I want a cute background

I have tried the back ground things, and I get it almost right. I want my blog templete to look like it does now, but with a new background.

But I have two problems:


1. My text does not stay in the area; meaning it goes all the way to the left margin. How do I get the words to stay in the in the area.

2. All the page elements on the right hand side of the page go to the bottom. Thing gets put in single file.

Again,I want my blog to look like it does now, but with a new background.

Here is what i do:
*I change it to Mimina
*I go into Edit HTML
*I change the body to this (copied from a Cute Blog)
body {

background:$bgcolor;background-image:url(direct link);background-position: center; background-repeat:no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed;

margin:0; color:$textcolor; font:x-small Georgia Serif; font-size/* */:/**/small; font-size: /**/small; text-align: center;


*I add the link thing IN the ()

Am I suppose to "extend the widgets"

One more question..
Why are the sites going "out of business?"