AMM - no problem.
Actually going into the template tab, you can go add in other type of page elements, like list for the list of milestones, food, etc. explore when you are free then you realise can add in a lot of things.
For those ticker, counter, slide show etc, just go to any of our blogs, click to your to that website, and choose what style etc you want and then go back to the template tab, select the HTML/Script and just paste the HTML code stated in the ticker, counter, slide webpage and viola, you have your own in your blog!