Ha Ha! You are all right! Being a girl is no excuse!! Thank you all for your helpful tips and for being so encouraging :) I guess I was just hoping that there was some secret trick I didn't know about.

I'm having so much fun here on Guitar Tricks! I don't know many people who play the guitar, so it's really nice to meet people in this forum.

I'm just going to keep chugging away and will look forward to having finger tips of steel!

Manda