space between sidebar items

hi all,

unfortunately, my site was hacked, and now after two years i have to go back in an re-do my whole setup. of course, I don’t remember the css codes i used, and i’ve been tweaking a lot here and there, but i still can’t seem to figure out how to change the spacing between sidebar items.

the other thing i can’t remember how to do is how to get paragraphs to not show up beside pictures without having to hit enter 200 times.

any ideas?

blog site: https://chiknpastry.com

thanks in advance!