What would you do if you won the lottery? Like, some insane amount..say, $50 million dollars. Would you move? Would you still work? Would you take care of all your relatives or tell them to go suck it? Would you get even with all your enemies? Do tell.
65 comments:
I would buy an island in the Pacific.
I would move there with my cats and husband.
I would give a nice chunk to my kid and sister, a smaller chunk to a neice and nephew (set into a trust).
I would make a point of cutting out my three undeserving brothers, therefore emphasizing my view that they really are pieces of shit most of the time.
I would donate to some selected charities.
And I would buy whatever in the hell I felt like.
And I would tip, BIG, in restaurants.
I would run like hell!
I would quit work and be happy to share the wealth with a few carefully chosen relatives. I love the idea of donating anonymously so I would do that also. I'd most likely move also but probably not right way. I would savor the idea of financial security.
I'd make sure my family was taken care of (debt, housing, education, etc.) for starters. To pay it forward, I'd help the nouveau homeless, abandoned animals and champion children's rights.
I don't think I'd waste time getting even with anyone. Living well would be the best revenge. ;)
#1
Self sustaining (wind/solar/natural gas generator) equipped small poultry,veg,tilapia farm.
All that designed to maintain food shelters and tutoring rooms in the worst affected neighborhoods to teach Mathematics (language of Science), and English Lit/Composition (Language of business and literature to help learn from classic novels).
Scholarships and annuities to guarantee more scholarships.
Solar power heating units for low income housing.
All that would take no more than a quarter of the jackpot.
The story of Solon the Athenian's meeting with King Croesus as told by Plutarch in "Lives of Greeks" is an example of what real wealth is.
I would then retire to a mountaintop in the West Texas desert and hold court with my loved ones. A mandatory yearly trip to Belize to take in the beach and pull on a few fish lips as well as eating some great fruit over there.
Let you know when I get there Pat.
Enrique
I would buy a few acres of beautiful land, build our dream house & pay it off in full. I'd buy the luxury mini van I've always wanted for my family of 6. I'd hire a cook to come in 4 x a week, and buy top of the line cleaning machines. I'd finish my education. I'd make a few investments. I'd build a few small house's on the outskirts of my property, and move my mom & grandma to live there. Most definitely cannot forget college funds for the children. I'd have the farm I've always dreamed of having, with ducks, chickens, horses, sheep,etc. Just LOVE LIFE!
Travel, travel and then travel. Before I left, I'd pay everything off, set up trusts for the kids and quit my job.
This is a great topic DD. I don't really have
an answer more of a comment. Hardly ever
buy a lotto ticket it's too bothersome to look
up the winning numbers so I'm out. However
I can say this if I became rich overnight the
money wouldn't change me. It's a tool to use
for good say open up a free to th public library
like Andrew carnegie did or such as the late
Brooke Astor did to NYC. My olde school of
UofT has the best library on campus donated
all of it from bricks to books by Claude & Elinor
Bissell of the floorcare magnate zBissell family.
Just to put it into a clearer perspective let me say
this if I lost all of my money / things/valuables
overnight it wouldn't change me. This is my
real point. I'd still be the same person : ) Kiki
I'm pretty sure I'd quit work for 50 mil. I'd buy my dad a brand new pickup truck and my mom that old t-bird she always wanted and give them some cash for all they have done for me. I'd pay off my aunt's huge medical bills, buy her house and kick her ungrateful, freeloading kids, grandkids AND great grandkids out of it. I'd pay off my sisters house. Buy myself the new camaro...I drool over that car....Build a house with a big yard so my dog has plenty of room to run....hell, I might even get a horse.....I'd buy DD a nice farm far away from Gun Town....with a hot gardner and pool boy....and I think I would take a long cruise to Hawaii, since I hate flying. I'm sure there's more.....I'll keep daydreaming....
Daphne
I would pay off all my and my kids bills. Probably most of my relatives if I actually had $50 million! That would depend. I would at least give them a money gift. But 1st me! My bills, me a fabulous new home that I help design! I dunno where. NOT Indiana! Not Florida-thats where all the child killers go!!! Maybe the Carolinas? 50 mil wouldn't go very far in NYC, so not there. I love it there tho!! All new cars for my immediate family, of their choice. And then a big long vaca for my immediate family while my house is being built. Probably to Europe, Spain, Italy, France. Then the rest in the bank forever to live on. No more busting my ass for $12 an hour! No more bing anybodys bitch! And groceries! Whenever we need them. I might even hire a weekly housekeeper. I am not hard to please. No bills, house, cars & food. 1 vaca. I'm happy.
rox
PS: I would move my husband far away from me & pay for it. It would be so worht it. I would even pay his rent for him so he'd stay away! Forever! Yay!!!! Thats all.
rox
I would get a little more comfortable. House, car, boat, other toys for the boys. Let my husband retire he would love it. Not sure I would keep working but I would need to do something as spending all my time with the boys and playing would make me nuts. As much as I enjoy bossing people around the house staff and the limo driver wouldn't be enough. So I would maybe want to sit on some boards and participate on some committees. Do some non-profit work. Would have to keep the mind sharp with challenges of some kind. I enjoy my job I might stay working.
1.I would invest some of it.
2. Set up my children's lives with college funds.
3. Start a will ( my children have to finish college or wait till 25 to receive a check) But they will not get a lump sum. It will be carried out for awhile.
4. Just buy a small place to keep are belongings.
5. Travel the whole world. There is alot of place in the USA ive never been.
6. Travel abroad again.
7. Buy a Rv
8. I would still work. But It would only be for my charities.
9. I would start a whole baby diaper service-products charity. For people who cant afford to supply their children with baby items.
10. I would work in food banks to help those in need. I would help them stock food and other items they might need.
11. Animal shelters I would help.
12. My parents I would help if they liked.
13. Pay off my hubs student loans and everything he owes his mom.
14. Start are own comic book/tattoo artist shop. So my hub will have a place of his own.
NOt so important things...
1. give my hub a hair transplant
2. breast reduction for me and the webbing
3. Shopping splurge
4. Eat the one of the most expensive hamburgers and ice cream sundae
OH! PS again: I would buy my husband a new Toyota Prius and a large life insurance policy. Ain't I nice?
rox
Ava? Webbing? Like webbed feet? wow...weely??
My girlfriend and I daydream about hitting the big one all the time. Both being in our forties and having just graduated from law school and passed the bar - we would not retire. We worked too hard not to use our degrees/licenses now. But we would quit our jobs and open our own office. We would take cases we cared about, whether or not the clients could pay and we would volunteer at various local legal aid clinics.
We would also use a chunk of the money to make sure that our extended families were finacnially secure. We would contribute to, or start, charities/organizations that work towards promoting education, especially access to college for students from under-priveleged communities.
We would also buy ourselve a new, slightly larger house and take at least two very nice vacations a year.
perhaps in my travels I would find a Dr that has cure for Mennieres! I would pay him well if he could cure me & then fund it so others could get the same help. That would be huge for me & other victims. Cuz there is NO cure! :(
Very nice Nicky.
Rox! Wow, you are really upset this time.
Enrique
I'd have to keep working, it's the only time I get out and talk to real people.
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better explains breast webbing.
First I would pay off 3 of my sisters mortgages. I would buy a large plot of land and build a big house so I could have lots of dogs and have related living area where I could have my mom move in. If I could build 3 more houses for my sons to move closer that would even be better.
I'd buy a house in anothr state where it's always warm so I could flee at the first sign of a snowflake and garden year round.
I'm not a materialistic person so I'd probably share a lot of it and be broke in no time.
i'd buy like 200+ acres and build about a dozen houses for myself and my friends and have a livable fruit/veggie farm....i'd call it 'pirate farms'.....
i'd set up an educational trust fund for children i know also to pay for college....
and i'd donate to the rescue i got poli & pan from......
and i'd collect my winnings via a trust fund so i wouldn't be bothered by assholes writing me saying that they need money blah blah blah.....fuck that and fuck them.....
I would pay my stupid credit card debt off, as well as my mortgage.
I would donate to a few select animal charities.
I would probably divorce my husband.
I would give some to my sisters and their kids, only 4 neices and nephews total. My family is small.
TRAVEL, TRAVEL, TRAVEL, FIRST CLASS ALL THE WAY!
Give my very close friends a check each.
Buy a house or ranch property, I don't know where.
Get a Porsche Carrera, I have always wanted one!
Hire a personal trainer and lose this weight once and for all!
the rest can write itself.
bimaxoxo
ha ha we talk about this all the time. I would buy a nice house with a built in pool on the water. i would buy a nice shore house for the summer. I would pay off my house and let my loser brother in law and family have it so they wouldn't try to get anything else out of it. I would buy my mother in law a house on our property. oh yeah, and lipo lol.
I would hire a hit man to take out all of TCS!!!!!!
Enrique, what? The Prius? I thot it was a nice gesture! Jeesh...you know, kinda like a farewell gift. Adios, ya know?
rox
LMAO @ Escrow!!!
I would buy a farm house on lots of land..with no neighbors. I'd plant my own garden and live off of that. I'd give my parents and sister some money to live off of but non to my other relatives as I never even see or talk to them so why the heck should they get any of it? I'm sure they'd all be interested in me after winning all that money though. I would give some to charity. Mainly animal charities since I am animal obsessed. I don't really know what else I'd do with all that money. I'm not big on material things.
Oh indeed....a breast reduction and lift for me!!
Daphne
I would also get a breast reduction. And pay someone $10 million to kill Meghan McCain.
I would donate to research, epilepsy, cancer, etc... I'd give to St. Judes too, help kids and their parents.
Crabbie
You KNOW you just need a lift....
Daphne
LOL :-)) @ crabbie !
-Kiki
Perhaps a nut lift Crabbie?
Oh, Pat, this post cheers me up. I never have shared my "hit the jackpot fantasy" with anyone before so this will feel good to me!
First of all, I got a vicarious high reading all the previous posts, truely.
Enrique, wow, I had never read Plutarch until your reference today. I spent an hour reading the part you referenced (deep & beautiful thoughts on how to live one's life) and other parts of his writing. Thanks for introducing me to his writings. Quite amazing that he lived from 46-120 AD.
I would immediately give a month notice and quit my job. Pay everything off and immediately sell house (even for a loss due to deep recession/depression) and Leave CA. Move to some place that I do not have to live on a postage stamp. Some place rural with room for animals.
Give a lot of $ to my younger brother's family and to 2 of my siblings 4 kids, in trusts. Give a nice chunk to my son, although he is not struggling.
Make an appointment with Suzi Orman because I would have no idea of how to safely invest this enormous amount of money and I trust her. Hopefully, she'd agree to see me.
I'd buy a small to medium size farm, contact Cynthia immediately to learn about what types of chickens to purchase and pointers on where I can educate myself on all things chicken.
Cont. next post
Next, I would send enough money to immediately transfer the remaining 142 chimps left at that hell hole Coulston Lab who are awaiting migration to permanent sactuary at Save the Chimps Islands in the Sun in FL. Also enough money to assist in paying for their on going care, once they're finally free of life in such small cages that they can't stand up.
Significant gift to Elephant Santuary in Hohenwald, TN. Love that place.
Large gifts to a few people based charities that I have been involved in contributing to in a small way for many years.
I'd hire some very high profile kick ass lawyers/lobbyists to immediately match speeds with that asshole Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior, who is responsible for the current on going slaughter of "our" wild horses that are on federal land. Miss Tia, I'm requesting a BIG fuck-you for him. He is also responsible for the on-going systematic slaughter of the wolves, even pregnant ones and den families that have babies left to starve once mothers + fathers murdered. (I also blame Obama who had promised as a candidate to not continue Bush's piss poor record of stewardship.
All that done, now I am off for 6 weeks (July-August, which are more like a late spring in Tibet with deep blue skies, billowing white cluds, and green tundra like a carpet laid over rolling hills embroidered with wildflowers) to photograph the nomads and their arts, ritualistic festivals, very old monasteries, visits with living Buddhas, shamans and many different clans of Tibetans on the "Roof of the World". I will be tracing the routes of the early explorers throughout the Tibetan provinces of Qinghai, Gansu, and Sichuan. No desire to see any of China--they eat dogs and cats--Miss Tia, another round of fuck China, please.
Back home on the farm, I'd find 2 or 3 donkeys & 2 cows that need sanctuary and plant a lot of flowers and veggies in summer. I'd also add a rooster.
I'd take some wilderness courses through Sierra Club and do one guided trip in the Sierra's so I would be self sufficient to do a few weeks by myself the following summer.
Arrange some scuba trips, since we're dreaming, my husband would be well enough to dive again and take our son, like old times.
Some more travel, I've never been to Europe. I would then sign up for with The Wilderness Research Institute in Ely, MN for a week course in black bear field study followed by a week of fishing and bear watching at Redoubt Bay Lodge, Al. It's located about 80 air miles southwest of Anchorage, just outside Lake Clark N'tl Park, in an area called Big River Lakes. It's a system of 6 lakes, connected to Cook Inlet by Big River. Big River also has north and south forks, flowing down from the surrounding mountains and glaciers. There are 2 big salmon runs, sockeye in June and silver salmon in August--so I'd make sure to plan trip to be in sync with those runs.
Sorry this is such a long post. maybe you can tell that I've given this fantasy a bit of planning before today!
I'd do exactly what Rosanne and Jackie did in the final season of Roseanne.
Travel a bit, stay at spas in order to get healthy/lose some lbs., then come back home and buy a plastics extrusion factory.
I'm serious, I've thought about it. I could employ a lot of people locally and be able to compete with china for awhile because I wouldn't have to turn a profit.
Oh, and I would move, but rent my current house out to a fraternity or something similarily obnoxious to annoy my asshole neighbors!
NancyB,
Great thoughts and cool adventures.
Plutarch also wrote about a society of women near the Etruscans (Italiana como tu kiki!), that allowed women to have high ranking positions. All that remains of the culture is 1,200 highly polished brass mirrors. I always laugh at the cost of vanity.
This is a fun post.
Enrique
My SIL worked for a family that was worth $1.2 BILLION! Worst job she ever had. She was the morning cook and 2nd assistant housekeeper. Husband and wife traveled so much, that they never saw their 5 kids for MONTHS at a time. Two oldest kids are in reform school, middle two in boarding school and youngest with parents....Older ones in trouble with the law all the time. My SIL quit when he yelled at her because she did not turn all the water bottles in the fridge in the right direction.....
I'd buy a house, a car, put tons in savings. Give a little to each parent so they aren't up my ass, then travel the world. I woul'dn't move away or buy some big mansion, just a nice old house. Maybe a cabin in the mountains... I'd probably still work, because I'd spend/sav/donate most of it. I'd still live normally, just comfortably. :)
FUCK KEN SALAZAR!!!!!!!!!!!
may he be reincarnated as a wolf or wild horse!
FUCK CHINA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nancy b you have a beautiful mind :)
miss Tia lol u r always on top of that
FUCK _____ ! and love the way u never
omit the beast of toxicity CHINA !
Ok I will let you in on a lil secret miss Tia
as you may or may not already know I am
fluent Speak Read & Write in several
languagues. Well I also can speak Chinese &
comprehend it quite well too. I can read a bit
although it is mainly memory work ( they don't use
an alphabet system only characitures aprox 4000 or so. )
I feel I must let you know how to say Fuck China
in Chinese so here it is phonetically.
Dill Nay Jung-Gah
FUCK CHINA
Enrique Mille grazie/a thousand thanks for
the shout out. Very nice , I liked it :) Kiki
&
to all the other readers here who are thinking
right about now hmmmm why does Kiki know
so many languages ? The answer is what do
you expect from a lil lady who likes to talk
toooooo much ! Seven in total icydk. Kiki :>
Enrique I 4got to add that indeed this is a very
fun post topic today. I love reading the ideas of
the others plans with the multitude of $ :> Kiki
1) 2) 3) I would tell my narcissistic youngest sister to go fuck herself with a cattle prod in every orifice.
4) give money to my daughter, mom, and kind-hearted salt of the earth sister.
5) make donations to small organizations. They need the money more than the cadillac charities.
6) set up a retirement home for senior cats. I love old cats.
7) establish a scholarship in memory of my husband, with awards going to B students that show potential.
8) bank the rest.
You can tell I'm for the underdogs. Or should I say undercats.
Ooops
Forgot to add for 1-3, I'd buy the cattle prod.
Maybe even have it engraved. Any ideas?????
Lol @ the pic that accompanies this post. I suppose the first thing I'd do is thumb thru the yellow pages to find somebody with enough earth-moving equiptment to at least tidy my $50-million in $1 bills into a single pile so that it didn't completely bury my neighbor's house. (Suppose their wood-burning chimney flue ignited it??)
First I would disconnect my phone.
Give each of my kids enough money to pay off their mortgages. (my daughter would get the same amount as her brother. Then she could have all the repairs done, sell the house and move to the country). Set up trust funds for both of them - only give them enough each year to be comfortable. Not enough to be rich and lazy. Invest a large amount for my 'old age' and live off the dividends. Then I would start planning my trips to Europe. Take a different friend or relative each time, but only ones who want to visit the museums with me. And one little guilty pleasure - hire my own personal IT person. I hate messing with computers. And, I would probably keep my winter job - I really like most of my clients, and would miss them.
Miss Tia, could I have a shout out for FUCK COMPUTERS and FUCK MICROSOFT?
This is my favorite game ever!!
First, I finish school. I'm only 5 classes away from my BA, but I'd get my Masters. Than, I work, but at my private foundation that helps single moms with daycare and education so that they can break some cycles and earn livable wages.
I would definitely share it with family! But I'd be selective. My sister has moocher kids and I wouldn't give them anything!!
What a fun post!
I would buy a place in Europe, maybe a cute apartment overlooking the Eiffel tower or something. I would move there and not tell anyone but my mother where I went. Then I would go shopping. I'm not hard to please. Of course then I could afford to go to SCAD which seems unlikely at this point. Sniffle.
if any of y'all do win the lottery make sure you have an attorney establish a trust fund---in a name that no one knows, like the 'vacation fund trust' and have the attorney collected your winnings in the name of the trust.....THAT WAY, everyone does not come out of the woodwork bugging you for money!!!
i dunno if i can fuck computers, because if it wasn't for computers we all wouldn't know each other.....
how about....
FUCK COMPUTER PROBLEMS!!
FUCK MICROSOFT!
FUCK BILL GATES!
FUCK WINDOWS!
FUCK APPLE!
FUCK STEVE JOBS!
FUCK BILLIONAIRES!
Kiki...I am soooo jealous. I've tried my hand at Spanish and French. I have no ear for foreign languages. I can't even roll my Rs. I would have to be immersed totally in either language and have to learn or die of starvation because I can't ask for food.
If I would win that much money, I would give my boss a million if she would get out of town and stop tormenting me. If she wouldn't go, I'd hire someone to "take her out". You can take that meaning any way you want, but I DO know a guy who knows a guy!
I wouldn't move because I love my very modest house and I have good neighbors, but I would give it a much needed face lift. It has really been neglected for the last three years.
There are very few charities that I trust. I do trust St. Jude's Children's Hospital, so I would give to them. The Haiti earthquake is a good example of people giving money and much of it not reaching the people who need it. But I know I would build my own animal shelter and offer free neutering. I would put my son in charge of it and make him work for his money. He has been out of work for so long. No jobs in this area. I would also hire a few of his friends who are in the same position. The animals would get the help they need and so would the boys.
I would make sure my family (1 sis, 1 bil, 2 nephews & a greatneice & 1 son) never has to worry about money. We would all still have to work but at least we wouldn't have to worry.
Jarhead... I see you are a much studied man! Oh! Be still my heart! You just keep getting better!
BJ thank you for the compliment. :) &
Indeed Enrique is a well read man.
I think he may blush as he reads this.
Gosh he is the only rooster in the henhouse.
( crabman doesn't count in this case ) -Kiki ;>
♣I would still work in some capacity. Although with the cash I would set myself up in my OWN company.
♣I would buy myself a house and one for my parents.
♣I would give all my immediate family (except ONE) a portion. There are probably some friends I would help out too!
♣I would start a scholarship fund at my alma mater college to be awarded to moms returning to school majoring in sciences.
♣I would donate to animal causes and foundations that effect or make better community social issues (aka; homeless, arts in schools, etc).
♣I would also fund a research project in my profession.
♣I would travel.
Bajou Jane,
So tell us, what did the student's mother want to discuss? I've been wondering all evening about that.
I'm confused--is Jarhead and Enrique the same person?
NancyB, you HAVE done some planning! LOL, I think you're going to need more than $50 million, maybe $100 million! I sure loved reading your 'plans'. Thanks guys, I enjoyed them all!
Nancy B yes jarhead has a real name &
it's Enrique. He is one & the same. I must
admit he has a lovely name indeed, so I've
been addressing him as Enrique ever since.
Kiki : >
I'm late coming into this post, but can't resist participating. It is such a fun idea, and one I have thought of now and then as we go through all our financial/insurance difficulties.
I love my chickens, and so I would have to buy a tract of property that would give me the opportunity to raise several flocks. I would love to have a flock of Sumatras for breeding, as well as a good mixed flock. After that, I'm not sure which breeds to go with, though I do love my Ameraucanas and really want some Barnevelders. I would want some nice pasture areas for the birds, and to hire someone to build some beautiful coops. (My husband can build anything, and once he does it, it is perfect---the only problems are---getting him to start, and getting him to finish.) I would want areas I could convert to vegetable gardens, and donate all my excess eggs/veggies to local food banks and would probably donate my time there as well.
I don't even really care if we just pick out a beautiful triple-wide mobile home to put on a foundation, and tart it up with nice decks, etc. I just don't want another old house that needs numerous repairs, and constant work/renovation.
The idea of creating a trust, and having an attorney collect the money for the trust is an interesting one.
I would love to share with my relatives. My mom, MIL, brother, ex-SIL, sister and their kids. The kids would have to have trusts, though. My sister's two, especially.
I would probably donate heavily to local charities, and Noah's Ark--an animal rescue organization. I would also like to fund free spay/neuter programs.
As far as my job, I'm tired of nursing. I've given it almost 32 years (in June), and I think that's enough. I would quit with whatever notice seems reasonable at the time, and consider returning to school. I'm uncertain what degree I would want to pursue, but have intended to go back for over 20 years.
It would also be nice to buy a beach home somewhere on the Oregon coast, and keep that for immediate family to use.
Regardless, the most important thing about winning such a jackpot would be the financial security. It would be nice to just relax, knowing you don't have to worry anymore.
I have a number of people in my life who have been there for me time and time again. Those people would be taken care of for life if I won that kind of money.
I would still keep working, but the fun kind of work that I love doing, and not the 'just to pay the bills' kind of work.
I don't really have any enemies, but if I won that much money I would be very weary of fair weather friends.
Miss Tia - you're right. If we didn't have our computers, none of us would have ever met at DD's. Your addition to the list is better - FUCK COMPUTER PROBLEMS! and FUCK COMPUTER VIRUSES!
Hubs and I have already planned this out. We would disappear for awhile so that no one could find us (moochers). Then we would get a financial adviser and a lawyer (and a lawyer to watch them). We would make out checks for each of hubs siblings and his parents. Good amount of money. Nothing to sniff at. They would have to go to the lawyers office to get the check. They would have to sign some sort of document stating that this is all they get. Do not blow it all and come asking for more cause you aint gonna get it.
If for some reason they do come to ask us for money..they have to go to the financial adviser and they will help us tell them no or determine if they deserve it.
We have a bunch of haters in our family and they would bitch that we were being greedy. I am sorry but I am not going poor cause you blew your share on drugs or strippers. We will even offer the family members a free consult with the financial adviser so they can figure out what to do with the money...
Didn't I tell you we have thought this out? ROFL
Then we would buy the nicest one level house we can find. I love Victorians but I have to think of the future. We would fix up our current house and sell it.
Buy a couple nice vehicles and basically just live.
I want to be comfortable.
I would also help out the area non-profits in my city. Help fix up some of the playgrounds, new vehicles for meals on wheels, etc.
Oh BTW..Powerball is over $200 million tonight. I already have my ticket!
I love you Jarhead! Sustainable living and off the grid would be an ultimate dream of mine!
Wind, solar, and thermo would all make me very very happy.
Even living almost off the grid would be nice.
Go to Coin and get THAT house. :-) oh, and you would need 4-wd, cos, man those road are awful in winter. So that too!
oh, that is my dream dd! they say money cant buy you happieness but when money is your biggest headache, i dont see why it cant. i would renovate the house i live in which is the house i grew up in. get new cars, a car for each of my kids, help my sister out. help my parents out with their remodel, a new bigger garage & workshop for my dad who does woodworking but doesnt have any space & 2 new cars. i would buy my a-hole neighbors houses for my kids to live in (i live on a small private dead end drive with only 10 houses total back here). take a trip to england, ireland & scotland. take my kids to disney world. my husband would never have to work again. my husband has 2 brothers we would help & to hell with the other's. i would donate to various charities. buy all new furniture & decorate how i want it too look but cant afford right now. send all my kids to schooling so they can have the education that i didnt get. i would get much more of my genealogy work done & could afford to go places to get info that i need. visit relatives that i couldnt afford to go see. there is a handfull of friends i would help out. oh, the list goes on & on. i could spend 50 million in no time! lol
i also think we would open out business that we have always wanted to open too but never had the startup cash to do it. it has always been our dream & the sba told us we were all set & that our business would take off & that we had everything covered & knew exactly what we needed. unfortunately we couldnt get the loan to do it. i might even help out our school which is having problems. we live in a tiny 4 mile by 4 mile square rural town & they want to build a new one but no one can afford the tax rise.
NancyB...the parents said I wasn't challenging him enough. I told the parents he needed to be teaching me. He's got a real high IQ and shouldn't even be at our school. He's supposed to be in the gifted classes--but we don't have that teacher anymore. Lack of money!
The fact is, I was hired as a social studies teacher and that is my love. When the new principal came in, she told me I would have to teach science. I tried to explain to her my situation but she wouldn't listen. When I was in college, I realized during my first science lab that I was not cut out for science. There were 52microscope stations on the final exam and every one of them looked like a green blob to me. I RAN to my counseler and she had a solution for me. I could add kindergarten ed to my degree and by adding all of those courses and an extra student teaching, I could get out of the rest of my sciences. I had to go to school an extra semester but it was worth it to me. My principal would not listen to me. I made sure the parents knew this. The principal was sitting right there and I made sure the parents understood where the blame lies. I don't know where that will put me next year. I'm sure the principal will get rid of me. She doesn't like it when someone stands up to her but I've really had enough of her. I hate people who let's a little power go to there heads. And she's about 4'6". I have nothing against short people--I'm short. But this women is trying to make up for her small stature and is looking like an idiot. But she's still able to make my life miserable.
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