Home page with 1 cat posts and blog page with all posts

Well maybe I need to adjust the template for the blog page. Here is the current code:

<?php
/*
Template Name: Blog
*/
// Which page of the blog are we on?
$paged = get_query_var('paged');
query_posts('cat=-0&amp;paged='.$paged);

// make posts print only the first part with a link to rest of the post.
global $more;
$more = 0;

//load index to show blog
load_template(TEMPLATEPATH . '/index.php');
?>

As it loads the index, blog becomes home and home is highlighted when people to to the blog AND the two widgets are shown as well. Any ideas how to remedy this?

I will work on a query_posts into the blog’s template like home.php has:

<?php
    query_posts("cat=44&amp;showpost=1");
   if (have_posts()) : ?>

		<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

Just need to call the last 10 posts and style it like the index.

Well, I could use the blog template format for the blog page, use the index for the front page (remove home.php) and this:
You're done. The one last thing you will want to do is to update your permalinks structure to begin with "/blog/", i.e., "/blog/%year%/%monthnum%/%postname%/". Now you have a WordPress-managed CMS with a unique front page and logically-structured blog content.

But I am not sure that I want to change my permalink structure..

I am trying my own query now:

<?php
/*
Template Name: Blog
*/
?>
<?php get_header(); ?>
<div id="page">
	<div id="content">
<?php $recent = new WP_Query("cat=all&amp;showposts=5");
while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();?>
				<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
			<p class="postmetadata"><?php the_time('l, j F, Y') ?>

			<div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">	

				<div class="entry">
					<?php the_content('Lees de rest van dit bericht &raquo;'); ?>
				</div>

				<p class="postmetadata"><?php the_tags('Tags:', ', ', ' <strong>|</strong> '); ?> Categorie?n: <?php the_category(', '); ?> <strong>|</strong> Geschreven door: <span style=" color:#000066;"><?php the_author() ?></span> <strong>|</strong> <?php edit_post_link('Bewerk ','','<strong>|</strong>'); ?>  <?php comments_popup_link('Reageer! »', '1 Reactie »', '% Reacties »'); ?>

			</div>

		<?php endwhile; ?>

		<div class="navigation">
			<div class="alignleft"><?php next_posts_link('&laquo; Vorige Artikelen') ?></div>
			<div class="alignright"><?php previous_posts_link('Volgende Artikelen &raquo;') ?></div>
		</div>

	<?php else : ?>

		<h2>Niet gevonden</h2>
		Onze excuses. We hebben wat u zocht niet gevonden. Probeer het nogmaals.

		<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . "/searchform.php"); ?>

	<?php endif; ?>

	</div>

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

There are mistakes in the code though. I only get a blank page. Must be missing something.

Any ideas?

Going to give https://www.michaelciccarelli.com/2008/07/fix-pagination-on-query-posts/ a try.

Yes! That worked! I needed:

<?php
$limit = get_option('posts_per_page');
$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
query_posts('showposts=' . $limit . '&amp;paged=' . $paged .'&amp;cat=-44');
$wp_query->is_archive = true; $wp_query->is_home = false;
?>
  <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>

    <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>