Back to blogging

A new year.  A new attempt.  Blogging can be so daunting for me.  But this year, I will make a better effort.  First of all, I have been trying to fix my template.  However, it seems that I am html retarded and can't get my right side column to appear on the right.  Does anyone know how to fix this?  I tried to upload new templates and though, I was successful getting those up, I was unsuccessful and fixing my original problem.  It makes me feel old and incompetent.