Your'e like me. I just turned 80, I had a MIA 6 years ago,last march I got sick took me months had an allergy,arthritis pain in my wrist,it got hard all of a sudden to do my flower gardening,then I had more problems and had to have tests, after tests so now I have stomach problems and I thought I wanted a new sewing machine but like you I keep thinking "I am getting up in age,I probably won't get the use of it but I also think why not. Once I was told to enjoy the rest of my life,so I still may buy a sewing machine even if my old one does pretty good...at 35 years.