New Look (for now)

Hello, all.  Just wanted to assure you that you're in the right place.  I've been trying to find a template I like and so have been playing around with various options.  I like simplicity and the previous template was just not working for me anymore.  I would love to add a photo to the title background, but that is proving to require more technological knowledge than I apparently posses.  I have also tried downloading templates and those also require techy skills in order to arrange the gadgets to my liking. I see an HTML class in my future :(  Any and all advice is welcome, but for now...this is it.  I hope to spruce it up with lots of pictures in my posts!