Nice. But remember--don't knock those old machines!! :D I am glad that you got a new one--Mom's Kenmore is a very nice machine with all those fancy stitches and the thread cutter. Mmm... I love the thread cutter. ;)

Naming it isn't bad! I've named all my electronics... even my car! (Dubbed "Gilda" after the Rita Hayworth character in the movie of the same title.) Even my notebook computer is named!!! :D But then again, we name *everything* around here...