Woohoo! Congrats!! I have one of these too, (named Judy) and I keep her set up all the time. It's such a strange looking machine, but oddly endearing too. Sure doesn't mind working though, I just finished hemming some jeans and sewing some pockets back on with mine and she marched right through the layers of denim without a hitch. I think you will enjoy sewing on yours very much!
Mine lives right by my front door and I notice that people seem drawn to touching her. Nobody touches the modern machine right next to her, they want to touch that brown crinkly coat. I think a lot of people have never seen anything like it!