@Trance My Pleasure!
@bdbrown, thank you so much for all of your help. I have accomplished all of these things I listed. On #4 I decided to go a slightly different route.
Oh, there is another thing I am wanting but do u want me to open a new thread? Its regarding placing the Paper.li embed I have currently on my home page in a footer widget and actually placing it in the post content area (as in the posts showing is currently 6, well the bottom two would be removed and then there will be 4 recent posts showing, in that lower area id like the Paper.li to be neatly if possible) Thanks again for everything!
Also, do you have a link as a tip jar? Paypal etc? ^-^ Thanks!