The movers are here and I was feeling down about leaving our home and family up north. I decided that I needed a pick-me-up and got on the "talk". Thanks everyone....just reading all the posts has gotten me all excited again for the Villages. I don't know what I was thinking. Everything that you all said, matches our experiences in the Villages. Words just don't give it justice, believe me. All this work will have a wonderful payoff in just three days. It has taken us two different beautiful times on a lifestyle program (2007, 2008) one month in a rental (when we bought..June 2009) a long waiting year of work and now the Villages. We will meet in the town squares and have a beer and celebrate a new beginning. Come join us one and all. Christmas in July. I have been reading posts for sometime now and I truly look forward to meeting you all.