Ooh, such progress! I feel quite envious :)

And especially since the image restrictions have been making so much extra work for you. I remember someone else reported early on that she was unable to use her images on LJ anywhere else -- they can't be hotlinked it seems.

I've been using Google Photos but it's involves using another tool to get a workable address for embedding. It's been quite stable but I'll certainly admit it's not the quickest process.