Ohhh the Elements

So....I got a new lense for my camera the other week (I'm pretty sure I've mentioned this a couple hundred times to everyone) and I LOVE IT!!!  I was hesitant to tell Justin that I wanted to get it because well....he's not all about spending the money like I am.  But surprisingly he LOVES the lense too!!  It's a prime lense, which is taking a little while to get used to because it doesn't zoom but the quality of my pictures is amazing compared to the stock lense that I got when I purchased the camera.   Along with the lense, I bought Photoshop Elements...... and let me tell you...that shit is real hard to understand. All I want to do is add some different effects and whatnot but my pictures end up turning out looking like a fricken 2 year old colored them with fuckin crayons!   I feel like a idiot trying to figure it out.  I don't even want to know how the 8 million dollar photo shop program works.....I would feel even more like a f'ing idiot!!  All I want to do is teach myself how to edit some of my photos so I can continue to take my own pics and not pay almost $100 at Target for photos that I could have taken WAY better!  I'm kinda cheap like that!  I did find a fabulous photo blog that helps you with Photoshop and has different tutorials.  I haven't had a whole lot of time to play around with it yet but I'm hoping it helps!!! 
Anyway, I do have one favorite pic that I took and did a little editing so I will share that with yall!!!

So...there it is!!! If anyone has any helpful suggestions or tips regarding anything here PLEASE let me know!!!