If you won the lottery
#94
Originally Posted by IrelandDragonQuilting
After picking yourself up off the floor of course LOL, what would be the very first thing you would purchase?
Pay off our mortgage and our sons.
Then, we have to split l/2 hubby and l/2 me.
See, he has different ideas than me and to avoid all the bickering he could do whatever he wants with his half and I can:
Pay my tithe
Give more to my son and his family
Set up trust fund for animal clinics....so many people can not afford to take their pets to the vet; now they could.
Set up different trust funds for our area of the needy. Would like to very much help out our homeless.
As for myself, I do not need much. I am overweight but there are no miracle cures for that. I am pretty much happy the way I am and cannot see wasting money giving it to quacks to improve my appearance.
If there is anything left over I would just put it in the bank for future expenses.....I have no medical insurance.
WOW, now you have me wanting to go buy a ticket. :lol: :lol:
#98
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How much am I winning?????
Seriously, if it was a lot, I would give to several charities that are important to me, give to my church, give to family members. I would foster about a zillion underprivileged kids.
I would buy a zillion pencils for the elementary school I work at, plus a couple of reliable pencil sharpeners for each classroom!
Travel - African Safari, Europe and Germany and see where my great-great grandparents are from, New Zealand, Inside Passage cruise of Alaska.
Buy the perfect house in the perfect place - not sure where that would be. Hopefully in mountains or by the beach (maybe on the beach near mountains!!)
Oh, the dreams!
Seriously, if it was a lot, I would give to several charities that are important to me, give to my church, give to family members. I would foster about a zillion underprivileged kids.
I would buy a zillion pencils for the elementary school I work at, plus a couple of reliable pencil sharpeners for each classroom!
Travel - African Safari, Europe and Germany and see where my great-great grandparents are from, New Zealand, Inside Passage cruise of Alaska.
Buy the perfect house in the perfect place - not sure where that would be. Hopefully in mountains or by the beach (maybe on the beach near mountains!!)
Oh, the dreams!
#99
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Location: Southern California
Posts: 880
Oh, one more thing! Before my mother passed away, I literally had a recurring dream that I won the lottery. In my dream I bought my mom the cutest, cleanest, most charming house in her little home town. (She never owned a house in her lifetime.) I hired a gardener and housekeeper. Then I went to visit her out of the blue and surprised her with the key to the front door.
I always hated it when I woke up from that dream! Oh what joy that would have been. Now she is living in a palace with her Maker. She finally lives in the home of her dreams.
I always hated it when I woke up from that dream! Oh what joy that would have been. Now she is living in a palace with her Maker. She finally lives in the home of her dreams.
#100
My mother says: Quilting machine and a frame for my DSIL and me, a ukulele for my sister. I, of course, would make the LGS my first stop. Then, I would buy an RV so us girls could hit the road during the summer. I would repair and remodel the 2nd story of my mom's 150+ year old farm house. (We redid most of the 1st floor several years ago.) I would get Steinway grand pianos for me, my sister, and my church. Of course, I would pay off my brother and sister's morgages. I would build a triplex which would be used as a guest house for now and as homes for me, my brother and sister in law, and my niece when she grows up. We would help take care of her and she would help take care of us! I would try to get on an episode of HGTV's House Hunters International and buy a vacation home someplace warm. I would replace the the pianos in my school district. I would then buy farm land with whatever is left. (If there is any left!)
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