It is OFFICAL!
 

The wife, dog and I are now residents of TV. We have closed!

Army Guy

Congrats buddy. Hope to see you soon. Take care kar guy

Congrats!!!!!!! We'll be joining you soon!

Congrats!
 

Army Guy
I've enjoyed following your posts. It's exciting to hear that you've closed! Welcome to TV!!

Thanks all! As I said to someone else, the last two weeks have been like a rollercoaster, but we did it.

Army Guy

Congratulations! One more move and you can get rid of all those boxes things came in.......

what kinda dog?

Congrats and good luck!!!
:beer3:

Smokey is a Cairn Terrier, like Toto in The Wizard of Oz. Same color too.

Army Guy

Congratulations.

Our beloved Cairn Terrier, Buster, just passed away 2 weeks ago. I sure miss the little guy...they are characters, huh?

Kneedy, yes they are. This is our 2nd one. Our first Corky, got cancer at 9, so we had to put him to sleep. We have had Smokey for 15 years, and he is still going strong. I know both me and the wife will be crushed when the day comes for him. But the Vet tells us, his body etc does not reflect his age.

Now, the fun part comes, working with Contractors to get the upgrades we want done before we move anything in. It sure would be nice if TV let you customize CYVs!!!

Army Guy

Congratulations neighbor....we'll be up for July 4th....hope to meet in person.

For the 1-5 July trip we will be staying at The Waterfront, as we are going to do upgrades before we put anything in it. Hoping by October to be able to stay in it.

Army Guy

Retired military deserve all the happiness they can derive.

Someday we'll join you!

Have fun.

Congrats Army Guy. Its been a long road.

We will be there soon too!!

Congrats Army Guy
 

I know what you mean about the roller coaster. We will be joining you in Sept. and renting for 4 months while we look. Just curious-did you buy pre-owned or new? What kind of upgrades are you doing? Will you be making trips from AL to check on what is being done until you move in?

Kitty, we bought a new concrete CYV, 2/2.
The upgrades we are doing are we are tiling the entire place. From doing research both on this board and other places, we have found carpet does not hold up, due to the sandy-loam soil. So all carpet and lan. is gone. We are replacing all the countertops and sinks in kitchen and bath with garnite and undersinks. We are also putting in pull-down attic stairs in the garage, sealing the garage floor, and changing out the front door and adding storm door. We are doing all these upgrades because this will be our final house, and we want nice. We have always lived below our means very modestly. Well in retirement we are spending to have what we want!
Yes, we will be making several trips down. Were we are at is an 8 hr drive so we can come on weekends, etc. I LOVE to drive so no problem, plus being military, I am sue to long days and early mornings! It is not beyond us, as we have done it, leave home at 3 AM and get to TV by 1130 AM and still have about the whole day!

Army Guy

Best of Luck!
 

Good for you, Army Guy. I know what it is like to live below or at your means..We don't believe in borrowing to live in the present and it has paid off handsomely for us. If the younger generation lived within their means...there would not have been a bubble burst in the housing industry.

Have fun.....

Keedy

Sounds Great
 

Armyguy, That all sounds really nice-I'm sure you are excited!
We like tile also ,so we will be looking for that. I've never had granite counter tops but know they are beautiful. It pays off to live within or below your means. We have done that also, so may be able to splurge a little. Right now we think we want a larger than the 8' wide lanai.
We're hoping this is our last move too. I don't think our nerves can take selling another house.

Kneedy, I so am with you. I think it has to do with our generation We have always believed in living debt free, even before Dave Ramsey made it cool. Of course we were always looked down on, with the smaller house, normal older vehicles, etc. But as you said it has definitely paid off, that now we can ENJOY our older years with no worries!

Kitty, I understand completely, this is final for us too.

Army Guy

So happy some others feel the way we do.

I agree, our generation had their head on straight (most of the time) Now we can enjoy
ourselves. This is also our final move

Did you guys sleep thru the 60's & 70's?

I did not sleep through the '60's & '70's. Not much sleep at all. If I were stuck in time, 60's & 60's. "Those were the days my friend............."

Yoda:pepper2:

I very much enjoyed the 60's and 70's also!!! Just call me Alex P. Keaton!

Army Guy