Template Attempt #1

I'm trying out a new template for my blog. I've never used a non-blogspot template before, so I'm not quite sure if I am going to like it. I never understood why blogger itself didn't have more of their own templates to choose from. This one is pretty, but I'll have to play around with it to decide if it's easy to use. Right now, I'm not thrilled with it because the template didn't include the top blogger bar options like "Dashboard" and "Customize" so I'm winging it. And I already lost some of the other gadgets I had before, like my photo and some other links. So don't be surprised if I change it again very soon.