... and if the camera from #2 stops serving your needs, buy another that does.

... and if the cost/quality of processing from #3 stops serving your needs, implement step 4.

... and if you have leftover money from step 5, take your wife out to dinner.

... and if you make either errors or good images from step 6, start a thread so we can all laugh/cry/celebrate together!

Your headed in a great direction! LF, no matter how you want to do it is a great photographic experience!