You obviously have the desire to want to play.. and I have to say that that is the most important thing.. You need to want to play guitar, not for anyone else but because you want to play. The next step is CONSTANT and CONSISTENT practise. When I say constant, I don't mean you need to play every single second of every day.. I mean that if you at a beginner level and you want to get to an intermediate level, then you need to put in the work to accomplish that... not 1 hour on 24th December 2007, then 1 hour on 7th January 2008.. then 30mins on 10th January.. and so on..

You need to set aside at least 15 to 30mins every 1 or 2 days to "practise". Practising can be just going over the same stuff again to make sure you don't forget it.. or it can be learning a new song, or learning some new music theory.. or whatever.. as long as you dedicate that 30mins to learning the guitar. 30mins per day is PLENTY of practise.. So turn off the TV and pick up the guitar instead.

Lisa McCormick (one of the instructors here) has some great tutorials on Finger Picking (fingerstyle) for beginners that you might want to check out. Finger picking is just like playing what you already know (ie. basic chords) except instead of strumming, you finger pick.. so it sounds like a good step forward for you.

Here's a link to her tutorials page: http://www.guitartricks.com/instructor.php?input=311296

EDIT: Oh I just realised you're not full access member.. not sure if any of her lessons are on the freebie pages.. sorry.