Frame of mind is crucial. Ok, I will give you a second to get psyched....ready? Here we go. It can be intimidating not being a programmer but this is a wonderful place to start. Programming with an interest, such as api calls in Python, can really expound horizons. So to get started, first get an ide. This is a program that you will code in. I would say get Eclipse, others may disagree. http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/eclipse-classic-422/junosr2 It's free. Next get python.
http://www.python.org/getit/windows/Install Python. Get 2.7 or >.  Check out beginners section http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide. Now get pydev so that eclipse can utilize python http://pydev.org/manual_101_install.html. It's a little bit of a setup but I think its worth it. Maybe someone else here has better ideas!