help me please! blogger guru, are you out there?

***Note: I'm leaving this up in case someone else has my problem. I was not able to resolve this through Google or Blogger. I went through my domain manager to resolve this problem.  If you're experiencing the same thing, please see the Things I Have Tried section below***

I wasn't as thorough this morning as I usually am, and it has cost me my blog! Can you help?

Problem: The admin account for lizlantz.blogspot.com has been deleted.  The blog is showing up as removed! Grrrrr.

Pertinent information: I have another google account which has author rights on lizlantz.blogspot.com.  When I am signed into this account, I can see lizlantz.blogspot.com on my dashboard, and all the previous posts (thank goodness!).  However, if I go into the permissions tab, I can only remove myself as an author - not take over admin rights.  If I try to post something new on the blog, I see it in my "Edit Posts" list, but it doesn't show up on the blog (blog is still showing up as removed).

Questions for you:  How can I grant my author account admin rights without the admin account?  Another solution - how can I get Google to release the lizlantz.blogspot.com so I can take it over with my new account?


Things I have tried: 

• Clicking the "Can't access your account"? link on the google sign in page.  No dice.  

• I have also tried filling out the "Can't access your blogger account?" form, which asks for current email info, usage history, etc, but they keep saying they are unable to verify my identity based on my responses! I don't know what else to say...I'm answering everything to the best of my ability.

• I have also posted to the Blogger Help forums, with no responses. 

• Two blogs were affected by this, so I deleted myself as an author for one of the blogs, thinking that perhaps having an existing author account was tying up the URL.  Deleting the account did not  free up the URL.

What do I do?

I know there are other solutions like coming up with a new blogger URL, but I JUST emailed my whole contact book telling them my new blog and web addresses!  I'd love to stay with lizlantz.blogspot.com if I can.

If someone can fix this problem, I will seriously give you an 8x8 print of your choice. I am desperate to have this resolved, and fast!

Help!