A new face for my blog

Well, I decided I'd had it with my blog and it's less-than-grandiose appearance, so I spent all day yesterday cleaning it up and giving it a new "face". I actually made an effort to create a banner...it's the first time I've played with one, but I think it's not too bad for what I was going for. So--if you're checking back in here and you notice it looks different...it does and that's why haha :-)