Blogger This for a Lark

I'm not finding this Blog set-up very straightforward. Blogger guidance is ambiguous to say the least. This is still not the format I'm aiming for, but having worked on it most of the day, given myself a headache,grumbled, sighed, blasphemed, shouted & let my tea go cold twice, I'm almost scared to tinker more in-case I mess up what's here now! Maybe I should have taken the hat off......