BTW, please change my link.
Either way, I'm not discouraging you to not go on with what you plan.
I really don't see using WordPress a good idea. Maybe it's just me, as I have a WordPress blog and I've seen through it.
Yeah, you might call it a tiny CMS.
I coded a form which when submitted will connect and submit the data into the database. It's for adding the updates as well as avatars.