Thanks for the encouragement and sound advice. Poker Tracker sounds interesting. If I have enough time to analyze all the statistics instead of just spending more time playing to get better, it may be worth it. I don't know how much 2+BB/100 is. I also don't know how many hands I've played in 5 months of about 3-4 hours a day average. I've been putting a lot of time in on poker since the bug bit me.
Yes, Lee Jones' book was the first one I read. Many good points. I also like and have Ed Miller's new beginner's book, and I have two advanced books by Miller and Sklansky I'm studying.
If you're beating the pants off .50/1.00 maybe YOU should venture higher and see how it goes for a short time or amount.