athomemom

Thanks lawtai, I actually found the answer to my footer color problem, probably as you were typing it.
I did try copying the #menu section and renaming all the #menu to

#rmenu.  This is what I've got:
#rmenu form {
	margin: 0 0 0 13px;
}
#rmenu input#s {
	width: 80%;
	background: #eee;
	border: 1px solid #999;
	color: #000;
}
#rmenu ul {
	color: #777;
	font-weight: bold;
	list-style-type: none;
	margin: 0;
	padding-left: 3px;
	text-transform: lowercase;
                list-style-type: none;
}
#rmenu ul li {
	font: italic normal 110% 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;
	letter-spacing: 0.1em;
	margin-top: 10px;
	padding-bottom: 2px; /*border-bottom: dotted 1px #ccc;*/
}
#rmenu ul ul {
	font-variant: normal;
	font-weight: normal;
	line-height: 100%;
	list-style-type: none;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	text-align: left;
}
#rmenu ul ul li {
	border: 0;
	font: normal normal 70%/115% 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Verdana, sans-serif;
	letter-spacing: 0;
	margin-top: 0;
	padding: 0;
	padding-left: 12px;
}
#rmenu ul ul li a {
	color: #444444;
	text-decoration: none;
}
#rmenu ul ul li a:hover {
	border-bottom: 1px solid #809080;
}
#rmenu ul ul ul.children {
	font-size: 142%;
	padding-left: 4px;
}

Sorry to throw so much code at you, but I thought if you saw what I’ve got, it would be easier to see where I’ve botched it up.
*lawtai — THANKS for for hanging in with my noobishness.