Wordpress, templates, blog design and other things I should be doing

I spent most of today hunched in front of my computer trying to make the template I'd chosen for MidLifeBloggers do what I wanted it to. I learned any number of things about CSS and such, but not enough to be able to make the freakin' thing DO WHAT I WANTED IT TO. Then I put up another template that I had waiting in the wings and--while it isn't exactly, voila! it's a lot better than what was there before. I think. I hope. Oh fuck it, it better be.

I suppose I should be a little gentler with myself since it's only been a month since the first post went up. But gentle with myself is something I've never been. Are you????

Almost...almost...almost there!

Eureka! I have finally conquered Wordpress 101. I'm thinking that the site will be up tomorrow. That's what I'm thinking...and hoping...but not promising. What I can promise is that MidLifeBloggers will evolve over time as WE create it.
In the spirit of that, what do you think of this look? It's not typical...but then, neither are we!