[PugMom]

Originally Posted by ComingfromCT

I love being able to get such valuable advice from everyone. It is so kind!

We still have so much still to do and it is very stressful. Selling our home in CT and wrapping up our jobs here. I know we are making a good choice to come to TV but still sometimes worries sneak in there. I found comfort and gladness in hearing your comment, "Enjoy your move to retirement heaven!" It is people like you who gave us the courage and hope to move there.

I can't even imagine being retired after working so hard to get to this place in my life and doing all that we needed to do this past year. From constant work to finally getting to relax seems like only a dream at the moment! : )

Thank you for your kind words!

One last thing. I see that people get THank you's that get tracked? How does one give a "Thank you" officially (so it gets counted)?

I'm so happy for you. i grew up in & lived in Ct until 2017, then moved here. I can tell you now, you won't ever regret it, & will wish you had done it years earlier. Congrats & best of luck on the final move!!

[Whitley]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

I have NEVER seen a roach or a rodent in our house in ten years of living here and we sometimes leave some crumbs in the kitchen. The pesticide people come at least twice a year. Long ago, when I lived in a rental apartment complex in Miami, I did see roaches sometimes and they can get bigger than northern roaches ( 2 and 3 inches and will fly right into your face sometimes). Not normally a problem in The Villages.
..........Florida does have more insects in general than up-north. At a museum, I have seen Florida beetles as big as 2 feet long. have NEVER seen anything that big in person. In Miami, I once saw a small beetle with 2 glowing spots on its back that looked like 2 tiny headlights. And that is true and I was NOT smoking anything. I have always wanted to ask an insect biologist about what could possibly be the evolutionary advantage of an insect having glow spots on its back? Seems like it would be more often eaten or smashed because of glowing.
......Also because Florida has a lot of insects, what I refer to as chameleons often come into your house and die and shrivel up, they are everywhere. They should be the official Florida living creature.
........Florida is unique in many ways!

When our home in Sarasota was being built, we paid to have tubes run through all of the walls with the end of the tubes being accessible from the outside wall. Pest control would come and spend time pushing pesticide into those hoses, supposedly treating all of the internal spaces. Looking back on this, I find it kind of hard to believe. There really is no way to prove it, short of tearing open a wall (which I am considering as I write this to solve my curiosity.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by ComingfromCT

I once saw a post where the individual stated that you should not store paper or cardboard in the garage. Can people tell if that is a real problem and if so why.

We will be moving to TV in March and wish to know what to look out for. We would rather learn from others experiences rather than finding out the hard way.

If you have any other words of advice for two (soon to be) newbies, I would appreciate it! Thanks all!!!

OK, I thought of some other Florida advice. The Florida sun is MUCH stronger than people from up-north are accustomed to. It can HURT you both quickly and slowly. In March make sure that you do NOT try to get a suntan too quickly. Go to the pool either from 8 AM to 9 AM or after 4 PM until you acclimatize to the Florida SUN. And put on a sun BLOCKER, NOT some sun intensifier like Coppertone oil. And long term, if you have freckles or light skin you WILL get skin cancer spots that need removal - if you do not put a sun blocker on the backs of your hands and the tops of your ears. And it would NOT hurt to put a blocker on your face and the tops of your forearms and shoulders.
.......Get a copy of the Rec News at any Rec center and choose what club or activity that you would like to try - there are mega-many things to do. You can learn a lot about TV Land by reading this forum. Personally, I would NOT rent a large U-Haul or get a moving company - unless there was some heavy furniture that had some kind of special, spiritual meaning to you. Otherwise, it is just USED furniture and there are plenty of used furniture stores here. Lots of people, philosophically, come here to create a "new you". The less "baggage" you bring with you the NEWER new you will create for yourself.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by Whitley

When our home in Sarasota was being built, we paid to have tubes run through all of the walls with the end of the tubes being accessible from the outside wall. Pest control would come and spend time pushing pesticide into those hoses, supposedly treating all of the internal spaces. Looking back on this, I find it kind of hard to believe. There really is no way to prove it, short of tearing open a wall (which I am considering as I write this to solve my curiosity.

We had a home in Bradenton 12 years ago and found a FEW roaches inside from time to time. I never heard about that approach to roach prevention. I would have to seriously question altering wall integrity to defeat roaches. I would think that would mean that the roaches are winning.
........PS..... Is Captain Kosmocos still there?

[Garywt]

Originally Posted by Nell57

It’s not just a Florida thing. I was a teacher in Ohio. The maintenance worker told me to store everything in plastic tubs. Cockroaches love the glue in cardboard boxes. I did that and never had a bug.
Store staple in your pantry in glass jars.
Sell everything in your home state…don’t move northern furniture south. It is too dark, heavy and generally doesn’t fit the Florida lifestyle. Bring your minimalist self…
Just don’t shop City Furniture

We love City Furniture.

[MrFlorida]

I have some cardboard boxes in the garage, not a problem. But I would not store them in the attic.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by ComingfromCT

One last thing. I see that people get THank you's that get tracked? How does one give a "Thank you" officially (so it gets counted)?

At the bottom of every post, you'll see a "Thumbs Up" button. Click on that and it gives a "Thank You" to that poster...

[Escape Artist]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

What I need to do, is paint the walls white. Whatever idiot designer in The Villages thinks "beige" is a good wall color needs to be shot.

How rude! My walls are Kilim Beige by Sherwin-Williams and they are a nice, soft neutral.

[Debset]

There's a problem with storing cardboard boxes in a friend's garage when the boxes just seem to disappear, or maybe the cockroaches ate the boxes. Don't leave your boxes in any other garage but your own!
Best of luck with your move! You will love it here!

[Whitley]

I know in DE it is very bad to store papers in your garage, even if you lock the garage door.

[rde3036]

Joe Biden says there are no issues with storing paper in a garage!

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by Escape Artist

How rude! My walls are Kilim Beige by Sherwin-Williams and they are a nice, soft neutral.

Personally, I prefer my own wall color scheme of a base white with diagonal cross-striping in magenta. I have a penchant for uniqueness.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by Debset

There's a problem with storing cardboard boxes in a friend's garage when the boxes just seem to disappear, or maybe the cockroaches ate the boxes. Don't leave your boxes in any other garage but your own!
Best of luck with your move! You will love it here!

Yes, be forewarned that a lot of so-called human resident FRIENDS here in La La Land have a penchant for eating cardboard.

[merrymini]

I have both types of plants. When the weather gets the best of them, cut them to the ground in the spring and you will grow a new plant.

[RICH1]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

You can store cardboard and paper in the garage, as long as it's contained. You can buy long plastic bins that stack and even some that have wheels to roll under a bed. Just make sure the covers are air-tight.

As for northern furniture, don't listen to people who tell you how to decorate your own home. You're the one who has to live in it, not them. If you like dark furniture and have some really nice pieces, bring'em. My house is mostly antique furniture, mostly wood, mostly dark, with a few lighter oak pieces for contrast. What I need to do, is paint the walls white. Whatever idiot designer in The Villages thinks "beige" is a good wall color needs to be shot.

Can’t say that anymore! Beige is macadamia