If you want something like Darcy's site, that could pretty much be accomplished with a blog. Would be super easy for you to update, maybe with a little help at first, plus it would get you into the search engines faster. If you're not wanting a members area right now, you probably wouldn't even have to have a very expensive hosting account. Start out with virtual hosting, a $14.95 account from
Host Gator would probably be enough, and you can pay them with PayPal I believe.