Upgrading from OSX 10.1.5... no idea what i'm doing... please help?

First of all, hello! This is my first post on these boards.
So here's the deal: I'm lazy. Terribly lazy. And I haven't updated my OS since buying this computer four years ago.
So now I'm in a pickle... I'd LIKE to upgrade, but I haven't a clue how to go about doing so, and I'm totally overwhelmed by everything I'm reading on the apple site and in these forums.
Seriously, if any of you have a ton of patience and can speak to me like you would to an infant, I would so appreciate it!
Best,
Sweetpea
PowerPC G4 Mac OS X (10.1.x)

Start with http://www.apple.com/macosx/upgrade/,
http://www.apple.com/support/tiger/install/, and
http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/cheatsheet/
Thank you! That's definitely helpful to start with, but I'm still nervous... I realize that this is a hefty upgrade that I'm attempting. What is going to be affected? I'm not terribly concerned about documents, but will I have to re-install programs and such?
I appreciate your help, thank you.
-sweetpea
PowerPC G4 Mac OS X (10.1.x)

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