Willing to donate for a few minor tweaks

I have looked through the forums and have done what was suggested, but no changes seem to be happening.

My site is Love Musings and I am using the latest WP and Atahulapa 3.5.1.

I can not seem to get the excerpts on the home page to work no matter what I try. It just shows the title with nothing else. I just want 2 full posts and the rest excerpts. I set it up the recommended way with no luck!!

Also, I can not seem to get the background to change even if I go to body, texts, and links and add background:#HEX###

I want the entire blog the same color with posts a different color - like http://petitfoursandhottamales.com/

Any takers???

Julie