How Green is my Forrest?

Well something interesting is on the horizon. I am currently living in the house of my dreams and my husband will be losing his job at the end of October, hmmmm. I love Sturgeon Bay and my house and even though I still own my home in Connecticut I cannot go back there to live as my daughter and grandson are living there now and want to purchase the home from us. I have an extra lot ( 7 acres actually) on a river and it was always my Tara in terms of survival so I have had a hard time thinking about letting it go. I could build a small place there and retire.

Quandry: Do I insist on keeping this magnificent home on the bay which would require my husband to continue working instead of retiring or should I sell everything and find a place for us to be. He has offered to continue working, but I've had a double by-pass and 4 stents and the heart requires repair every year and half or so, and the doctors are much better up here, and really, how much time do I have left? What do I really want to do with my time, and where does he want to be, he never gives me a straight answer (He always wants to make me happy) so it's hard to get input for this situation. Besides he is a workaholic, who talks about retiring but never does any planning so I'm totally in the dark.

I've priced other homes in Connecticut and we've been priced out of the market. The other exciting idea is that we build a "green" home on the back lot near the river. A zero home with possible water generation of electricity which is outrageously expensive there. The river is slow and not more than a few feet deep but it's a possibility, I've always wanted to do that, but that means no more here and I love here. Well I love there too , but what a decision we have to make.
The Goddesses will really have to help me with this one, It's all good