I do have a problem with cars as I become emotionally attached to them, therefore I am with you on the intention to fix the car specially since you had been maintaining it for 11 years and it only has 60k miles.
Swapping an engine (for one of the same kind) it's a bit labor intense but not really difficult, if you plan ahead and prepare yourself with the basic tools, you should be all right.
I believe that investing on a table lift will allow you to do the swap in your garage with the car on stands, these table lifts are not really expensive (I got one from HF) that worked very well, and combined with a home made (4x4) wood brace for the top, would allow you to brace the engine from the top for removing the engine and transmission mounts, before lowering both with the table lift, I can share some pics if you want.
There is a pic of one of these tables here:
Engine removal
Good luck
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