Frustration

I haven't been near a computer for a few days now so I thought I would "play" with this blog for a bit and get it to be more like what I want. But Nooooooo! I am so frustrated with this at the moment. I'm usually pretty smart figuring out things, but I can't figure out this system how to add things, feeds etc, and what the heck is a widget and where do I put one LOL! Arrrrgh Anyone have any help sites or just some advice to get me going here?