Getting text into the homepage

I am building a site (not a blog) on my computer (localhost) using the “Exoplanet” theme. I’m having trouble getting the text into the home page. I have built a site before using the same theme, but I don’t recall having this problem before. When I edit the home page and update, the text does not appear after reloading. If I create another page and call it “home” everything works as expected until I try to make it my actual home page (then I experience the same problem). I am using the “Home Page” template in the “Page Attributes” section of the Edit Page. I am updating. I have the Settings/Reading settings to “Static Page” and the “Homepage” to “Home” “Posts Page” is left empty, and I save the changes. But, after entering text into the text portion of the page (and updating). Nothing (no text) gets uploaded to the site. I’m sure I’m doing something wrong or skipping a step. Does anybody know what I’m missing (okay, a brain, but besides that!)? Thanks!