The time is getting closer, our efforts are still not frantic. This move will be one of the smoothest we have, in over 42 years, encountered. Since there is no urgency to make the physical move, we can take things as they come, address them with the level of importance and not become all stressed out. Yay Us!
Where to live! Yep, that is the primary question. Our focus at this point is with the following areas, Fairfax County, primarily in Tyson/McLean, Merrifield, Vienna, etc. Or Arlington, mainly in Crystal City, Ballston, etc. Perhaps in Alexandria most areas but Western Alexandria mainly. Would love to find a place in Old Town Alexandria, but don’t like the idea of paying that much for a home and still have to park on the street, IF you can find a spot. So, not thinking of that area.
Wednesday, February 1 – Today we take a pause in our preparations for the move. About an hour ago, we had to say goodbye to our precious Duchess, our little four-legged feline family member of almost 16 years. She was in such pain and illness and to keep her with us was not the right thing. So, our girl has gone and will not be travelling back up to Northern Virginia with us. Her adopted sister Penny will also miss her just as much as we do I am sure. Penny will have to make that trip with us and not have her big adopted sister with her for aid and comfort. But, we will continue on toward a new beginning, just one that is missing a family member. Farewell, Duchess, our precious girl. We will miss you every single day.
Thursday, February 2, – Well we had a moving company come by this morning and prepare a quote for moving our household good back up to Northern Virginia. Good quote, well within my anticipated cost and our overall budget for this entire relocation. Home designer person will be scheduled shortly to come to our house, measure for the window blinds in the master bedroom and then obtain those items and do the install. This is one of our major hurdles and from all indicators, it appears like a hurdle that can be overcome. Yay US!
Friday, February 3 – Things are moving forward in our relocation activity to return to the Northern Virginia area. We will be going up to the area next Saturday and hopefully view a good collection of potential homes. It would be just fantastic to find the perfect spot, location, facilities, amenities nearby and a quality apartment condo unit. Yeah, hope springs eternal!
Regardless, we will continue our search and continue our preparations to put our current house on the market. We hope it will sell in a timely manner so we can transition to the new lifestyle without a ton of stress.
Fingers Crossed folks, the crew (Charlotte, Harvey & Penny) are on the move. Going to Git er Done!
Author: harv1941
Just a summary, I am 84 years of age, retired in July 2013 and settled down to promoting the dangers of bacterial meningitis, which killed my beloved son, Mike in 2009. My wife, Charlotte, and I embarked on an adventure of live aboard cruising, aboard a large Blue Water motor yacht. While our beginning was rather fraught with hurdles, we continued to look forward to the day we moved aboard the Misty Lady and cruise the eastern seaboard and associated waterways. After more than four years of life aboard this Bluewater Motor Yacht, I developed an advanced problem due to interaction with medications and experienced rather frightening balance problems. Therefore, getting on and off the yacht was fraught with danger of falling between the docks and the boat's hull. Walking the docks was also problematic considering that our yacht club docks were all floating docks and my balance problem was a danger during the walk from our yacht's docking slip to the clubhouse or out to the DC Wharf facilities and our car housed in the yacht club's reserved garage. SO, we had to regretfully put the Misty Lady up for sale and move back on shore. We moved on shore, first into a condo apartment in Alexandria, then after two years there, we relocated to the city of Newport News, in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. Our original desired location was in the city of Hampton, Virginia, which is the oldest English-speaking settlement in the United States having been established originally in 1610. My ancestors came to this country through this settlement in the mid 1600s and lived in that area for around 100 years before beginning a migration of one portion of our family toward the west.
I looked forward to moving back to this area and exploring the roots of my family, both maternal and paternal ancestry, but we found a great house in the Newport News area and became ensconced in the terrific neighborhood of Kiln Creek. My wife, being still actively employed, received a substantial offer in a position with a government contractor firm back up in Northern Virginia. So we put the Newport News house up for sale, receiving and accepting an offer withing two days. We then relocated back up to the city of Alexandria and into another high rise condo. My wife reached a point where considerations for retirement were becoming very important. She indicated that she really didn't want to retire in Alexandria, so once again we began a house search in the Tidewater area, this time in the City of Williamsburg and in a community restricted to 55+ age owners. We found the ideal location, initiated the sale and closing for our retirement home. We then put our condo on the market. Alas, the market was not as robust as before so we had to change asking price a couple of time, but finally the Alexandria Condo was sold. Now we are set to enjoy the great locations found here in the Tidewater/Hampton Roads area, considering that we are history buffs and there are literally hundreds of historical sites in this segment of our nation. Of course living in Williamsburg is the epitome of history living life.
So, now we are in our retirement home, in a great retirement type community. A great clubhouse with a fine dining restaurant, a grill/pub, an award winning PGA designed golf course and miles of walking trails. Looking forward to my wife's eventual full retirement and the two of us visiting all up and down the east coast historical spots.
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