[CrazyTiki]

Hello everyone,

We are thrilled to join this forum and become part of this vibrant community! My name is Ed, and my wife, Keely, and we will be moving into our new home in Shady Brook in January. We're excited to get to know everyone and participate in community activities.

A little about us: We are from Generation Jones (tail end Boomers and GenX) and both native Floridians. I am a recently retired Director of Operations who enjoys music, hanging with friends and parties. Keely is an accountant who enjoys spending time with the kids and wants a pet capybara. We both enjoy parties, sitting at a bar to talk and meeting new friends and Patches and Sammie, our cat and dog. We're looking forward to exploring the area and meeting new friends.

Please feel free to reach out to us if you have any tips for newcomers or if there's a community event we should attend. We're eager to contribute and be active members of this wonderful neighborhood.

Best regards,
Ed and Keely

[Ecuadog]

Welcome.

[dewilson58]

Welcome.

Enjoy your retirement journey.

You will experience The Good, The Bad and The Ugly on this site.......grain of salt.

[Mdphotographer]

Welcome, we will be moving into our home on Monday in Shady Brook. We are Karen and Forrest. We love pickleball and will be learning to golf. Hope to meet irl soon!

[shaw8700@outlook.com]

Welcome to paradise!

[Taltarzac725]

Welcome to the Villages.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Man oh man if you had a pet capybara I would want to give him a scritch behind the ears every time I saw him. Welcome to The Villages!

[champion6]

Welcome ... the best is yet to come!

[Jrsgvsg60]

Welcome!
Enjoy retirement.

[Radamo]

Welcome home!

[La lamy]

Congratulations for your move. Enjoy this retirement heaven!

[Ptmcbriz]

Welcome! Since you are moving into a new area, meeting and making friends will be easier. I suggest leaving an invite on your block’s neighbors doors that you are holding a meet and greet cocktail hour at your house sometime the first 3 months. Set up a WhatsApp group for your neighborhood to invite and text your neighbors in the future. At the party have your wife invite ladies to form a monthly luncheon where each member chooses the restaurant you’ll hold your luncheon. Create and form other groups (create separate WhatsApp groups for those) for playing cards weekly, pickleball, golf, guys movie night (held ant members homes) etc. This is the best things we did. We have 23 ladies in our luncheon group and our neighborhood block is very close and we watch out for our neighbors.

[cwmmfink]

Welcome home. 10 great years for us and counting.

[motherflippinpicker]

Originally Posted by CrazyTiki

Hello everyone,

We are thrilled to join this forum and become part of this vibrant community! My name is Ed, and my wife, Keely, and we will be moving into our new home in Shady Brook in January. We're excited to get to know everyone and participate in community activities.

A little about us: We are from Generation Jones (tail end Boomers and GenX) and both native Floridians. I am a recently retired Director of Operations who enjoys music, hanging with friends and parties. Keely is an accountant who enjoys spending time with the kids and wants a pet capybara. We both enjoy parties, sitting at a bar to talk and meeting new friends and Patches and Sammie, our cat and dog. We're looking forward to exploring the area and meeting new friends.

Please feel free to reach out to us if you have any tips for newcomers or if there's a community event we should attend. We're eager to contribute and be active members of this wonderful neighborhood.

Best regards,
Ed and Keely

Welcome! We are going to be neighbors. We live in Moultrie Creek but we are extremely close to Shady Brook. I jokingly say they should call our area Shady Creek.

Like you, we are the same age and enjoy many of the same things. We would love to meet you for drinks/dinner when you arrive.

As far as social activities, there is a monthly pool party for our villages that meets at the Shady Brook pool. I'm sure your particular village is doing events just for your village. Look for a Facebook page specific to your village so you can stay current with events. Boozy Bingo is every Monday at Sawgrass, we like to go to that. (It's music themed). There are a lot of events across The Villages that I'm sure you will have fun exploring. The next BIG event will be the Electric Light Party in January.

We are Thom and Lanette (It's Lanette that is writing this). We live on Reece Patterson. Say hello when you arrive!

[NoMo50]

Welcome to The Villages! You will quickly find that you can be as busy as you want to be...or not. Being in a brand new neighborhood will be an early advantage, as most of your neighbors will be in the same situation. You will make new friends quickly and easily, rather than having to try and fit in to pre-existing cliques.

Living in The Villages can be a little overwhelming initially, but you will soon find your own way. Should you ever find yourself moping around, thinking "I'm bored," that's on you! Enjoy the ride.