You sound like you are doing great Lisa!
I've found that I have these crazy peaks and valleys. One day it all "clicks" and I feel so confident and love my results. Then I try something new and suddenly I'm frustrated and feel like I'll never get it. But when I do, wow, I love that feeling!
Keep at it ladies. Learn little bits. Experiment. Ask questions. We'll figure it out together!
(and we'll all come here and vent when someone says, I need to get a good camera like yours to take photos like you do...I just heard it again last weekend and just wanted to hand my camera over and say, go ahead, give it a shot!
...but I was nice and smiled and agreed!)