New Help! Please, table issues?, sorta... Options

[Cashel]

um..yeh, im tryin to code my site, and since im such a noob at codeing, i need help
heres what im trying to do...
im trying to take a "content" box i made, for the main content for my site...heres what i did so far

i made THIS IMAGE
and i placed it jus a couple pixels of the edge on the right side

i used this code for the image, and putting text inside
(the whole code doesnt show up when i put the code text into this post, so i made it an image, sorry)
THE CODED STUFF
(yes, i ended the table, i jus didnt add it in the image)

now, it works, but the text is on the very edge of the image, i want it to be jus a tad to over so it wont be right on the edge, you get what im saying?
so, how can i fix that

ALSO!!!
look at the coded image again, and see where it says
p class=head
thats makes the text start at the top of the of the image
right after that, i put the <p> code to make the text go lower, it doesnt lower the text, instead it makes the image repeat itself on the bottom because the "content box" image is coded as a background, do you understand that? sorry if its confusing...

so, if anyone could please help me with this, i would be very, VERY grateful...VERY! lol...
again, sorry if this is confusing, if you need an image of what te site looks like, jus repost, ill put it up, my site isnt ready to be viewd full yet, but if its needed, ill let you,

[Cashel]

nvm, dont help me, i found another way to do it, =]