I know it's kinda hard, you can never really get out of it what you put in...thanks for the compliments on mine, I'm sure I'll eventually want to get something else too but for right now, I'm happy
As for putting pics up, you can do it one of two ways - you can either submit it as an 'attach file' and I think the pics can only be 400 X 400 pixels max or you can put it in a zip file and attach a hyperlink to that.
Also, if you already have them somewhere else on the net, you can just put a hyperlink into your post to there...let me know if you have any problems or any other questions.