It's a lovely story. I totally understand your frustration, and yes, it does take a while to get it nailed. What I did was copy the header and footer of a story posted by someone else, and I use that as mu guideline when posting my own. I also post in the HTML mode format and it seems to work. At least, I think it does - LOL. I absolutely agree, however, it was a LOT easier to post in LJ.

- Erulisse (one L)