML.  I am not a maven in this area nor an IT person. I can't even get a backup of it unless I pay several hundred dollars for a professional to do it. I am trying to not spend more $$$$ to do this. I can live without the whole blog. I've made a couple of drafts on blogger. It's easy to work with and I like that.

 Someday I'll stop blogging. I've seen blogs I visited when I first started just disappear. The bloggers had beautiful blogs with great posts.  When they quit blogging, those blogs were gone. One of the earliest bloggers who befriended me when I started is an exception. She hosted parties, wrote wonderful posts on decorating her home, and shared beautiful photos. Life comes in phases or stages. She sold her home in south Texas & moved to be close to her daughter in another city. Her blog from blogger is still online, even though it hasn't had an update since 2015.

Two years ago, I sold my home in Port Richey, Florida. I moved east to a condominium in Lakeland. I have my apartment decorated the way I like, there's no maintenance for me to worry about, and I can easily age in place here, hopefully indefinitely.  Every Monday afternoon I hear the workers from our lawn service company mowing, clipping, and blowing away grass.  There are 2 young ladies who clean the outside walkways in my condo building. It's mostly sunny days, and I'd rather be hot in the summer than freezing in the winter. Well, that's not exactly working this week, but still life is good.

 Now I am working on this new blog called "Carol On The Lakes". I am adding the top 20 most popular posts in 2025 according to my Jetpack plugin statistics. I hope done with the top 20 posts by next week.  Thanks for visiting & I'd love to hear what you think.