Photoshop Elements 7

I got this last spring for my birthday....and I had a goal of learning to use it over the summer.....kind of like taking a class, a few lessons at a time. I even got a book to walk me through the whole class, so that I could visually SEE what the cd was telling me to do....because I am a very visual learner. May I just say my plan failed miserably. Here it is August 26, 2009 and I have NOT OPENED the book, nor loaded the software to my laptop........so I need a NEW plan, obviously....I would like to go through it in the fall with the goal of having finished it by end of November....so perhaps Thursdays will be my Photoshop day, taking an hour or so every Thursday to go thru some of the chapters, experimenting on how to use the software and then showing YOU some of the lessons I am learning.
Do you have experience with Photoshop Elements? Am I going to be able to master this???? It is a challenge for me, but I'd like to think I can handle it.....any experienced PE users out there to offer technical support should I need it???? That would be so great if we could help each other out.....er, you help me and maybe something I post will help you....or you could ask for help on something domestic that challenges you, and maybe I can help. Something like that......