Somewhat new to Russian... good learning strategies?

Привет! :wink: I just started Russian a couple of months ago, though admittedly it's taking me a while because I'm busy... I am also taking Spanish courses and catch onto that fairly quickly, so I don't think it's a "learning new languages issue", really.

But anyways, I have the Russian Rosetta Stone (though I dislike how Rosetta Stone does not actually teach you the grammar concepts..) but don't really use it... I mainly use Livemocha (similar to Rosetta Stone, but a free online site where you can also contact native speakers) and supplement it with, well, basically looking up grammar concepts online. Usually that ends up at russianlessons.net. I tried learning my conjugations through them, and apparently got it all wrong...? :upset: So I'm not sure if it's simply my misunderstanding or if the site was incorrect or did not go into enough detail, etc...

I'm not sure how much I can learn simply through Livemocha and online grammar websites... would you suggest that I get CD's and/or some kind of textbook? Would a Russian/English dictionary also help? Do you have any suggestions pertaining to specific references that I can use? (Brand, name, etc..)

Thanks for your time! :D