[Hyacinth Bucket]

Hi,

Sam I can relate to what you and Bright have been saying. When we left for France the daffies were blooming and when we came home the late ones are blooming.

I am looking out at the mountain range in our back yard and wish I could bring it to TV.

I wish I could have the best of both worlds - TV and here. So long as Jet Blue continues having inexpensive fares we will be flying back and forth. Will be snowbirds though in the colder weather.

As of now we will be in TV this June, not to sure for how long. The travel bug bites and off we go. As I plan itineraries for my clients - it becomes another place I want to go to or return to.

Part of me is always in TV with all of you - that will never change.

Hyacinth Bucket

[samhass]

It's odd. I am in our Pa home and TV seems like another world in another life. I live there, but being here makes it seem as though I never left. I'm feeling a little conflicted. Have any of you felt that way? Coming/going back to friends, family and a beloved home has a definite pull on me. I am content here vs very happy there (TV).

[nONIE]

Yes, Yes, Yes, Sam,

This is such a strange feeling being home, like TV was just a blur of a memory. I cant really say Im unhappy being home but Im trying very hard not to be happy here. A friend told me to put a beautiful picture of TV up on the refrigerator and look at it often to remind myself of that beautiful wonderful place that I want to get back to. Im throwing out and cleaning out like crazy and at times I have to ask myself, What am I doing.???

I have to think hard about all the great people and fun activities that I have left behind to keep myself going but sometimes its hard because there are also very close bonds here at home and the fact that we have spent most of our lives in this location.

Yes, it is difficult but I keep thinkking about that plaque that I found in a dresser drawer,
"Grab life by the throttle and never look back". Sometimes I know that is a little hard to do but Im going to give it my all!!!

[renielarson]

I feel as if TV is pulling on one arm and home is pulling on the other. It's a tug of war. This has been home for 35 years. I think of leaving this behind and basically starting over and that's not easy to do for someone like me who is a "nester."

Yet, when in TV, I don't want to leave. I'm so happy there. I wonder if it's the newness of it and would I continue to be that happy if I made it my new home? What if we sell everything here, make the move, then find out that it's not what I had expected after settling down. I know people have packed up and moved back home but I don't want to do that. If, and when we decide to move to Florida, I want it to be a decision I know I'll be able to live with.

All I know right now is that I live for my trips to TV...count the months and days. When time to return home, I become very sad and am miserable for a while. Then routine sets in, I get busy with work, family, friends and am not so unhappy...even though I still have a pretty good idea of how many months and days it is until my next return.

As of right now...I'll be arriving in TV in 33 days!

[Hyacinth Bucket]

Hi Bright,

We have met people who have moved to TV as a permanent move and then moved back home. One was a couple where the man loved to fish and he could not find places to fish in or around TV similar to where they used to live. The wife wanted to stay.

The other people we have met who had to move back home and leave TV were couples who needed to care for elderly parents. They used to fly back and forth to help their parents but it got to a point where that was no longer viable.

Hope this info helps you.

HB

[marianne237]

I've just had to come to northern Indiana for a funeral. Although we've traveled up here a few times since moving to TV, this is the first time I feel Wolfe's message: "You can't go home again". Things are really different now and I think I can finally feel the Villages are now home....not Indiana.

Don't want to be in a downer mood, but it's cold up here and I have to go buy some warm clothing today. Two days ago, it was in the 60s, and the rest of the week in the 40-50 deg. range. But the lilacs, dogwoods and redbuds are in bloom. Realize how much I miss them not being in the Villages. Crepe myrtle cannot beat a lilac bush!

[samhass]

Oh Bright, I think you may have hit the nail on the head with the statement ending in
"am not so unhappy". Maybe I'm not happy here...just not unhappy. Interesting.
Marianne, You are correct about the blaze of spring flowers. The woods are alive with Redbud, Dogwood and Rhododendron. The showy orchids are in bloom. The Azaleas are solid balls of colors... Reds, pinks, fuchsias, white, apricot. Mountain laurels are in full bloom. I have planted thousands of perennials over the years and many are in their full glory now. The Japanese primrose are in full bloom all along the creek and near the house. The green of the trees and grass is just brilliant right now.
The beauty in Florida is of a different sort. When we left, we took 42 over to 19. It was interesting in that one section really reminded me of Pa, with the rolling hills and hardwoods.
So..I am not unhappy.

Originally Posted by brightspot01

I feel as if TV is pulling on one arm and home is pulling on the other. It's a tug of war. This has been home for 35 years. I think of leaving this behind and basically starting over and that's not easy to do for someone like me who is a "nester."

Yet, when in TV, I don't want to leave. I'm so happy there. I wonder if it's the newness



of it and would I continue to be that happy if I made it my new home? What if we sell everything here, make the move, then find out that it's not what I had expected after settling down. I know people have packed up and moved back home but I don't want to do that. If, and when we decide to move to Florida, I want it to be a decision I know I'll be able to live with.

All I know right now is that I live for my trips to TV...count the months and days. When time to return home, I become very sad and am miserable for a while. Then routine sets in, I get busy with work, family, friends and am not so unhappy...even though I still have a pretty good idea of how many months and days it is until my next return.

As of right now...I'll be arriving in TV in 33 days!

[Just Susan]

For me, "my home" is where my heart is. I currently have homes in three states...and that is hard, really hard.

We own only one house, but I spent most of my adult life in the Bay Area and though I left my heart in San Francisco, it spread out to the East Bay, Sacramento and Monterey, with the people I love.

In 2000 we moved to the Twin Cities. For me a return "home" for my family a new experience. I was reunited with all my old friends from childhood and my sisters and brother, cousins...big family/friend base here. I had left all of them once and now I am going to do it again?????? Not sure I can...because this time I will also be leaving my children and grandchildren.

Oh this is making me really sad. So glad I decided to answer this thread.

So why do I want to uproot again and move to FL, to an area that appears perfect until you step outside the borders of TV and then for me anyway, a bit iffy. How can I call the people I/we met in TV, based on Crabcake Crawl and a Freeze in the Square "my new best friends?" How can I miss these new friends the way I miss my old friends? Why am I willing to sell and give away my accumulated belongings of 50 years, to move to a little house that has lots of restrictions, maybe no gas and maybe no privacy???

Why do I know, that it is the right thing to do, to once again leave all that I love behind?
How can I be joyfully packing, painting, and planning?

I don't know, I guess I drank the water!

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by samhass

It's odd. I am in our Pa home and TV seems like another world in another life. I live there, but being here makes it seem as though I never left. I'm feeling a little conflicted. Have any of you felt that way?

Oh Sam, that is exactly the way I feel! Conflicted! When I lived in TV for six months, I loved it, and I was very upset when I had to leave. Canada seemed to be on a distant planet, far away. I didn't miss it at all.

And now that I'm back in Canada, TV seems like another world in another life. I do miss my TV friends and the golf-cart lifestyle. I look forward to going back to TV in the fall, but I'm not unhappy here. I'm glad to see old friends, and Canada is beautiful this time of the year. I don't think I'd ever want to give up Canada completely. I'm amazed that people are able to leave their friends and family and not look back.

I am determined to be happy every day no matter where I'm living. I think that I'm glad I will be able to move back and forth between the two worlds.

[Donna]

When I read these posts, I guess I am really not that unhappy in Pa. either..This is home and has been for quite a few years now..

I will always miss my home in NY, but here in Pa. is where every body knows my name..A small town where I raised my daughter for the last 10 years, hasn't really been that bad at all..

Friends are here, not much family, my home with my life's treasures, all my pets, my salon where I shared so many beautiful memories with my brother Mark!
I would love to move to TV full time, but will we ever leave all this behind??

Is John willing to leave the town he grew up in, and established a successful business? Maybe one day, but it's not in the cards right now.

The weather is another story, I'll save that for another time!

[nONIE]

Today is a gray gloomy day in the northeast. It is days like this that I can honestly say to myself, Yes! TV is where I really want to be. Waking up to sunshine every morning is pretty easy to take and really lifts the spirits.
When I am in TV I feel strongly that I have come home, I havant had that feeling since I was a kid. I will be sad to leave so much behind but my gut instincts are telling me that it is the right thing to do.

Just wondering, Has anyone else had that feeling of "IM HOME" when they are in TV?

[Just Susan]

Yes, me, Nonie. That is what I meant. I am at home in TV. It fits me like a glove. I am totally comfortable there and can't wait to live there. I am also totally at home here in the Twin Cities, and in the Bay Area. I wish I could blend them all together.

Maybe we are all basically well adjusted, positive people who make the most of wherever we are. Maybe that is the type of people, TV attracts.

[KathieI]

Los Angeles probably has the most beautiful weather in the country, especially living so close to the ocean as I do. But, I'm easily moving from one paradise to another. TV has so much more to offer me. Closer friends, family, great community spirit, good weather (not as good as L.A. but very acceptable), closer proximity to family in NY, what more could someone ask for...

As I've said in previous posts, when I turn off 466 onto Morse, I feel I am definitely 'HOME'. I've not had such a warm, welcoming feeling in many years. I know its the right thing to do but I will admit, I will miss the ocean. Can't we bring it closer to TV? Well, maybe the next earthquake will do it...

[nONIE]

Hey Kath, Ill take a ride with you to the ocean anytime! Its not that far away. We will make sure you get your ocean fix!

[KathieI]

Nonie, you're on. Maybe we'll take some other sistah's and have a picnic on the beach. Okay? Love ya, Kath