We lived in lake ridge for 12 years. Much better here.

Agree!!!
 

I was thinking the same thing! We go for our LSV a week from Monday and really want to buy. I have been reading the topics here every day, and started questioning the negativity! Thank you, Golfingnut for starting this thread!!! Keep the positive day-to-day experiences of TV coming!!! I know how much people love it, but sometimes the positive posts get lost amid all the others!

Bump....

Came for my first visit in March, purchased a home, been back 3 more times since than and hubby is going down next week for a week. My 19 year old grandson came with us on one of the visits and loved loved loved everything about it. He is coming down with us in December again to help with the driving. I think it really says something when somebody of that age likes it here so much. I can't wait to see how much our friend from MN likes it when he is there next week.

The only complaint I have so far are impatient drivers, had one honking at me at one of the gates while I was waiting for pedestrians to cross before I went

Thank you and I will. Unfortunately being half empty is popular with some folks and gets more air time on here just like the networks but for sure there are positive happy folks on TOTV, but they tend to be less vocal. I guess it could be as simple as if your happy live and let live, but if your not, try to bring others down with you. We just got back from lunch where we met a mom, dad, son and three daughter just moving in. The kids flew in to help mom and dad settle in to their new home near Brownwood. Wonderful family and very happy new residents of The Villages. I feel confident that we assured them they made a wise retirement decision.

Love it here
 

We moved into our home on Aug 1st in Mira Mesa......while we were painting the inside of the house, the door bell rang and our neighbor brought us a bottle of champagne....an hour later the door bell rang and another neighbor brought us a plate of home made cookies...the next day the door bell rang...another neighbor brought us a bottle of wine...later that day the door bell rang and another neighbor brought us home made brownies....and the door bell keeps ringing and ringing and ringing....what can I say.....we love it here and everywhere we go within TV!!!!!!

Brought my 10 yr. old Nephew and S-I-L and we went to the family pool, had lunch @ Carrabbas, dinner @ Johnny Rockets (S-I-L sang along and had great time), went to LSL with a great band and was market night.
The best part was renting a 4 seater golf cart.
My Nephew LOVES The Villages!

Well... not sure how to answer that bet. My husband passed away six months ago. I am a young widow... barely make the age cut off for TV. So, I still feel very married and not at all single. But it is nice to know that your group is out there when I am ready! Thanks for reaching out.

Got to play 9 holes with my son today!!! And it just doesn't get better than that. But I wanted to say how it's warmed my heart to read all of these wonderful posts. :mademyday:

A wonderful afternoon.
 

Today we spent the afternoon in one of the beautiful, comfortable, welcoming rehab centers the second of which our friend for forty years has been in here in TV. He became ill in the middle of June, was hospitalized here and then sent to Shands for surgery and then had to have two more surgeries while his family visiting from Ohio had to drive back and forth every day from here to Gainesville and then he was sent back here to Promise Hospital, the new hospital for wound care on Rainey Trail. (golf cart accessible) and then improved quickly and was sent to the rehab on 466 Tuesday, where we saw him walk for about 75 feet today!!!! and there is talk of him going home to Mira Mesa soon.

His wife and he lived four doors from us in Ohio and we both had two little girls of the same age who played together, dressed alike, roomed together in college and were in each other weddings and they are still friends now that they are in their fifties..and now the four of us are in our seventies. (How did that happen so fast?) We have seen a lot of triumphs together, but seeing him doing so much better today tops them all.

There are good things here that we may need and many we don't think about, and it is a good thing, this place.

Gracie..happy your friend is doing well. We lost one of our neighbors last night and we are saddened by the family's loss. Life is short and should be lived to the fullest.

I love riding in our golf cart and seeing someone pull over because they are lost and having two or three golf carts stop to help out!!

Yesterday I worked out at home until about noon. Then my wife and I went to Sweet Tomatoes for lunch, we usually go there once or twice a month. They have a real nice salad bar and good soft ice cream. We stopped in Bed Bath & Beyond and I bought a picture frame for photos from our trip back to Baltimore in August. Then we stopped in Pet Smart and looked at dogs for adoption, I really liked the young dachshund but we decided to wait until later in November after a trip we're taking.

We stopped at home and switched from our car to our golf cart and drove the 5 miles to Brownwood. Walked around and then went inside The World of Beer. The place was packed and it was only 4pm. I had a couple of Narragassett draft beers and watched golf on TV. At 5:00 we headed outside to catch the band. It was a group called Snapshot. I remember seeing them at LSL on St. Patrick's Day. They were OK, not great but not bad either. There was almost no one there but by about 6pm there was maybe 150 people. By 7:00 we headed home because I needed to get up early today for an 8:30 softball game.

Went to Saddlebrook softball fields at 8am for our game. It was muggy and the grass was covered with dew. I play shortstop and the left side of the infield had to look into the morning sun, it was almost impossible to see. In the first inning I had two popups but had no problem since they were high enough to see. The game ended in a 10-10 tie. We had fallen behind and then the ump said at the top of the 6th that there was 22 minutes left. We were down 8 to 6. My team Tamarind Grove came back and scored 4 runs and went up 10 to 8. The other team came back and scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 6th and the game ended in a tie. I went 3 for 3 and had a pretty good day in the field.

Then we headed to Bob Evans and had breakfast, that's 24 hours out of my last two days.

Wow! You've worn me out!

We had a great dinner at Havana--yes, Havana!--last week. It was prime rib night. Three had prime rib and I had salmon. Quiet atmosphere (not into singing while eating) and good food. I'm still enjoying the hot, humid weather, which is such a change from the 60 degrees and rain we endured from mid May till beginning of July when we arrived back here forever and said, Oh thank God, we're home.

The pickleball has been great even in the heat (so what if I pulled a muscle; this too shall pass), and the quiet lunches at Toojays have been fantastic. I loooooooove it here in the summer when it's quiet, but still enjoy the frenetic winter season. This is a great place from which to venture out for "vacations." It used to be we would escape the northern winter for a week or two but then be depressed to come back home to the cold. Here, you always know you're coming to something good, warm and good.

I went with a visiting TV wannabee to Athena Greek for dinner, Spanish Springs square to see the entertainment, and Katie Belle's for more of rock and roll. She was happy, excited, and delighted to experience the magic of Disney for Grown Ups.
What could be better than to enjoy a first timer excited and happy having having too much fun at TV?