Thanks. I was able to customize the order details page to put a clock next to the day the order was received, so I can ow look an order and see that 9 days have passed, etc.

BUT that would change the product list format on category pages. I am referring to adding a list of all products on a CMS page by providing a code like {{block type="catalog/product_list" name="home.catalog.product.list" alias="products_homepage" template="catalog/product/list.phtml"}} but of course, list.phtml shows the list in a grid and if I change Admin Panel => System-> Configuration -> Catalog -> Catalog -> FrontEnd -> ListMode = Set it to List(Default)/ Grid settings to LIST, then it changes anything that uses list.phtml to a list format. I guess I need to create a new template?