Some instructions

I guess I have never let anyone know how to change the background. What you do is copy the code that you like, and then go to Layout on the blog (it's under customize at the top when viewing the blog or at the dashboard). Once at Layout there is a column on the left of small boxes. The last box on the bottom says HTML/Java Script. Click on that and delete all the information that is currently in that section. Then you paste the new code in the box and save all changes. If you then want to change the text colors to match the background you click on "Fonts and Colors" that is directly below the Layout tab at the top. Make sure you save all the changes before you exit. Hope that's clear enough. Have fun!