[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by 2BNTV

Everyone has to live with their decisions, and if you feel you are right, then nothing else matters. There is a peace that one feels after wrestling with a tough decision, and it becomes clear to "what is right for you". It's what lets you go to sleep at night, with no worries.

Bloom where you are planted!!!!

TV is not for everyone!!! Best wishes going forward to your future health.

Thank you kindly sir.

You are correct, in that there is a peace in realizing that one can indeed have the "best of both worlds" without giving up one's family home to enjoy the blessings that Florida's climate can offer healthwise or any other way, seasonally.

Hubby cannot even take the 80 degrees up here, never mind the 90's in Florida with humidity nor the 100's in Arizona. Winter months, obviously, are totally different.

Our son in law has always said that he couldn't see leaving Vermont during the spring, summer and autumn. The weather is beautiful then..........and if one doesn't like it.....just wait a day and it changes. So, it isn't day after day of oppressive heat. Plus, the scenery is gorgeous in this low population state.....

We can manage the winter getaways quite easily without losing our home in the process. So, something to look forward to; we've already been researching 2015 winter rentals in both Arizona and all over Florida....including T.V. which certainly does get its share of "snowbirds" although sometimes maligned by the full timers.

T.V. has wonderful winter rentals........enjoyed by many.

Vermont has ski folks who just come to their ski condos for the winter months or even just for the weekends. More power to them. We don't disparage them as they bring revenue into the community........just as snowbirds bring revenue into Florida.

While winter is lovely in both states of Florida and Arizona, the summers can be brutal for those used to cooler weather.

The solution was there all along.........as a young niece said, "Change it up" meaning try out various winter spots to vacation for a few months each year. Maybe then, once we are really "older than dirt" we can pick a "forever" spot (before Green Lawn Cemetery)

We already are familiar with Florida, having vacationed there for 50 years each APRIL. Sometimes May, but usually April. A few times in the autumn. Winters will be fairly new for us. We also hope to winter in Arizona for a spell.....with the drier desert climate. Could never take that summer heat either.

It will be nothing LOST if we decide we do not care for the rental location. We will have our primary home to return to.

We just don't want to move, only to move back again.

Our adult kids have assured us they will support us and visit us no matter where we decide to "winter". T.V. isn't totally out of the picture as far as "renting a home seasonally".........in the winter months. There are plenty of pool homes for rent. Either coast of Fl. also has great beachfront condos for rent by the month. Beaches are fun for the grandkids and very peaceful and serene for us.
Nothing like getting up each morning, leaving the condo and walking across the dunes to the beach right in front, on either the Gulf of Mexico or the Atlantic Ocean. We know plenty of quiet beaches.


Again, thank you. Our decision is not a hard one to live with at all.
Just a "practical one". This home has lots of bedrooms and bathrooms and areas to spread out when the family and six grandchildren visit us. Plus all of our neighbors have lots of grandbabies as well..........and are all very family oriented; sharing a long long history with us.

Joe, you have definitely bloomed where you were planted, so enjoy. Best wishes always.