Thank you for the offers of help to change my blog here.  The problem is you have to use the templates here and you are very limited in what you can do.  I can upload pictures.  But I can't make those pictures my background.   I love the people here and how friendly and helpful people are.  I just want, with my VERY limited knowledge, to create a blog that is me, not some one else's creation.  To really understand take a look at my new blog: http://mom2countrykids.bravejournal.com/ .   The background and all are pictures I have taken.   I hope some of my friends from here will follow me over and add their blogs to the web ring I set up and the Friends page I set up.  

Nola