So, Dec 31st, I'll be swapping out my VSD site to my new Responsive site. Anything I should do to prep for it? Hot soapy water in a bucket? Newly minted rags? Elbow grease for scrubbing? lol ... in other words - do I need to delete all remnants of the VSD files before uploading? Any thing else you can think of?

We have hosting at Hostway https://hostway.com/
My VSD site - http://dozwm.net/
Draft of my Responsive site - http://leeanniekingcom.coffeecup.com/index.html

And yes I'm late to the Responsive site world. I saw it all hitting years ago but had no freaking clue it applied to me / my site / coffeecup. lol ... I even had an ex, who, years ago, was a developer, talking to me about all the work he was doing and I never made the connection.

Hi Hulasista,
I would recommend you make sure you have a copy of all the old files on your site just in case you need something. One way would be to move them to another directory. On your new site the words Monthly Inspirational Reading get cut off at lower break points. You make need to reduce the font size at those break points or force those three links with the text under them to stack giving you more room. The new site does look good. Nice job.

Look nice! I looked at it via a tablet
What caught my eye is the fact that the black menu is not at the same size everywhere because of the text above it. I would try how it looks with the text below the black menu

Looks great from here in Bali (including the menu which works fine for me all the way down to 320px viewport, as we used to say in good old blighty, better late than never. Well done and a good job