Regarding my problems of lost blogs I stated that I would start saving in another file and then would copy and paste to this site. Well this suggestion was well received by at least two people who like the idea however the problems of formatting in one medium and exporting to another have apparently presented a problem for one person, therefore I would like to add the following.

In reference to my post concerning saving your blog first as a Word Pad document, you might try Note Pad instead if you are losing formatting from Word Pad or MS Word. I think this might solve the disappearing formatting but without knowing the particulars of your situation, I cannot guarantee success. Good luck!