NEED HELP STAT!

My wife received this gift from her parents last year (or the year before), a Nikon D60.

I figured i would put it to good use and have been using these sites,

http://www.melevsreef.com/take_great_pictures.html
http://www.ximinasphotography.com/lessons/

to try and "learn" photography (i use the term "learn" loosely because thus far have had mixed results).

There are a million different settings and combination of settings ...