add the loop code to the query_posts section;
example:
<div id="blog-list">
<?php query_posts( array(
'posts_per_page' => 8,
'paged' => ( get_query_var('paged') ? get_query_var('paged') : 1 ),
));
if( have_posts() ) : while( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
<div class="description">
<h3><?php the_title_attribute(); ?></h3>
<p><?php the_content_rss('', TRUE, '', 20); ?></p>
</div>
</div>
<?php endwhile;
else : echo 'nothing found';
endif; ?>
</div>