go to your bookstore and see what they have in the VB section that is relevant to your ability, or rather choose the book which is slightly too difficult for you at present, that way you will have a target that you will soon be able to meet.

Flip through the book until you find some unfamiliar stuff, research all about it on the NET and then gett on with it.

That's how I do it, and its much better than struggling through a project that your not ready to finish.

Warning: the hardest part in programming is finding an idea for a project in the first place, I am desperate for ideas at the moment, anyone want any programming done for them?