Thanks JJ.
I've been working on nailing down a couple of basic strum patterns... keeping rhythm and clean chord changes are my current challenges...
I practice daily and my regimen consists of various excersises to keep things from getting too stale or frustrating. I have finger picking style in my sites, but I'm working on the fundementals right now... and I feel pretty good about my progress. For those interested, I'm taking instruction from Next Level Guitar, mainly David Taub at
www.nextlevelguitar.com
yeah, the calluses are coming, though I'm still showering and bathing regularly!! ha ha!
Thanks for the suggestion, the chords are all familiar.. not difficult, but not sure on what kind of strum pattern. ah, a work in progress....