Possible future site outage

I made a few phone calls and there's good news. I think I might be able to use a hosting plan that would require a few hundred dollars in way of an initial invenstment as opposed to the up to 2000 dollars that I was worried about. This means that the move to a dedicated server is financially viable for me (many thanks to those who bought through our affiliate links such as Amazon, the revenue is not much but it will help pay for these unexpected setup and tranfer fees) and the only problems is if my current host suspends my account before I am able to find time to make this transfer.

So in short, we may have downtime but afterward we will be on a dedicated server, and for those who don't know what that means it is a computer dedicated to just this site and it will enable us to do many cool things that we are not currently able to do (due to space/bandwidth constraints) such as add photo albums etc.

I am being rushed by my host and hadn't planned to take up the cost of a dedicated server at this stage but if all goes well we should be alright. Once we are on a dedicated server we can support 1000s of times the current activity level and we should be all set for the next few years.

Please not that it is likely that you will see banner ads in the future, this is to ensure the longevity of the site because until there are ads that help pay the costs this site will rely entirely on my employment, a situation that is far too precarious for my taste. My intention is to secure the future of this site and with affiliations and banner advertising I hope to do so.