There are two main issues that I'm having in editing the appearance of my blog.

The first Q: Where are the Settings for Blog Excerpts?

Hover over the drop down menu and click Amy's Blog Zone (the yellow star in the picture). This link takes you to the main hub for posts in that blog, and I'd like to spiff it up a little.

Scroll down and take a look at the excerpt for my Brainstorm post. I'd like to replace it with better phrasing, or make it look like a list, like it does in the blog post itself. Do you know where to edit these settings?