Coming Out Of Hibernation

Seems I've been in a fog since my step father passed away in June after a swift decline in his health due to kidney problems. During that time, my domain name host was bought by another company - and did not send out alert emails ... and long story short - Kenyatta's Kreations, my presence online for the past 13 years - was bought. The sellers offered to sell it back to me for almost 1400.00. Real tears were shed - I felt like I'd been robbed. What to do? I'm starting again. I am starting from scratch - new style, new website... and new domain name.... and this time, I will not rely on reminders from the host site - I will check on the status of my name every month...but most importantly, I will keep moving forward.