Thank you all for your kind words! We are excited beyond words.
Ohiogirl, my husband's job brought us to AZ, so it wasn't retirement. We’ve been there for several years now. While it’s hot in AZ, it wasn’t anything we couldn’t handle. Hubby still golfed in the 110+ degree weather.
But, he didn't want to retire there, and has been talking about moving back to FL for a while now. As a matter of fact, even coming here now will not mean retirement (at least not for the first 2-3 years). My husband is fortunate to be allowed to work remotely. As long as he is connected to his office via computer and phone, he can be productive. Our 2-month experiment renting here was supposed to see if working remotely would work as well as he thought it would and to give us a better feel for the community than the 6-day Lifestyle visit did. (The lifestyle visit was great, but it went be so quickly that we still didn’t get to do or see everything we wanted to.) We were then supposed to go home and figure out our next steps. We are usually planners/researchers and don’t usually do anything big/important without much upfront prep work. Even though Hubby was working all day long, it didn’t take us more than a couple of weeks to wonder “What the heck are we waiting for?? This place is unbelievable! Let’s do it!” We saw many new and resale homes and decided on a new close-out home in Bonita. It’s quite a bit smaller than anything we’ve had in a good many years, so it’ll take some careful paring down of ‘stuff’ (never mind furniture) to keep from exploding at the seams! But, we won’t be the first to have to do this in the move to TV, so it is doable!
MAK4470, we’re on Campobello Terrace. It’s a beautiful cul-de-sac street! When we finally get there for good, hope to see you at the pool!
If it weren’t for the scary and unpleasant thought of having to carry two mortgages until our AZ home sells, this would truly be perfect! Let’s hope that situation is resolved quickly or my husband will really think he’s married to a crazy woman!
