Learning C# - Planning and best methods

Hello All,
        I am a newbie who is very interested in learning to program in C#. I have some manuals that I have done extensive reading from, and I have created a lot of simple, small projects from those manuals. In short, I have the basics down and I am at a point where I need real-world projects to do, but I can not seem to find a site, book, or any other resource that offers C# projects that you can create that would be similar to something you would do on a jobsite. In order to learn the language properly, I am going to need to experience how to program in it, and for that I need projects. If anyone here knows of a resource where I can find C# projects to do, please reply with it. It would help me out a great deal. Also, if anyone has any suggestions on the best way to learn the language on my own, I would like to hear those ideas as well. Thanks!