What would make this more readable and pleasing from a design standpoint?

Would love feedback from the hundred or so of you who look at this daily. One of my goals this year is to blog regularly, grow a more consistent and expansive readership, and to utilize this blog as a calling card to court some paying writing gigs to supplement our income and give me another creative outlet.

For years, I've talked about moving this blog to WordPress or TypePad or.... I've also talked about purchasing a domain name. I've talked with bloggers I admire and read (Meredith, Katie, and others.) I've messed a bit with design here to streamline.

I think about putting recipes on one page or on another linked blog. Same with health goals.

I'm just not sure.

Some folks have suggested I have a logo / banner developed, and I'm game to consider any of it.

I'd love for you to weigh in. Pretty please?

What would YOU like to see?
What would keep you coming back?