body {
		margin:0px 0px 10px 0px;
		background-color:#ccccff;
  background-image:url(http://www.susiethomas.com/images/big_pansy.jpg);
 
 background-repeat: repeat-y;
	background-position: right top;
	background-attachment: fixed;
 
	
	
		
		}
	A 	{ color: #003399; text-decoration:  none; font-weight:bold; } 
	A:link	{ color: #660099; text-decoration: none; } 
	A:visited	{ color: #6633FF; text-decoration: none; }
	a:hover {color: #990066; text-decoration: none;}
 
	
	h1, h2, h3 {
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	font-family: "Comic Sans MS", "Lucida Handwriting", sans-serif;
	font-size: 2em;
	}

	#banner {
	width: 70%;
	filter:alpha(opacity=70 style=0);
	float: left;
	margin-top: 5px;
	margin-right: auto;
	margin-bottom: 0px;
	margin-left: auto;
	padding-left: 10px;	                                		
		}
	
	#banner a,
        #banner a:link,
        #banner a:visited,
        #banner a:active,
        #banner a:hover {
		font-family:"Comic Sans MS", "Lucida Handwriting", sans-serif;
		font-size: x-large;
		color: #330066;
		text-decoration: none;
		}

		#linkbar {
	width: 70%;
	text-align: left;
	float: left;
	margin-top: 0px;
	margin-right: auto;
	margin-bottom: 0px;
	margin-left: auto;
	padding-top: 5px;
	padding-bottom: 5px;
	padding-left: 10px;
	padding-right: 5px;
}
#linkbar a:link {
	font-family: "Comic Sans MS", "Lucida Handwriting", sans-serif;
	font-size: large;
	color: #660099;
	text-decoration: none;
	padding: 2px;
	margin: 0px;
}
#linkbar a:visited {
	font-family: "Comic Sans MS", "Lucida Handwriting", sans-serif;
	font-size: large;
	color: #660066;
	text-decoration: none;
	padding: 2px;
}
#linkbar a:hover {
	font-family: "Comic Sans MS", "Lucida Handwriting", sans-serif;
	font-size: large;
	color: #660066;
	text-decoration: none;
	background-color: #CC99CC;
	padding: 2px;
	margin: 0px;
	border-top-width: 0px;
	border-right-width: 0px;
	border-bottom-width: 0px;
	border-left-width: 0px;
}


	.description {
		font-family:"Comic Sans MS", "Lucida Handwriting", sans-serif;
		color:#003399;
		font-size:x-small;
		font-weight:bold;
  		
  		text-transform:none;	
		letter-spacing: none; 		
		}	
				
	#content {
	float:left;
	width:70%;
	padding-bottom:20px;
	filter:alpha(opacity=90 style=0);
	background-color: #CCCCFE;
		}

	#links {
	float:right;
	width:25%;
	padding-right:10px;
	filter:alpha(opacity=70 style=0);
	background-color: #330066;
		}
		
	.blog {
  		padding-left:10px;
  		padding-top:15px;
  		padding-right:10px;			
		}	
	
	.blogbody {
	font-family:georgia, verdana, arial, sans-serif;
	color:#333;
	font-size:small;
	font-weight:normal;
	line-height:140%;
	padding-left:10px;
	padding-right:10px;
	padding-top:10px;
	background-color: #CCCCFE;
		}


	.blogbody a,
	.blogbody a:link,
	.blogbody a:visited,
	.blogbody a:active,
	.blogbody a:hover {
		font-weight: normal;
		text-decoration: underline;
	}
	
	.title	{ 
		font-family: verdana, arial; 
		font-size: small; 
		color: #003366; 
		text-transform: uppercase;
		font-weight:bold;	
		}			
		
	#menu {
  		margin-bottom:15px;
		background:#FFF;  							
		}	
		
	.date	{
	font-family:"Comic Sans MS", "Lucida Handwriting", sans-serif;
	font-size: large;
	color: #FFC;
	border:1px solid #999;
	padding:5px;
	margin-bottom:10px;
	font-weight:normal;
	background-color: #330066;
		}			
		
	.posted	{ 
		font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif; 
		font-size: x-small; 
		color: #003366;
		margin-bottom:15px; 
		}
		
		
	.calendar {
	font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;
	color:#000000;
	font-size:x-small;
	font-weight:normal;
	filter:alpha(opacity=70 style=0);
	line-height:140%;
	padding:2px;
	text-align:center;
	background-color: #A45CC8;
		}
	
	.calendarhead {	
		font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;
		color:#003366;
		font-size:x-small;
		font-weight:bold;
  		background:#FFF;
                                filter:alpha(opacity=70 style=0);	
  		line-height:140%;
  		padding:2px;				
		}	
	
	.side {
		font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;
		color:#333;
		font-size:x-small;
		font-weight:normal;
  		line-height:140%;
  		padding:2px;				
		}	
		
	.sidetitle {
		font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;
		color:#666;
		font-size:x-small;
		font-weight:bold;
  		background:#EEE;
  		line-height:140%;
  		padding:2px;
  		text-align:center;
  		text-transform:uppercase;
		letter-spacing: .2em;  					
		}		
	
	.syndicate {
		font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;
		font-size:xx-small;
		font-weight:bold;		
  		line-height:140%;
  		padding:2px;
  		text-align:center;
  		background:#EEE;  		
 		}	
		
	.powered {
		font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;
		color:#003366;
		font-size:xx-small;
		font-weight:bold;
		border-top:1px solid #CCC;
		border-bottom:1px solid #CCC;		
		line-height:140%;
		text-transform:uppercase; 
		padding:2px;
		text-align:center;
		letter-spacing: .2em  					
		}	
		
	
	.comments-body {
		font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;
		color:#000000;
		font-size:small;
		font-weight:bold;  		  		line-height:140%;
  		padding:10px;			
		}		

	.comments-post {
		font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;
		color:#666;
		font-size:x-small;
		font-weight:normal;  				
		}	

	.trackback-body {
		font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;
		color:#666;
		font-size:small;
		font-weight:normal;
  		background:#FFF;
  		line-height:140%;
  		padding:10px;			
		}		

	.trackback-url {
		font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;
		color:#666;
		font-size:small;
		font-weight:normal;
  		background:#FFF;
  		line-height:140%;
  		padding:10px;
  		border:1px dashed #CCC;			
		}

	.trackback-post {
		font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;
		color:#666;
		font-size:x-small;
		font-weight:normal;
  		background:#FFF;			
		}

		
	.comments-head	{ 
		font-family: georgia, verdana, arial, sans-serif; 
		font-size: small; 
		color: #666; 
		border:1px solid #999;
		padding:5px;
		font-weight:normal;
                                background:#EEE;
		margin-top:10px;		
		}		

	#banner-commentspop {
		font-family:georgia, verdana, arial, sans-serif;
		color:#FFF;
		font-size:large;
		font-weight:bold;
		border-bottom:1px dotted #FFF;
		border-top:3px solid #99CCFF;
  		background:#336699;
  		padding:15px; 
		}
#links a:link {
color: #FFFFCC; text-decoration: none;
}
#links a:visited {
color: #CC66CC; text-decoration: none;
}
#links a:hover {

	color: #FFFFCC;
	border: thin dotted #FFFFCC;
}