How do I make faster/cleanup/tuneup my MacBook (2009)

I have had my macbook now for 2 years in Feb. and I am noticing a major slow down with it....I cannot save any more pictures, it takes a minute to load a page, I cannot update anything and it asks me all of the time to and it says I have no room, it freezes time to time, the spinning wheel sometimes lasts for long periods of time, and other symptoms of just "slowing down" is occurring. How can I clean it up?!
I know with windows computers you can clean up the disc and cookies and configure and disconfigure the disc drive and I feel like that all needs to be done but I just cannot figure it out....HELP!
p.s I got an external hard-drive to save all my pictures on and stuff to maybe clear up some room, maybe that will help.
Thankss

First, if you have less than 12 - 18 GB free space on your hard drive, you need to move enough of your space hogging files off to an external to gain enough space. You should do this as quickly as possible. Adding RAM without creating enough hard drive space will not solve your problem.
Upgrading the RAM is very easy; OWC (macsales.com) is a reputable vendor and offers lifetime warranty and they have install videos on their site:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/AppleMacBook_MacBookPro/Upgrade
And here are Apple's instructions:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1651

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