My name's John Ross

As the title says my name is John Ross, yes that is my "first" name. I serve in the U.s. Marines and just finding something productive to do while I'm on Christmas leave. So thought I'd learn Russian.

Well I just got the Rosetta Stone today, and the learning curve of it is kind of tough. Matching pictures to words/sentences trying to figure out what it means, pretty difficult. So I stumbled upon this gold mine of a website and thought I'd give it a shot and get some help to greatly improve my Russian.

Well I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a happy new year!

Merry Christmas, John Ross!
Try Pimsleur if you can get it. Rosetta Stone focuses on learning separate words, which is not the same as learning a foreign language. But it's better than nothing. Every step counts. ;)
Good luck.