July 2009 Weddings
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If you won 500 mil (stolen from another board)
What would you do with it?
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Re: If you won 500 mil (stolen from another board)
I would cry and probably hyperventilate
Then I would:
Lay low (if possible), change my phone number, change DH's number.
Pay off all of our debts.
Pay off mom's debts and buy her a house (
Pay off my sisters' debt
Put money away for KR and future children college/trust fund
Put money away for nieces' and nephews'
Travel, go to Hawaii and buy a place...or Florida, someplace nice and warm.
Live there for a couple months until things blow over.
Build dream home in 2 places-One place warm and near the ocean, one place cooler by lake (In Montana)
Have more babies.
Hire a cleaning service
Hire a personal trainer and nutrionist
Hire a lawyer and financial planner before cashing in the ticket.
Pay off our debts and our families' debts.
Quit my job.
Take all of our family and friends on vacation.
Set up my own charity.
Travel.
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Pay off our mortgage and donate our home to a family in need.
Buy a flat in Montreal and a cottage in Napa, with our main home in SC.
Redo my whole wardrobe (it's all from my college days still)
Set up a foundation for foster children
Become an emergency family for foster kids now instead of waiting for 5 years.
Buy S a new truck
Buy a house
Build a cottage in Canada near ILs/upgrade their cottage
Pay off all our debt
Get a kick a$$ lawyer to hand it to DH's ExWife
Donate money to my school for a media center -- they had plans drawn up like 20 years ago and the funding never came through.
Put away money for kids' college
Have another baby
New cars
Remember the lady who promised a Kindergarten class if they made it to college she'd pay for them? (Was it Oprah?LOL) I'd love to do that.
New clothes and all that fun stuff too!
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In no specific order :
Quit my job
Put money after for Katie and future children
Pay off my brothers house
Pay off my brother-in-laws house
Buy at least 2 vacation homes
Travel
Give money to my parents, in laws, and siblings so they could quit their jobs and be well off.
Have another baby
Donate money to my school to purchase new Textbooks and a new writing curriculum.
I am not sure if I would keep my job. Maybe. Maybe part-time. However, I know David would want to move away so that might seal the deal on the job for me. New house either way!
I would definitely want to start a charity - specifically around foster children or adoptive families. If that ended up being a full-time job, I would quit mine and maybe eventually I could just run to be on a board of directors for different organizations.
I would also have an animal rescue of some kind. I kind of envision enough land to have some rescued farm animals that just live out their lives peacefully on our property and a farm hand on site to care for them (because I know crap about farm animals).
We'd have five kids. One or two pregnancies if I was blessed with that, and the rest adopted.
We'd have a home in Hawaii for sure. And we'd vacation all the time. And everywhere. Including a tour of nesties.
Pay off all our debt and the debt of our families. I wouldn't get them new houses, but I might finance house upgrades for my mom and maybe some new cars and tons of vacations. In addition to putting money away for our own kids, I would have trust funds for my siblings, siblings-in-law, future nieces and nephews, and pets. Yes, I would have a massive, totally awesome pet trust where X amount is only for their care and a caretaker (likely a family member) and to keep them in their home for the rest of their lives. With rules on their spoiledness.
And a dog park named after Maggie and Dexter in our current town, even if we didn't live here anymore.
This is fun to dream!!
FIRST, I'd buy my mom a house wherever she wanted to live. She has had such a rough two years now... I'd love to see her settled and comfortable.
Then I'd take a celebratory cruise with my family and close friends... somewhere tropical... maybe the Caribbean... or the Mediterranean. I'd take my honey on a romantic vacation (if he let me... he never, ever lets me pay for ANYthing...).
I'd leave my job at the end of the school year and move out to where my friends/family live and buy a house... eventually a newer car (but doubtful anything fancy... I honestly LOVE my Honda Accord, I'd probably just buy another one... or maybe a Lexus or something, lol). I would get more involved in church and serving God in different capacities or whatever doors he opened up to me... missionary work or volunteering with children... something... not sure what doors would open.
I'd pay my sister's house off and my brother's (even though we dont talk much anymore, I still absolutely love him and wish we had a relationship).
I'd set aside some specifically for my nephew and nieces.
I'd pay off my two best friends' houses (one who is in the process of losing her home) and pay for their 3 year old to go to preschool and also set aside a college fund for her... she is seriously the smartest kid I've ever seen for a 3 year old... like prodigyish...
In terms of a kick butt house... I'd buy my first flat screen TV (yes, I have an older tube tv but it works juuust fine for now)... and replace some furniture... I'd have a rockin kitchen, a spa-like bathtub (love my hot baths) and a pool/jacuzzi in the backyard and a personal gym. I think that's about all that I would do immediately for "extravagent" home things... I wouldn't want a big ol' mansion... makes ya feel too lonely and big and open... maybe a sweet beach house to rent out when I'm not using it.
Oh to dream, lol...
Neither of us would quit our jobs or change much of anything about how we lived, except buying a house. But here's what we discussed:
Pay off our debt (and probably my parent's a sister's debt, too).
Buy a house in Murray to use as a vacation home and as a future residence for when we do actually get to move there.
But a house wherever we currently live.
Buy my parents a new house.
Buy H a new car, pay off mine.
Donate money to our respective high schools to put towards the music programs and possibly build performing arts centers.
Donate money to the Murray State music department.
Probably take a ridiculous vacation somewhere.
Start having babies.
Save/invest the rest for the future.
Sign the ticket/ take a picture of the ticket and me with the ticket.
Say nothing and call the best and most expensive lawyer known to man.
Meet with our financial advisor. Put it in several accounts. Invest that money like crazy.
Pay off the house/ loans.
Pay all debts of our parents and siblings.
Create trusts for our younger siblings.
Unfortunately we'd probably have to sell the house and quit our jobs just for security.
Go on a really long vacation as we plan what we want to buy with our money.
I talked to DH last night and we both agreed that we would create a dog park where we live right now considering we don have one!
We also talked about buying a building where we live and completely renovating it into a cheer gym and regular gym and running that for the rest of our lives.
I'd probably give 500k-a million to the local animal shelter that I got my mom's dog from, or maybe buy them a building and create a kick butt shelter.
- DH and I would call my parents and tweak out!
- Call a lawyer and financal planner.
- Pay off our debt to my parents, DH's student loans, and our cc debt.
- Put a chunk of money in my ING account for savings.
- Invest a chunk of money lol.
- Plan for a big family vacation.
- Offer to pay for my parents' health insurance, since they're going to have to buy it this fall when mom retires.
- Buy my parents a new car
- Help some of my family members who need it (fix up my aunt's house, pay for my grandparents medical bills, get my other aunt full-time care for her sick husband, etc.).
- Buy a new house and a new car for DH.
-Send Dougie and Nora to doggie day care Mon-Fri and donate to the dog park that is trying to be funded in our city (thanks for the idea, Shorty!).
- Offer to pay my sister's rent/utilities for her first year out of college. I know how much it sucks barely making ends meet and having nothing in the bank, so I'd like her to be able to save before dealing with all those bills.
- Plan a vacation for just DH and I.
- Visit my friends all over the world (Nesties included).
- Have a baby and take at least 6 months of maternity leave.
- Start a 529 for the baby and a trust fund.
- Possibly ask to work part-time, or find a part-time job.
- Pay for my mom and auntie to go on the trip to Italy that they've been dreaming of taking.
- Keep a chunk for different charities (instead of giving each one a one time large amount, I'd rather give to them year after year)
- Make DH his own at home music studio
- Pay off all our loans and those of our immediate family (mortgage, student loans, cars)
- Buy a vacation cottage in PEI and a house in Australia
- Quit my job, but either go back to work as a volunteer or start my own foundation to help high poverty schools
- Finish up all the dream projects we have for the house that we'd otherwise never realistically do
My dad and I were literally talking about this today since the lottery for 540 million is drawing tonight.
I would immediately invest no less than 1/3 of the final amount. With the remaining, I think I would:
-give to our church and the organization I work for and the school I attended
-pay M's school bills off
-pay off M's truck
-build our house
-send my dad and his wife where ever they wanted and buy them a condo in AZ
-send ILs on a month long vacation
-pay off M's siblings' mortgages
-set up trusts for my brothers contingent on various things
-set my grandparents and aunt up to financial comfort
-save the rest
-stay far far far away from Ms extended family... They would try and leech off of us
When my dad and I were talking about it, I said I'd buy myself a new car, but he's said that's could just paint my 11 year old neon and be good to go. Which I actually probably would! I love that car but the paint is rapidly wearing off.
500 Million is a ridiculously crazy large amount of money.
I would obviously pay off all of our debt.
I would then give about $5 Million to each of our family members and $1 to our closest friends each.
We would buy a house somewhere warm and tropical and build our dream house here on a nice piece of land out in the country.
I would definitely quit my job, at least until Mackenzie and any future siblings were older.
I would donate a lot to charities and/or start my own foundation of some sort
A huge chunk would be invested or put away for us to live off of comfortably.
I honestly cannot even think of how we would possibly spend $500 million.
Put my school on your list!
DH and I were talking about the "what ifs" today and we both immediately had ideas for our schools. His was to buy desks and chairs because they don't have enough! Next would be computers. Ugh! People don't understand that we just got student computers this year -- as in 2012! Smartboards, what's that?! But, it was reassuring to know DH and I share common goals and a commitment to our community..awww I love him.
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