Tuesday, September 23, 2008

one quick pic please?

It's a question we all love to ponder. What if.... on one glorious Wednesday or Saturday night... say around nine oclock or so..... I became a gazillionare? What if I actually won the Powerball?  Oh what fun it is to think about the possibilities......more fun than winning? I wouldn't know, but I doubt it.

So, what would I do with 176 Million dollars -0r half that after taxes?(Damn Uncle Sam - only 88Million dollars?? I guess I'd survive). What would I do...... let's imagine....

1. I'd pay off every single bill I have..... mortgage, school loan, etc.....
2. I'd pay off every single bill my parent's have.
3.I'd pay off every single bill my in laws have.
4. I'd take five million of it and put in an acct with a great interest rate (might be hard to find right now) so that my kids will have that no matter what.
5. I'd take my mom to Italy.... she's always wanted to go. A good month should do. No plans. Just plane tickets and a map.
6.  I'd take my sister on a trip to Disney - her idea of heaven. We'd stay for a few weeks and have character breakfasts each morning. We'd do anything she wanted to do.
7. I'd buy my brother the fastest old school camaro I could find. I would write him in Iraq and tell him I have a big surpise, but I'd keep the secret until he came home next year.
8. I'd buy my parent's a house that was big enough to have my sister and my nana live with them.
9. I'd pay for 24 hour one on one staff for my sister.
10. I'd would give all my close friends enough money so they never have to think of money again.
11. I would donate a chunk to the public school system where I work so a new high school could finally be built.
12. I would quit my job. 
13. I would urge my husband to do the same.
14. I would stay in our little two bedroom house and travel the world. Who needs a mansion when you are only two people and  dog?
15. I would donate a chunk to Crossroads - a local homeless group - to build or finance a new shelter.
16. I would sit back and relax.
17. I would take life one day at a time.
18. I would be more generous than I could ever imagine - hopefully.
19. On a weekly basis, I would go to a public spot and watch for people being randomly kind to others. Then, I would walk up and give those people some cash. That might be it.  Oh, wait.
20. I'd have at least six kids.... at least.... if money is not an object... nothing beats a big family. My husband might take some convincing, but I bet he'd come around.  Maybe we will need a bigger house...

I'm sure it wouldn't be this easy.... but man, I'd love the challenge. 

Wouldn't you?


2 comments:

J-Lu said...

Could you imagine?! No more money woes, vaca's whenever we want, and when we go camping we could wipe our asses with $100 bills! Well i'll tell you if I ever hit it big you and your hubby are set for life...and then we can all have lots of babies.

Mandy said...

Wouldn't that be great? I would buy a huge plot of land and build a house right in the middle of it. Pay off all of my bills and my parents. I would get a PhD. Take a long vacation and quit my job.