Thanks for the tip. Actually ended up putting a little html span code in the footer. It allowed me to work with a small table for aligning an extra piece of text.
<span style=”color:#FFFCD7;”>
<table width=”900″ border=”0″>
<tr>
<td width=”300″>? 2011 – e. k. Smith Landscape Design</td>
<td width=”300″> </td>
<td width=”300″ align=”right”>Website by Chris Popovic</td>
</tr>
</table>
</span>