1. Buy MrJJ a 911 2. New house, nice but not totally crazy one because I'd want a vacation house that works for sumer & ski 3. Pay off student loan & any other debt 4. Travel- Spain, Australia, Germany & France to start. I'd also hire a house keeper.
-hire people (lawyer, accountant, financial manager, etc) -buy a new house, although not a huge one, but very well appointed -all new furniture and accessories for the house -give money to lots of family and friends -give a lot of money to a few select charities -TRAVEL!!!! That would be the thing I would look forward to the most -Invest so we can maintain our lifestyle and not be the idiots that go bankrupt after winning the lotto
Post by amberlyrose on Dec 17, 2013 9:57:20 GMT -5
I have a plan for any large sum of money I could win: Split into 1/4s. DH and I each get a 1/4 for our own use, no judgement from each other. If I give my parents 5 million and buy my ML friends a trip to Cancun, then he can't tell me no. If he decides to keep it all to himself and give his family the big "Fuck You" then that's his decision. Any individual debt (student loans, credit cards) gets paid from this pot. I'd have all 3 Naked palettes finally!
1/4- Our joint money. We'd buy a penthouse condo in Denver or another large US city then spend our time traveling the world. I'm sure we'd put most of it away for our kids.
1/4- For charity. Scholarship funds, grants to teachers and schools, etc. Then I'd make my full time job giving away the yearly interest on what's left in the bank. I'd talk to people about their lives and then send anonymous checks or give $200 tips to wait staff, pay off layaways, stop by the USO when I was flying out of the airport and hand them a check. This is of course dependent on the amount, but for this current jackpot, I could give away a shit ton.
Hire a financial advisor. Invest the majority of it. Buy a slightly larger house on a lot of land. Hire a professional permaculture design specialist to build me my backyard. Pay of parents' debt and buy sister and BIL a house.
I don't know. I'm having trouble dreaming big. Right now I just want a magic few grand to appear so I can fix my septic tank.
Pay off debt Hire financial planner Invest Set up large, reoccurring donations to our chosen charities Give a good chunk of change to each set of parents Build a house Buy another car Travel Spend a little frivolously on whatever we want
1) Giving my parents money so that they can: ---Build a new house (mom wants first floor bedrooms) ---Buy a caboose ---Mom can quit her job (Dad only has 18 months to retirement and loves the crap out of his job) ---Mom can buy her little dream B&B with her bestie
2) Buy the most awesome spot on main street and open a craft store with mi madre
3) Full renovation on my house. New bathroom, addition, movie / game room in the basement.
4) New Mitsubishi Lancer Evo MR and straight to the top shop on the east coast for body drop, wheels & tires, exhaust, stage 2 tuning, etc.
5) T gets a new 4-wheeler
6) Hey boss, sorry you haven't heard from me lately but I quit.
I would buy lots of land in my home state and build a sweet house on it. That or move a heritage home onto it.
Buy land and a home in my husbands home town in Canada.
Give a few mill to my parents and his parents, then pay off the mortgages of our siblings and my grandmother.
Build a huge multi million dollar complex on our land in Texas and make it a rescue center for abandoned and abused animals. Free spay and neuter, injured horse rehab, professional trainers to train all of the adoptable dogs, etc.
Husband could QUIT his stupid job that keeps him away 6 months out of the year and start some sort of business, probably a charter company since DH has his pilots license.
Obv the travel and college and pay off debts like everybody else.
Pay off everything ever for myself and my bff and my family Buy a shore house in Townsends Inlet, NJ with at least 6 bedrooms. Buy a big house in the town I live in so my kid doesn't have to stress that we would move Lots of vacations
Pay off debt Give some to our parents and family. Build awesome house Set up trust for kids Buy a few new cars Donate a bunch to animal charities Go shopping Go on vacation, Italy or Hawaii or both Renovate my current house, pay it off, and then let my sister live in it
Get a lawyer Get DH home ASAP - NO MORE TRAVELING! Include my mom as a winner. Gifting over 10,000 a year would mean taxes and why do that? Set up a college fund for all my nieces and nephews so my mom can sell all her rental property (which is currently the college fund) Sell my rental properties. Buy an old house and renovate it Pay for tuition for all the kids in my kid's class through graduation Travel and shop
1. Pay off debt. 2. Set my mom up so she's good for the remainder of her life. 3. Trust fund for DD. 4. Purchase newer dream forever house. 5. Save 6. Travel 7. Go back to school