photoshop elements 7

the other day i bought and installed adobe photoshop elements 7 for our computer. i have been playing around for days on the silly thing and i have come to one conclusion- it is SO confusing. i mean to tell you, it has all these really cool buttons and options, but you have to be a genius to figure them out. i happened upon a couple of online tutorials that explained a couple of things, but i am in need of some serious training. i found that they make a "photoshop for dummies" book and you can sure bet that i will be headed to barnes and noble this weekend pick up a copy. if i ever figure this thing out i will be able to do some amazing stuff with my pictures. above are a couple that i played with, nothing special or fancy i just happened to get lucky!