Typical Day?

[somen]

My husband and I were wondering what a typical day is like in TV. We are having a hard time wrapping our heads around the concept of not working and being retired. We are a few years off from retirement. Would like some input from those who have worked full time their whole life. What do you do now?Thanks to all who reply.

[Mudder]

What do we do??? Anything we want. There is so much to do here it's hard to find "down time".

[uujudy]

Mudder is right. You have to schedule your 'down time' or you'll fall into bed exhausted every night.

You can't do everything you want to do here. There aren't enough hours in a day. I attend 3 watercolor classes a week, we go out to dinner with friends 4 or 5 days a week, then there's golf, the pools, the town square -- and my tap dancing classes start this week! The VAL and VAA have a trip going to the Florida Watercolor Society convention near Tarpon Springs. My neighborhood is having a trivia party later this month, plus they're having another wine bingo party.

If you think retirement is sitting in your rocking chair on the porch shouting, "You kids get off the lawn!" you're in for a big surprise! :jester:

[Pturner]

Hi Somen,

If golf isn't your cup of tea, there is every other kind of sport you can imagine and some you might not have imagined, like pickle ball.

Some other things:


Many free exercise and sports classes
Dancing
All kinds of card-game and Mahjong groups
All types of arts and crafts programs
Clubs for a zillion different interests
A lifetime learning center
Bowling alleys
Movie theaters
Family and fitness pools
40 restaurants
Live nightly entertainment
Walking, jogging, fitness trail
Doggie parks
Neighborhood parties

Ever been to a Polo match? You can do that in TV, too.

Did I mention that everyone of these activities from one end of TV to another is accessible by golf cart?

Did I mention there are not enough hours in the day in TV.

No, you probably can't wrap your head around it. You have to see it and experience it for yourself. If you do, you'll be joining some of the nicest people on the planet! Did I mention that?

:a040::a040::a040:

[pooh]

You will also get the opportunity to meet many of the amazing people who write here. I've had the most wonderful time meeting with Pturner, a very dear, witty and fun person to be with. She is a great asset to The Villages.

Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting our own laryb and his lovely wife. Hubby and I joined them at Cane Garden and enjoyed a good meal, good conversation and spending time with new friends.

In addition, you can do or not do what you want. Sports, crafts, lessons, opportunities to do volunteer work, time to stop and smell the roses, heck, time to plant the roses will be yours. Whatever you put into your life here in your new community, you'll get back a thousandfold.

[linandvin]

How crowded is pickleball in the winter? I don't see much said about it, but I know it's very popular at TV. Is it difficult to get court time?

[784caroline]

The busiest (Pickleball) times are between 7-10am with open play. Times are available afterwards but you have to check on league/organized play that have times blocked off at certain rec center courts.

If you are sports orientated there is more than just Pickleball and golf. You can play softball (all levels of play), Water or sand volleyball (again all levels of play form Social , recreational to Advanced), Tennis both on Clay courts at the Clubs or hard courts at each rec center, Paddleball new court game at SeaBreeze rec center, boche ball, shufleboard etc. Plently of sports for all ages all levels of play!!

[barb1191]

My husband and I were wondering what a typical day is like in TV. We are having a hard time wrapping our heads around the concept of not working and being retired. We are a few years off from retirement. Would like some input from those who have worked full time their whole life. What do you do now?Thanks to all who reply.

Where do I begin??? As much as I loved my job, I loved even more the free time I had to shop anytime other than wkends or lunch hours; get my hair done anytime; not wake up to the alarm clock; stay in my jammies all day if I felt like it; socialized with friends for lunch, dinner or a movie/play and not have to watch the clock to return to the office.....and on and on. Then when moving to TV the best of all was the peace and quiet around the 'hood with no skate boards clanking, constant motors of one sort or another (lawn mowers, sno blowers, trimmers) and dogs barking constantly and lastly getting away from the teen band up the street playing outside in the summer (YIKES).

I also became a HUGE procrastinator and love it; will do it tomorrow or thereabouts. To be able to just take off on a trip for a few days on a whim with little or no planning. The endless choices of activities here in TV.

It's a good life.

[Army Guy]

ok,I will give you one of our typical days when we are down, and I have to type fast cause my coffees almost gone and I have to get to work!
Typical Day for AG & Ms AG:
-wakeup at around seven, get dressed scan paper while Ms AG gets dressed
-TooJays for breakfast
(these next three can be reversed depending on Tee Time)
-Play golf w/Friends
-Lunch at Country Club w/Friends after golf
-Putter around house

-go shopping for needed things, and go to Health Club
-relax on lanai reading, etc and coordinate w/Friends on what to do that night
-meet Freinds for drinks at their Home or some Happy Hour Location
-dinner w/Friends at some location w/entertainment
-drinks after dinner w/Friends at Squares, Urban Flats, etc
-home usally around ten watch TV go to bed
REPEAT!!!

Hope this helps, but this is just our thing!

Army Guy

[Yoda]

I'm pooped from reading all this. I need a nap.

Yoda

[BaylorBear]

I'm pooped from reading all this. I need a nap.

Yoda

:a20:

[Dan =^..^=]

I'm pooped from reading all this. I need a nap.

Yoda

Don't you mean: "Pooped from reading all this, I am. A nap I need. Hmmmmmm." :icon_wink:

[Pturner]

Don't you mean: "Pooped from reading all this, I am. A nap I need. Hmmmmmm." :icon_wink:

Um, Dan....
I think only 'Enery (Henry) the 8th says it that way, as is,

I'm 'Enery the 8th, I am
'Enery the 8th, I am, I am

:sing:

[brostholder]

I already posted this in another forum, but I am still buzzing from my first few days in TV. Here's how I spent some of my time. day1.. 6am-2mile walk; 7am swim laps at seabrook pool; 8am breakfast at the house; 930am great "civil discussion" meeting; 1130am-line dance lessons; 2pm-happy hour beers at cody's in LSL with free peanuts sitting on the patio watching the world go by; 4pm-pennecamp pool with some great folks; 530pm-happy hour drink at LSL and some live music and dancing; next morning 930am- hanging out with the bocce club listening to a great bunch of guys doing some good natured trash talking. It was a wonderful 24 hours and I can't wait until I can do it every day! I now understand people who tell me that they don't understand how they ever had the time to work!!

[AnonChick]

I'm bumping this because I have my requisite 10 posts and can't make a new thread in this category anymore. I see a trend here - it looks like it's common for people to eat their meals out, and go to bars, and engage in crafts that cost money. This sounds like a pretty expensive lifestyle, if this is what y'all are calling a "typical" day.

I can very easily see doing this kind of thing once a month, but every day? Is the Villages for more affluent people, and I just missed the notice? I see the old manufactured homes selling for under $100,000 with no bond, the amenities fees are very reasonable, but it looks like you need to be pretty wealthy to afford what you're all calling a "typical" day.

[sschuler1]

Hi Anonchick! Not really! Almost everything I do is free! Today I am going to church, then I have rehearsal from 1 to 4 pm for a show that I am in, then we are going over to a friend's house for dinner tonight. I dance with two different dance troops (all free), take water aerobics classes (all free), am in the cast of Chorus Line (free), play mahjong (free), play golf with my friends on the executive courses (free), and on and on and on....

The only thing that costs me is my knitting club ($5 annual fee) plus the cost of whatever yarn I might want to make my project. (I usually get half price coupons for JoAnn Fabrics to buy my yarn!) We don't eat out alot, but seem to go to a lot of pot luck dinners when we do!

[otherbruddaDarrell]

I'm bumping this because I have my requisite 10 posts and can't make a new thread in this category anymore. I see a trend here - it looks like it's common for people to eat their meals out, and go to bars, and engage in crafts that cost money. This sounds like a pretty expensive lifestyle, if this is what y'all are calling a "typical" day.

I can very easily see doing this kind of thing once a month, but every day? Is the Villages for more affluent people, and I just missed the notice? I see the old manufactured homes selling for under $100,000 with no bond, the amenities fees are very reasonable, but it looks like you need to be pretty wealthy to afford what you're all calling a "typical" day.

Don't engage in crafts and it gives more time and money for meals and happy hours:pepper2:

p.s. 4 rum and cokes and 3 beers = $9

[AnonChick]

Don't engage in crafts and it gives more time and money for meals and happy hours:pepper2:

p.s. 4 rum and cokes and 3 beers = $9

I'll hit ya up for that rum and coke when we come back next year for vacation! :thumbup:

Also - a more serious question: I didn't get a chance to learn anything about all these clubs, because we can only come for a week's vacation and not for any extended stay til my husband retires in a few years. That means he's playing golf, and I'm getting lost on a golf cart trying to find my way around, and not really going anywhere or doing anything.

Are these clubs open for non-members who simply want to experience them? I was thinking like, those drama clubs - can visitors sit in and watch rehearsals? Or the Zumba club..can a visitor participate in one or two without having to sign up for a year if she's only going to be there one week?

Or crafting - if I have a skein of yarn and my own knitting needles, can I sit in on a knitting lesson? Or quilting - can I help make a quilt in a quilting bee for a day?

Is there a list of clubs that allow people who are renting for just a week, to participate or at least observe, while they're down visiting? The pass we get as renters supposedly means we are "official" residents with all resident privileges during our stay. But I feel like I'm missing out on a whole lot of activity because these clubs require membership.

[Taj44]

I'm bumping this because I have my requisite 10 posts and can't make a new thread in this category anymore. I see a trend here - it looks like it's common for people to eat their meals out, and go to bars, and engage in crafts that cost money. This sounds like a pretty expensive lifestyle, if this is what y'all are calling a "typical" day.

I can very easily see doing this kind of thing once a month, but every day? Is the Villages for more affluent people, and I just missed the notice? I see the old manufactured homes selling for under $100,000 with no bond, the amenities fees are very reasonable, but it looks like you need to be pretty wealthy to afford what you're all calling a "typical" day.

You will find a number of people that do eat all their meals out, go to bars, etc. But there are just as many that maybe go out to eat once a week, or get together for dinner and drinks, etc. at a friends house periodically, instead of heading out to the restaurants. Often there are neighborhood get togethers where everyone brings a dish to pass. There are many free classes and exercise groups, and activities at the rec centers that are free or cost very little. We don't go out to eat that much, we just don't find it to be a healthy lifestyle, and we found the country clubs to be noisy with just so-so food, but everyone is different. Once we settled in, we had no problem hooking up with a fun circle of friends who have the same type of lifestyle we're accustomed to.

[champion6]

Is there a list of clubs that allow people who are renting for just a week, to participate or at least observe, while they're down visiting? The pass we get as renters supposedly means we are "official" residents with all resident privileges during our stay. But I feel like I'm missing out on a whole lot of activity because these clubs require membership.Here is a link to the list of TV clubs. Many clubs show contact information. Have fun!
http://www.districtgov.org/images/ClubsListing.pdf

[macro]

Also - a more serious question: I didn't get a chance to learn anything about all these clubs, because we can only come for a week's vacation and not for any extended stay til my husband retires in a few years. That means he's playing golf, and I'm getting lost on a golf cart trying to find my way around, and not really going anywhere or doing anything.

Are these clubs open for non-members who simply want to experience them? I was thinking like, those drama clubs - can visitors sit in and watch rehearsals? Or the Zumba club..can a visitor participate in one or two without having to sign up for a year if she's only going to be there one week?

Or crafting - if I have a skein of yarn and my own knitting needles, can I sit in on a knitting lesson? Or quilting - can I help make a quilt in a quilting bee for a day?

Is there a list of clubs that allow people who are renting for just a week, to participate or at least observe, while they're down visiting? The pass we get as renters supposedly means we are "official" residents with all resident privileges during our stay. But I feel like I'm missing out on a whole lot of activity because these clubs require membership.

Here is a link to the village recreation news that lists all the clubs and activites happening during the month. It is usually updated the last thursday of the month. Descriptions and phone numbers to contact. http://www.thevillagesdailysun.com/app/files/recnews.pdf
It's a loooooong list so, grab a coffee and read on! :mornincoffee:

[brostholder]

My husband and I were wondering what a typical day is like in TV. We are having a hard time wrapping our heads around the concept of not working and being retired. We are a few years off from retirement. Would like some input from those who have worked full time their whole life. What do you do now?Thanks to all who reply.
My brother-in-law, who is a great guy and was fortunate enough to retire 8 years ago at the age of 52 often calls me up and asks me "what day is it?" when I tell him the day he yells in the phone "Wrong-today is Saturday because when you're retired every day is Saturday!" He has always said that he doesn't know how he ever found time for a job because he is so busy in retirement. I didn't believe him until I started living (still just part time) in TV. My day usually starts at 630am when I walk up to the pool and buy the paper. I then head over to the sports pool and swim laps for 40 minutes. I then dry off and head to starbucks in LSL and sit outside with my latte and read the paper. Then my wife and I head out for some errands. We then head over to some of our favorite clubs, like line dancing. Back to the house for some lunch and then over to the neighborhood pool for a few hours. Then home to shower and get down to the square for happy hour drinks and dancing and great live music. Then home for supper or out to one of the million great restaurants (by the way, the lobster and filet mignon at Arnold Palmer country club was superb the other day....I recommend the Rodney Strong Pinot Noir with it). Then home to catch up on tivo and then to bed.

[AnonChick]

Thanks Macro for the PM and the post here! Last Thursday of the month, posted in the Daily Sun - that's good to know. Even though I'm done with TV for the year and won't be back til probably next October, just knowing -how- to find this information then, is extremely useful and helpful and encouraging! I'll be able to check out my vacation week's schedule before I get there, online. That's great news, and a huge time saver.