Our time finally here!

[Lpierleo]

We have SOLD our home in New Your State. :pepper2: All inspections, appraisals complete. Buyers mortgage approved.
85% of furniture sold, the rest will be donated.
"Stuff" has been given away, tossed or donated.
Almost packed,(where in the world did I accumulate 3 boxes of shoes:22yikes:
Soon we will be heading down to become Frogs:wave:
It has been 5 long years with only very short lived vacations or intermediate snowflake visits. Plus, it's getting cold up North:cold:
Can't wait to begin our long awaited retirement.
We will see everyone soon! Hope to rekindle some old acquaintances and make many many new ones.:2excited:

[kittygilchrist]

Hurray for you!

[tomwed]

Welcome to the warm world of free golf, daily happy hours and cheap buffets.

[Pointer]

congrats, I know the relief of finally selling. You'll love it here. I'm hanging Christmas decorations in my bare feet.

[tippyclubb]

Congratulations! We have been here for 3 months and I can tell you there's no such thing as a bad day in TV. Enjoy.

[2BNTV]

Congrats. Best wishes as you start living the dream. :smiley:

[MikeV]

Sounds just like our story.

[suebu]

I'm sitting here in upstate New York, in hoodies, blankets, etc, counting the days til we head down to TV. It's a happy place that fulfills all your dreams. good luck to you!

[theorem painter]

Welcome from a fellow Rochesterian. The only thing you will miss is Wegmans and maybe Abbotts custard. Enjoy your new home!

[graciegirl]

Hurry home. We'll leave the light on fer ya.

[chachacha]

congratulations and have a safe trip here! there's no better place for retirement!

[Rosie53]

Congrats you have been at this longer than we have. We sold our home 2 years ago and bought our Villages home. We have been snowflakes while waiting to retire. That day has finally arrived. We head down at the end of this month! can't wait!!

[Hankg42]

Congratulations! Our dream is nearing reality too. Last day of work is 12/31, then... Here We Come!

[Blessed2BNTV]

We just became full timers last Friday! Took 2.5 years to start living our dream.

Still in the unpacking mode and why did I move this thing down? But all in good. By next week we will be out playing in the sandbox with ya'll!

[Lpierleo]

Welcome from a fellow Rochesterian. The only thing you will miss is Wegmans and maybe Abbotts custard. Enjoy your new home!

Sally, you are absolutely correct, will so dearly miss Wegmans, Bill Grays and Abbotts!

[Halibut]

Welcome and thanks for posting, Lpierleo and others. It warms my heart to hear everyone's happy stories.

[tbussche]

Congrats to you. We have had our house on the market for 10 months without any serious lookers. We will make our move to TV as soon as we get a firm contract. We had hoped to be spending this Christmas in TV.

[Lpierleo]

Thank you all, we are very excited!

[towgo]

anyone who thinks golf is free is very naïve.

[JerryLBell]

My wife and I have take the tour of TV and stopped in one other time and plan on doing the life style preview thing next year. We're also looking at several other retirement communities in Florida but I'm convinced we'll end up in The Villages. My wife finds the size of the place a little overwhelming. I find the opportunities for non-stop fun irresistible!

Unfortunately, we have to wait until we retire in a couple of years. So I am officially jealous of y'all for either moving there now or having been there already! Leave us some room!

[deestatham]

We have SOLD our home in New Your State. :pepper2: All inspections, appraisals complete. Buyers mortgage approved.
85% of furniture sold, the rest will be donated.
"Stuff" has been given away, tossed or donated.
Almost packed,(where in the world did I accumulate 3 boxes of shoes:22yikes:
Soon we will be heading down to become Frogs:wave:
It has been 5 long years with only very short lived vacations or intermediate snowflake visits. Plus, it's getting cold up North:cold:
Can't wait to begin our long awaited retirement.
We will see everyone soon! Hope to rekindle some old acquaintances and make many many new ones.:2excited:
MY GOD! I thought this was ME writing this! We're doing the exact same thing! Getting ready now to put the house on the market and hope to be out of here (Maryland) by the end of the summer. Sellling or giving away EVERYTHING. Starting over. I feel like a hippie and its great! Best of EVERYTHING to you in your move. We're not far behind.
Dee & Tom Statham
Maryland

[Chips&Salsa]

Sally, you are absolutely correct, will so dearly miss Wegmans, Bill Grays and Abbotts!

What? No Wegmans? What sort of fresh Hell-o is this place? Are the roads paved? How do you all survive? The struggle must be real. ;-)

I guess we will just have to see for ourselves when we come down in July for our Lifestyle Preview. :smiley:

[golfing eagles]

Welcome as well. We too are sitting in upstate NY, still 2 feet snow coverage, 28 degrees. Enough is enough! Moved my retirement date up to June, house goes on the market next week, then into the home we bought a year ago and have hardly seen. As far as Wegman's goes---used to be great, now it seems all they do is make more shelf space for their own brands, getting harder and harder to find the products we've used for years. At least we will escape for another visit in TV next week

[kcrazorbackfan]

Welcome to TV. It is an incredible place. I'll be sooooo glad when our home sells so I can join my wife there. Every day in KC is one less day in TV :cry:.

[Gail Sims]

Closed on our place last month! Will be there FT next year at this time. In the meantime, sorting through things and downsizing. Plan to come down and start our next phase with very little!

[Glinds8451]

HI! We are also in the process of moving to The Villages from New York State (Buffalo NY to be exact.....:cold:)! And YES, I will miss Wegman's...............but it's nothing compared to what I will be gaining by moving to TV! Woohoo!

Our house in Buffalo has been sold to our son, and he is closing on it at 2pm this afternoon. We are hopping on a plane on Wednesday to close on our new home in the Village of Hillsborough in TV Thursday (4/9/15), and plan to stay for a week to wrap up a couple of things. Then I fly back to Buffalo to finish out my last month of work, and we plan to pull in our driveway down there on Sunday 17 May 2015 as Full-Time Villagers! We are definitely going to be Frogs! YAY! Cannot wait to join all of you!

Best of luck to all of the other newbies on this site; let's hope our paths cross very soon!