Spring Cleaning... blog style

Ok if you havent noticed I have been doing some spring cleaning on the ole blog and its been a whippin' to say the least. I keep finding all these fabulous templates that I really like but once I try to load them on the blog they wont work correctly.

Since my knowledge of html, xml and css is very limited I cant figure out how to fix most of them. Isnt that just the way the cookie crumbles?

However! I was finally able to get this little birdie template working after much research online on fixing a code or two! woohooo! I love the Internet, dont you? Its just a wealth of knowledge! Im not ready to retire this blond brain of mine yet!