Problem Using Float in Footer

I’m am trying to display my recent posts, recent comments, and a little about me box in my footer with each being right next to the other. I am doing this by using float:left and float:right. The information is displayed in the right position, but I can’t my footer background colour to show unless I take the float code out. Only then the information isn’t displayed properly. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

My site is located at: http://www.walkinginchrist.org/bohemianrefuge I’m using the lastest FF and WP 2.7

style.css

/*
Theme Name: Optimism
Theme URI: http://www.freewpthemes.net/preview/optimism/
Description: Widget ready and tested on WP 2.3.1
Version: 2.0
Author: Free WordPress Themes
Author URI: http://www.freewpthemes.net/
*/
body {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	background: #FFFFFF url(images/bg_01.png);
	font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 13px;
	color: #837669;
}

h1, h2, h3 {
	margin: 0;
	font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	font-weight: normal;
	color: #6D5A46;
}

h1 { font-size: 44px; }

h2 { font-size: 26px; }

h3 { }

p, ul, ol {
	margin-top: 0;
	line-height: 240%;
	text-align: justify;
	font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 11px;
}

ul, ol { }

blockquote { }

a { color: #D87EB4; }

a:hover { text-decoration: none; }

a img {
	border: none;
}

img.left {
	float: left;
	margin: 7px 30px 0 0;
}

img.right {
	float: right;
	margin: 7px 0 0 30px;
}

hr { display: none; }

.list1 {
}

.list1 li {
	float: left;
	line-height: normal;
}

.list1 li img {
	margin: 0 30px 30px 0;
}

.list1 li.alt img {
	margin-right: 0;
}

/* Header */

#header-wrapper {
	height: 74px;
	background: url(images/img02.gif);
}

#header {
	width: 1000px;
	height: 74px;
	margin: 0 auto;
	background: url(images/img03.gif);
}

/* Menu */

#menu {
	float: left;
	width: 680px;
	height: 74px;
	background: url(images/img04.gif) no-repeat;
}

#menu ul {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 33px 0 0 90px;
	list-style: none;
	line-height: normal;
}

#menu li {
	display: block;
	float: left;
}

#menu a {
	display: block;
	float: left;
	margin-right: 17px;
	padding: 5px 12px;
	text-decoration: none;
	font: 14px Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	color: #658453;
}

#menu a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }

#menu .current_page_item a {
	background: #A2CE89 url(images/img06.gif) repeat-x;
	color: #FFFFFF;
}

/* Search */

#search {
	float: right;
	width: 305px;
	height: 74px;
	background: url(images/img05.gif) no-repeat right top;
}

#search form {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 36px 0 0 0;
}

#search fieldset {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	border: none;
}

#search input {
	float: left;
	font: 12px Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	border: none;
}

#search-text {
	width: 135px;
	height: 18px;
	padding: 3px 0 0 5px;
	background: #ECF9E4;
	color: #658453;
}

#search-submit {
	height: 21px;
	margin-left: 12px;
	background: #BE7BA2 url(images/img07.gif) repeat-x;
	color: #FFFFFF;
}

/* Page */

#page {
	width: 800px;
	margin: 0 auto;
	padding: 0 45px;
	background: #FFFFFF url(images/img08.gif) repeat-x;
	border: 5px solid #FFFFFF;
}

/** LOGO */

#logo {
	height: 148px;
	background: url(images/img09.gif) repeat-x left bottom;
}

#logo h1, #logo p {
	float: left;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	line-height: normal;
}

#logo h1 { padding-top: 45px; }

#logo h1 a {
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #6D5A46;
}

#logo h1 a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }

#logo p {
	padding: 65px 0 0 15px;
	font: italic 13px Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	color: #B6ACA2;
}

#logo p a {
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #B6ACA2;
}

#logo p a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }

/* Content */

#content {
	float: left;
	width: 510px;
}

/* Post */

.post {
	margin-bottom: 25px;
}

.post .title {
	margin-bottom: 3px;
	padding: 2px 30px;
	background: url(images/img10.gif) repeat-y;
}

.post .meta {
	margin: 0 0 3px 0;
	padding: 2px 30px;
	background: url(images/img11.gif) repeat-y;
	font: italic 13px Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	color: #B6ACA2;
}

.post .meta a { color: #B6ACA2; }

.post .entry {
	padding: 25px 30px;
	background: url(images/img12.gif) repeat-y;
}

.post .links {
	margin: 0 250px 0 0;
	padding: 0 0 0 10px;
	background: #FEF7EF url(images/img13.gif) repeat-x;
}

.post .links .comments {
	padding-left: 22px;
	background: url(images/img14.gif) no-repeat left center;
}

.post .links .permalink {
	padding-left: 17px;
	background: url(images/img15.gif) no-repeat left center;
}

.post h2 a {
	color: #6D5A46;
	text-decoration: none;
}

.post h2 a:hover {
	text-decoration: underline;
}

/* Sidebar */

#sidebar {
	float: right;
	width: 240px;
}

#sidebar ul {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	list-style: none;
	line-height: normal;
}

#sidebar li {
	margin-bottom: 30px;
	padding: 0 0 20px 30px;
	background: url(images/img12.gif) repeat-y;
}

#sidebar li ul {
	line-height: 200%;
}

#sidebar li li {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	background: url(images/spacer.gif);
}

#sidebar h2 {
	margin: 0 0 20px -30px;
	padding: 2px 0 2px 30px;
	background: url(images/img10.gif) repeat-y;
	border-bottom: 3px solid #FFFFFF;
	font-size: 18px;
}

#sidebar p {
	line-height: 200%;
}

/* Calendar */

#calendar {
}

#calendar caption {
	padding-bottom: 5px;
	font-weight: bold;
}

#calendar table {
	width: 100%;
	border-collapse: collapse;
	border-right: 1px solid #F5F2EF;
}

#calendar thead th {
	padding: 5px 0;
	text-align: center;
	border-top: 1px solid #F5F2EF;
	border-left: 1px solid #F5F2EF;
	background: #F5F2EF;
}

#calendar tbody td {
	padding: 5px 0;
	text-align: center;
	border-top: 1px solid #F5F2EF;
	border-left: 1px solid #F5F2EF;
}

#calendar tfoot td {
	padding: 5px;
	background: #FEF7EF url(images/img13.gif) repeat-x;
}

#calendar tfoot #next {
	text-align: right;
}

#calendar #today {
	background: #E7F1E1;
}

/* footer area */
#footer {
	width: 800px;
	background: #000000;
	margin: 0px auto;
	padding: 5px 12px 12px;
	color:#999999;
	clear: both;

}
#footer a, #footer a:visited {
	color: #ffffff;
}
#footer h4 {
	font: normal 146%/100% "Trebuchet MS", Tahoma, Arial;
	color: #9cdbfb;
	margin: 10px 0px 5px;
}
.footer-recent-comments {
	width: 240px;
	float: left;
	margin-left: 10px;
}
.footer-recent-comments ul {
	list-style: none;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
}
.footer-recent-comments ul li {
	background: #FFFFFF;
	padding: 0px 0px 10px 20px;
}
.footer-recent-posts {
	width: 240px;
	float: left;
	margin-left: 10px;
}
.footer-recent-posts strong {
	font-size: 107%;
	line-height: 135%;
	font-weight: bold;
}
.footer-recent-posts ul {
	list-style: none;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	font-size: 92%;
	line-height: 110%;
}
.footer-recent-posts ul li {
	background: #FFFFFF;
	padding: 0px 0px 10px 20px;
}
.footer-about {
	width: 300px;
	float: right;
	padding-right: 10px;
	padding-left: 10px;
	background: #FFFFFF;
}
/* credits */
#credits {
	margin: 0px auto;
	width: 800px;
	color: #000000;
	font-size: 85%;
	line-height: 120%;
	height:100px;
	background: #FFFFFF;
}
#credits a, #credit a:visited {
	color: #000000;
}

footer.php

<div id="footer">
  <!--recent comments start -->
  <div class="footer-recent-posts">
    <h4>Recent Posts</h4>
  	<?php query_posts('showposts=5'); ?>
	<ul>
	<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
	<li>
	<strong><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php _e('Permanent link to'); ?> <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></strong>
	<small><?php the_time('m-d-Y') ?></small>
	</li>
	<?php endwhile;?>
	</ul>
  </div>
  <!--recent comments start -->

  <!--recent comments start -->
  <div class="footer-recent-comments">
 <?php if (function_exists('src_simple_recent_comments')) { src_simple_recent_comments(); } ?>
  </div>
  <!--recent comments end -->

	<!--about text start -->
	<div class="footer-about">
		<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/text.txt'); /* Open about_text.txt in the theme folder to edit this text */?>
	</div>
	<!--about text end -->

  <hr class="clear" />
  </div><!--/footer -->

</div><!--/page -->

</body>
</html>