I'm waving back at you! I live on the Eastern Shore of Maryland near Salisbury and have visited your area more than a few times. Had a nephew stationed there in the navy a couple of years ago. Now I have another nephew who lives down there with his girlfriend.
You'll get a lot of ideas about sewing machines, probably enough to confuse you. I used to have a Bernina 1230 and loved it, loved it, loved it. Now I have a Bernina 440. It's great but I don't love it. I miss the metal bed from the 1230, have had to replace the plastic one on the 440. Somehow, fabric just doesn't glide over the plastic one (when machine quilting) like it did the metal one.