* {
margin:0px;
padding:0px;
}

body {
	background: #fff url(images/header_bkgd.gif) repeat-x;
	font-size:76%;
	background-color:#FBFCDC;
		margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
}

a { 	
	color:#8F8959;
	text-decoration:none;}
a:visited { color:#7F762F; }
a:hover { color:#d32323; }


.post a {
	border-bottom:1px dotted #8F8959;
	text-decoration:none;
	}

#post h2 {
border-bottom:0px dotted #fff;
line-height:1.2em;
	text-decoration:none !important;
}

.navigation {
font-size:11px;
}

#wrapper {
margin:0px;
padding:0px;
}


#header {
	background: #fff url(images/header_bkgd.gif) repeat-x;
	position:relative;
	height:131px;
}
#container {
	position:relative;
	width:950px;
	overflow:hidden;
	background:#fff url(images/sidebar_bkgd.gif) repeat-y right top ;
	margin:0px;
	padding:0px;
}
#content {
	margin:35px 0 0 0;
	padding:30px 0 30px 0px;
	width:350px;
	font-size:1.2em;
	line-height:1.4em;
	float:left;
	font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	color:#746a5b;
	
}
#content a { 	
	color:#99AF00;
	text-decoration:none;
	border-bottom:1px dotted #99AF00;
	}
#content a:visited { color:#666F30; }
#content a:hover { color:#DA2323; }
#content a:active { }
#sidebar {
	padding:0;
	padding-left:0px;
	padding-top:20px;
	float:right;
	width:323px;
	color:#4d4437;
	margin:0px 2px;

		background-color: #F7FAE6;
}
#footer {
	border-top:2px solid #BFD630;
	background-color:#EFF7BC;
}

/* header */
#logo {
	background: transparent url(images/logo.gif) repeat-x;
	height:175px;
	width:262px;
	position:absolute;
	left:20px;
	top:0px;
	z-index:1000;
}
#logo  a {
	display:block;
	border:none;
}

#logo h1#sitename {
	position:absolute;
	text-indent:-9999px;
}

#logo2 {
	background: transparent url(images/logo-blog.jpg) repeat-x;
	height:108px;
	width:935px;
	position:absolute;
	left:30px;
	top:20px;
	z-index:1000;
}

#logo2  a {
	display:block;
	border:none;
}
#call {
	position:absolute;
	left:530px;
	top:20px;
	height:80px;
	width:420px;
	padding:30px 0 0 0;
	background: transparent url(images/get_copy.gif) no-repeat 340px 0;
	font:italic normal 19px/33px  Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif ;
	color:#B08C5A;

}
#call span.phone {
	color:#BCD426;
	font-size:30px;
	padding:10px;
}
#call a {
	display:block;
	text-decoration:none;
	color:#B08C5A;
	height:40px;
	border:none;
}

h1, h1 a, h2, h2 a {
	color:#D42323 !important;
	text-decoration:none;
	font-weight:normal;
	border:none;
}

/* Content */
#content h1 {
	font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	font-size:1.5em;
	font-weight:normal;
	color:#D42323;
	line-height:1.3em;
	margin:0 0 10px 0;
}
#content h2 {
	font-size:1.4em;
}
#content p {
	margin:0 0 15px 0;
}
#content ul,
#content ol {
	margin:0 15px 0 15px;
}
#content li {
	margin:0 0 10px 10px	
}
#shadowbox {
	width:325px;
	margin:1px;
	background: transparent url(images/pull-quote_bkgd.gif) no-repeat left top;
	border-bottom:1px solid #EBDFC6;
}
#shadowbox_bot {
	text-transform:uppercase;
	font-weight:bold;
	font-size:1.3em;
	letter-spacing:1px;
	padding:0 10px 6px 10px; 
	width:305px;
	background: transparent url(images/pull-quote_bkgd.gif) no-repeat left bottom;
	height:15px;
}
h2.sidebar_title {
	text-transform:uppercase;
	font-weight:bold;
	font-size:1.3em;
	letter-spacing:1px;
	padding:6px 10px 10px 10px;
	color:#B08C5A;
	font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Arial;
	letter-spacing:2px;
}

#pullquote {
	font-size:30px;
	font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	font-style:italic;	
	font-weight:normal;
	line-height:1.3em;
	padding:30px 20px 15px 50px; 
	background: transparent url(images/quote.gif) no-repeat 10px 8px;
}
#fromBlog {
	background:  url(images/blog_sep.gif) repeat-y  0 40px ;
	overflow: hidden;
	height:250px;
	border-bottom:1px solid #EBDFC6;
	font-size:10px;

}
#fromBlog h2.post_title a {
	color:#666F30 !important;
}
.article {
	padding:0 10px 10px 10px;
	width:140px;
	float:left;
	font-size:1.2em;
	margin:0 0 0 1px;
}
.article h2 {
	font-size:1.4em;
}

.date {
	letter-spacing:3px;
}
#content .post h2.title {
	font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
		text-decoration:none !important;
}
#content .post h2.title a {
	border:none;
	font-size:23px;
	line-height:1.1em;
	text-decoration:none !important;
}
a.continueReading {
	display:block;
	text-align:right;
	font-size:12px;
	text-decoration:none !important;
	margin:-5px 0 0 0;
	font-weight:bold;
}
a.continue {
	color:#909F27;
	padding:0 37px 0 0;
	background: transparent url(images/article_icon.gif) no-repeat right 3px;
	font-size:13px;
	font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	text-decoration:none;
	border:none;
}
.postmetadata {
	font-size:80%;

}
.postmetadata a {
	color:#8F8959;
	border-bottom:1px dotted #8F8959;
	text-decoration:none;
}
h3.commentCount {
	font:bold 15px/15px Arial;
	text-align:center;
	border-bottom:2px solid #BFD630;
	width:200px;
	margin:10px auto;
	text-transform:uppercase;
	font-weight:bold;
	font-size:1.3em;
	letter-spacing:1px;
	padding:20px 10px 10px 10px;
	color:#B08C5A;
	font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Arial;
	letter-spacing:2px;

}
.leaveComments {
	font:normal 20px/20px Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
}
#commentform {
	font:normal 14px/14px Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
}
#commentform p label {
	font-size:13px;
		font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Arial;
		font-weight:bold;

}
#commentform input, #commentform textarea {
	border:1px solid #EBDFC6;
	background-color:#FEFFF1;
	padding:3px;
	margin:0 4px;
	color:#7F584F;
	font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size:12px;
}
#commentform textarea {
	margin:4px;
	width:300px;
}
fieldset {
	padding:15px ;
	margin:10px 0;
	border:1px solid #EBDFC6;
}
legend {
	padding:5px 25px 5px 7px;
	font:normal 20px/20px Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	color:#8F7147;
}
.commentBox {
	border:1px solid #EBDFC6;
	border-bottom:2px solid #EBDFC6;
	background-color:#FEFFF1;
	padding:10px;	
	font:normal 12px/14px Arial, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

}
.commentAuthor {
	font:bold 14px/14px 'Trebuchet MS', Arial;
	margin:0 0 10px 0;
	padding:0 0 7px 17px;
	border-bottom:1px solid #EBDFC6;
	background: url(images/bubble.png) no-repeat 0 0;
}
.commentTime { text-align:right;}
.commentTime a {
	color:#BFA78F;
	font-size:10px;
	font-weight:bold;
}
#commentform #submit {
	width:305px;
	margin:0 0 0 5px;
	font:bold 14px/14px 'Trebuchet MS', Arial;
	background-color:#FFFCDF;
}

#tags{
margin:0px;
margin-top:4px;
padding:10px;
text-align:left;
width:520px;
border:1px solid #867e6f;

}

#tags ul{
width: 520px;
margin:0px;
padding:0px;
list-style-type: none;
}

#tags ul li{
display: inline; 
margin: 0px 16px 0px 0px;
list-style-type:none;
}

#tags b {
font-size:16px;
color:#c1d736;
}



#tags p {
margin-top:8px;
font-size:11px;
}

#tags ul li img a, #tags ul li a:link, #tags a:visited, #tags img a, #tags ul li img{
border:none;}
	
	
#tags a, #tags a:link, #tags a:visited  {
        color:#666;
        text-decoration:underline;
        border:none;
        }
        
#tags a:hover, #tags a:active  {
        color:#ff3300;
                text-decoration:underline;
                border:none;
        }



/* navCol */
#navCol {
	float:left;
	margin:55px 0 0 0px;
	width:210px;
	padding:0px;
	padding-right:20px;
	font-size:1.1em;
	text-align:left;
}
#nav {
	font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-weight:bold;
	font-size:1.1em;	
	padding-left:30px;
	text-indent:-30px;
}	
#nav ul {
	margin:0 0 0 0px;
}
#nav ul li {
	list-style-type:none;
	margin:12px 0;
	line-height:1.0em;
	border-bottom:1px solid #fff;
}

#nav ul li a,
#nav ul li a:visited {
	color:#CFBD9B;
	color:#A3AF62;
	text-decoration:none;
	padding-left: 13px;
	text-transform:uppercase;
	border:none;

}
#nav ul li a span {
	font-family:Arial,'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size:85%;
	display:block;
	padding:3px 0 0 13px;
	color:#BFAF8F;
	
	line-height:1.1em;
	font-weight:normal;
	text-transform:capitalize;
	}
#nav ul li a:hover {
	color:#D42323 !important;
	color:#BBD425 !important;
	background: url(images/nav_bullet_over.gif) no-repeat 0 3px;
}
#nav ul li a:hover span {
	color:#BFAF8F !important;
	background:none;
}
li.current_page_item a {
	color:#D42323 !important;
	background: url(images/nav_bullet.gif) no-repeat 0 3px;
	border:none;
}
li.current_page_item a span {
	color:#D42323 !important;
	color:#A27147 !important;
}

/* Book Reviews  */
div.grn_box {
 	background-color: #F7FAE6;
 	margin:0px 10px;
	border-top:0px solid #EBDFC6;
	border-bottom:1px solid #EBDFC6;
	width:303px;
	padding:0px;
}

div.grn_box a, div.grn_box a:link, div.grn_box a:visited {
color:#4d4437;
}

div.grn_box a:hover, div.grn_box a:active {
color:#d32323;
}

.grn_box li {
	list-style-type:none;
	margin:12px 0px 2px 8px;
	line-height:1.0em;
	border-bottom:0px solid #fff;
	color:#4d4437;
}

ul#sidebar_links {
 	width:302px;
 	overflow: hidden;
 	background:  url(images/blog_sep.gif) repeat-y  0 40px ;

}
ul#sidebar_links li {
	float:left;
	width:132px;
	list-style-type:none;
	text-align:left;
	padding:0 10px 10px 10px;
	margin:0 5px 5px 2px;

}
ul#sidebar_links li img {
	padding:5px;
	border:1px solid #999;
	background-color:#fff;
	margin:0 0 5px 0;
}
ul#sidebar_links li a strong.title {
	display:block;
	text-align:left;
	font-weight:normal;
	border:none;
	font-size:1.5em;
	color:#8F7B50;
	color:#666F30 !important;	
		

}
ul#sidebar_links li div {
	color:#8F7B50;
	text-align:left;
	font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size:1.1em;
	color:#B08C5A;
}




/*Search Box */
#searchform {
	margin:25px 0 10px 16px;
	font-family:Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif !important;
}
#searchform #s {
	background-color:#FBFCDC;
	border:1px solid #B08C5A;
	padding:5px;
	color:#8F7147;
	margin:3px 0;
	font-size:.9em;
	width:160px;
}
#searchform span {
	color:#B08C5A;
	font-size:1.7em;
	display:block;
	font-style:italic;
}

#searchsubmit {
	background:none;
	color:#B08C5A;
	border:none;
	font-family:Georgia;
	font-size:17px;
	letter-spacing:1px;
	font-weight: bold;
	cursor:pointer;
	padding:0 0 3px 0;
}
h2.post_title {
	line-height:1.0em;
	font-weight:bold !important;
}
h2.post_title a {
	border:none;
}


/*blogroll*/
#blogrollbox {
 	background-color: #E8EFC2;
 	margin:1px;
	border-top:1px solid #EBDFC6;
	border-bottom:1px solid #EBDFC6;
}

ul#blogroll {
	margin:3px 0 0 5px;
}	
ul#blogroll li {
	padding:3px 0 3px 25px;
	list-style-type:none;
 	background:  url(images/page_icon.gif) no-repeat  0 5px ;
	border-bottom:1px dashed #ccc;
	margin:0 0 5px 0;
	font-family:Verdana,Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size:1.1em;

}
ul#blogroll li a {
	text-decoration:none;
	color:#fff;
	color:#909F27;
	border:none;
}
ul#blogroll li a:hover {
	color:#545F0C;
	
}

	
		/* Clear floats without structural markup
		   courtesy of htmldog.com/positioniseverything.net */
		.clearfix:after {
			content: "."; 
			display: block; 
			height: 0; 
			clear: both; 
			visibility: hidden;
		}
		
		/* Hides from IE-mac \*/
		* html .clearfix { height: 1%; }
		/* End hide from IE-mac */
		
		div.intouch {
			margin: 20px auto 40px auto;
		}
		
		div.intouch  form {
			float: left;
			width: 100%;
		}
		
		div.intouch div.inputfield { 
			padding: 4px 0px;
			position: relative;
		}
		
		div.intouch label { 
			display: block;
			float: left;
			clear: left;
			width: 25%; 
			text-align: right;
		}
		
		div.intouch div.inputfield input, div.intouch div.inputfield textarea {
			float: left;
			margin-left: 10px;
		}
		
		div.intouch div.inputfield input {
			width: 40%;
		}
		
		div.intouch div.inputfield textarea {
			width: 50%;
		}

		div.intouch div.inputfield input.submitbutton {
			width: auto !important;
			padding: 2px;
			margin-left: 10px;
			left: 25%;
			position: absolute;
		}
		
		div.intouch div#usermessage {
			margin-bottom: 10px;
			text-align: center;
		}
		
		div.intouch .error {
			border: 1px solid #FF0000 !important;
			padding: 1px;
		}