Time Capsule not working!

I have an iMac about 3 years old. I have a time capsule about the same. I have Mountain Lion. The Time Capsule keeps wanting to back up 33.44 GB of something. Is says the oldest backup was in April 26, 2012. What do I need to do to get it working?
Thank you
Carl

Mountain Lion seems to generate ghost disks.. I am not sure why but they might or might not delete.
I guess my method would be to start over.. use a better name..
Short no spaces pure alphanumeric. Not "Carl's Time Capsule"
You can put CarlTC
After you make the change reboot everything.. modem router TC client computers. To make sure you have fresh new view of the network.. then delete all the old names.
Redirect TM to the new name.. but the change will not affect the backup which is stored and TM should be able to pick it up and continue.

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