I just joined, but have been reading the quilting board for several months. I was 85 on Wednesday. Have been retired for 24 years when we moved to CA. I started doing alterations for the local cleaners two weeks after we moved here. I have been sewing for the community ever since. When I don't have alterations, I make quilts. Take photos of each when I finish them. I have probably made well over 200 since (we moved here). Customers ask me when I am going to retire (from doing alteratons).. Don't until I can't do it anymore. I spend my days either in the sewing room or on the computer from 5 AM until 5 PM when I join my other half for news and a couple hours of TV. I keep hearing (Keep busy or you will STOP) .