The blogosphere

With all this new found time on my hands, I'm delving deep into the world of the (add scary jaws music) BLOG. I'm trying to make my page look cool and funky like so many of the others out there but I can't figure it out. Does anyone have any easy instructions on how I can customize my page? I tried the built in blog customizer thing but it was very complicated for me. That's an indication of what you're working against, if you decide to send me suggestions--I am not a tekkie nor do I have a lot of patience! But I am a fast learner. And really cute too :)