Align excerpt and shorten excerpt

Hi

Thank you for the theme.

Just wondering how I can align the text in my excerpts on the front page of my site ceopod.com. The text is currently beneath the featured image (thumbnail for excerpt) but I want it to appear to the right of the featured image.

I also want to reduce the length of the excerpt as well.

Any assistance much appreciated as I have searched high & low to try and resolve this.
Thank you.