It is a gift, what can I say? I tell people, when my sense of humor goes, just bury me, it will be all over. :D

That's funny. I think many people have an addiction to TOTV. So, it's okay! You're not the only one!:posting:

Yes, the TV schedule sure is better than ours. Work, work, and more work. However, the pay off will be so sweet.

We started the count down to retirement five years ago, and friends keep telling us, those years will fly by. Not happening, since we found about TV nine months ago, its torture. Three more long hard years.

I've been lurking long enough, and decided I needed to join in. We purchased a lot in Sanibel about two weeks ago, but won't be full time for at least two more years. Hopefully, only two more winters!
I also check TOTV daily, and now have a drawer full of info pulled from this site. I have learned so much! And I find more and more people coming from MI!!!

Welcome to you.

How lucky you are to have chosen Sanibel for your village. I have met two of the nicest folks who will live there too. I am sure you have already begun to be crazy about GaDawg and his lovely GaPeach. They are even nicer in person.

I hope you enjoy every second of a thousand years here with all of us in Lower Paradise.

Every good wish,

Gracie.

Thank you for the kind welcome Gracie! I can't wait to meet my Sanibel neighbors! It will be a great Village.

Hey TV Wannabees/Gonnabees/Soontobees: I feel your pain. I will be back in TV renting again for a week in October. Would any of you like me to rub a lucky palm tree in TV so that you all get to move to TV sooner rather than later?

And if any Frogs know where such a lucky palm tree is in TV, please let me know. :).

KathyW. Congrats you lucky woman on buying in Sanibel! Hope the 2 yrs. fly by. :wave:

I love the idea of the countdown clock..I have 47 hrs and 7 minutes until I start my first trip to to TV. I feel fortunate to be able to spend 3 weeks in TV to be able to immerse myself and drink as much kool aid as possible. I'm also happy that I convinced my kids to come down for part of the trip to see what TV is all about and why their dad is so excited after visiting TOTV and all the other websites. They don't understand how I could be setting up to meet people online and in advance to play golf and for meetings and wine parties when I havent even met them. We live in an amazing age of technology to be able to do this on the Internet. Imagine back just 20 years ago how we would not have this opportunity to network.
I am looking forward to meeting as many of you as I can over tine next 3 weeks. BTW when is the next TOTV meeting and the next meet and greet.
Now if I could just convince my girlfriend of 8 years to come down over the next 3 weeks so she can get some kool aid too! I'm still working on it.
Larry

Now we have 4 of us that I'm aware of....Michigan women. It's funny, we all live in the same general area....Novi, Northville, Bloomfield Hills, Warren...too cool. We have to all make it a point to get together when we move to TV. It seems like we are all on similiar time plans also.:smiley:

Perhaps we should all meet somewhere for a glass of wine, or dinner. We sure would have a lot to talk about. Plus we would all know someone when we get to TV.

Sounds great to me. I'm off on Fridays and weekends.

I have every other Friday off so Aug 19th is open. We will need to get in touch with the other two ladies and see if that date works for them. If not Saturday August 20th is good also. Lets try to pick a central location, maybe somewhere on Woodward.

This is very exciting, four of us all talking about our dream of being in TV!

I cannot make the 19th, I work Fridays unless I take a vacation day. Saturday might work, I could definitely do dinner, not sure about lunch. Most Saturdays I have appointments in one form or the other and/or driving mom around for her stuff.

This could be fun.

Hi Michigan ladies - I am looking forward to meeting all of you! I work full time at an elementary school, so my schedule is pretty strict, but I'm open to suggestions. Let me know!