Here is my blog

Issue #1: Problem (as you can see) is the header is getting chopped of on either side. My padding is Zero. I have pretty much ZERO CSS knowledge so I need help on knowing where to configure?

Issue #2: Also, when you visit my link, you can see the far left side has the feedburner link and many other little icons. I used the BFA subscribe widget and it appears to put too much stuff on there...I have to fix THAT first before I can allow my site to truly go live (notify my subscribers) so can you help me with either of these? THANK YOU SO MUCH!

I do LOVE this theme and just really want to understand more, and enjoy learning...but for now I need to hurry and get these two things started so I can then take my time and learn EVERYTHING else!

Issue 1 - You just need to set a minimum width or a fixed width for the site.

Issue 2 - You can either use CSS to hide what you don't want or look for another plugin that has a widget for just what you want to show. If you indicate what you want hidden either I or someone can give you the CSS you need.

I ONLY want a text box to enter an email address and a button for RSS feed. The other button from the BFA Subscribe is an ad of some sort? Click on the RSS feed button and it tells me I am a winner and takes me away from my site...what the heck? Can you tell me specifically what I should be inserting in text on BFA Subscribe and what should be blank?

Ok, I disabled the BFA Subscribe and found that by entering the text from the Feedburner publicize area I can get just the simplified "subscribe here" box. Question: What happened to my Feedsmith? I installed the plug in, but I feel as though it is linking me with Feedburner and nothing with Feedsmith. I am getting really confused!

You either have to configure the Atahualpa settings in the theme options and the widget or do as you did for the email subscription and use the Chicklet Chooser in your Feedburner account for the RSS feed.

Thank you...side note...if I have saved a jpeg file on my server in my public html, how do I learn how to reference it correctly?

If I understand you correctly it would generally be http://domain_name.com/image.jpg but why not just put the image in the WordPress media library and reference it from there?