Where next?

I've been blogging for just under three years now under various guises and I feel like I'm at a bit of a crossroads.

There have been some great opportunities that I have had due to blogging and I enjoy linking with other bloggers and reading about the things they are doing with their children. I initially started out blogging about books I was reading and then, as I had children about the things we were doing.

I've been thinking for a while now about moving my blog to its own domain and self hosting; I sort of feel I am at the stage where I want some more control over things and see if I can grow my blog.

If I do move it, I am not sure if I will move all the content; perhaps just some of the more well read posts. A lot of the background stuff needs tidying up so I suppose it would represent a good opportunity to do that.

Have you moved your blog to a self hosted platform? What are the things I should consider; do you have any reccomendations?