I know I'd buy my mom a house. I couldn't even begin to think what I'd do. Maybe I'd start a theater company or something.
Okay I've got some ideas.... pay off our school loans (yea!) houses on LI (somewhere south shore) and in NJ (somewhere like Atlantic Highlands, where Jon Bon Jovi lives - seriously it's gorgeous! ) college for all my nieces/nephew and our own kids of course buy a house for FIL so he could live closer to us instead of South Carolina!
DH has this fantasy of having a Park Ave apartment from April-October for baseball, have a place in Pittsburgh for his Steelers, and live in Vegas most of the year. He is WACKED.
ETA: Would you quit your job even if you love it?
AllJoy
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Call an archetict and have him come right over to start designing my house. While its being done, I would travel to Europe for a month. If I loved my job, I would work part time, after taking a 6 month leave to have fun.
BunnyBride
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I'd buy my parents an apt here in the city.
I'd pay for my sisters school loans and for her wedding.
I'd tell Roy to quit his job and start writing.
I'd take tons of classes, pay off my loans and we'd take vacations whenever I wasn't working
ahhhh..it's nice to dream
cindyandkevin
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Finish paying off our mortgage and do everything to it that we'd like Buy DH a new truck Finish paying off my mom's house. Pay my grandparent's taxes every year (they're house is already paid off) Pay off all of our bills, loans, etc. Send my step-daughter and any future children to any college they want Buy a horse and learn to ride Buy a boat so DH can fish Start taking dance lessons again Vacation in all the places I've always wanted to go
babygirl71777
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Buy a house Pay off my parents house Put money away for my brothers college and a car Put money away for my brother in laws college and a car Pay off my mother in laws house Buy me and DH a new car Take the whole family on a trip to hawaii Do something special(i dont know what yet) for my grandmother since she has helped me soo much threw the years Pay my cousins wedding off Buy myself new clothes and jewelry lol Buy my mom and dad new cars Pay off all my debt Put money aside for my unborn baby HUmm i know there is more i would do LOL
PegaLega
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Buy a house in suffolk and all the way out east Get DH his viper Get me my maserati Buy my dad a house Buy ILs a boat Travel for a little bit Buy both of us regular run around cars GO SHOPPING I would probably give some to charity Take our group of friends on a vacation
and then just enjoy the rest. I would probably work but I would leave where I am now and go somewhere else
ruzi777
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If I won the Lottery I would....
~Pay all my Bills where I will Owe Nothing ~Make sure My Granmother & rest of my Family are Well Taken Care for ~Make sure DH's family are well taken care for ~Buy House (a couple of places)--defintely one in Manhatten ~Buy New cars ~Travel ~Have a Fun Job
Future Mrs.
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I would quit my job immediately.
Pay off our mortgage, and buy 3 more homes-- a 5 bedroom penthouse on the UWS, a villa in Tuscany, and a home in Israel.
I would go shopping with my grandmother.
I'd send my Dad on an amazing trip to somewhere fabulous.
I would go straight to an island for 2 weeks to celebrate.
I'd make a FAT donation to something associated with helping people who don't have a lot of money and are fighting cancer
I'd go back to school to pursue a profession that helps people.
I'd buy a really pretty sapphire. And a matching one for someone else
I'd pay my bills
I'd go down the street and buy dinner for every homeless person I see.
I'd never worry about money again.
I'd be a lot better dressed than I currently am.
I'd save the rest
I'll keep dreaming........
brady37
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First I would pay off my DH student loans, by me, my parents, my sister and my brother a really nice house in the same area and each a new car. Set one of my aunts up (who is basically a second mother to me) with enough money for her to retire... pay of my in-laws house.... college fund for my future kids and for all 3 of my god children and give a lot of the remaining balance to charity. I hear horror stories of what $$$ does to people. I really would just like enough money to pay off my house and debts and be able to go back to school full time to be a teacher (and be able to live off of a teacher's salary!!!!!)
TnOiOnL
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I probably would NOT quit one of my jobs because I simply love it [I manage an art gallery part-time, used to be my FT job until I got a new FT job] just cuz I know I can't sit in one spot for 4 minutes
I would buy a new home on the north shore- glen cove, east hills, that area...
Then I'd start up a vineyard definately one in Tuscany and maybe even one here on LI just to keep it OG.
And I'd give alot to family, donations, etc...
ETA: CLEARLY I'd be winning $300M...
rkl1130
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I'd...
Pay off school loans and all our bills. Buy my parents a house. Buy us a house. Remodel MIL's house (it's paid off, but old). Set up a trust for my brother for college. Take my close friends and family on vacation. Go back to school. Donate Invest
I wouldn't quit my job right away though. I'd wait a little until I decide exactly what I'll be doing.
Kara and Todd
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1. Not tell anyone except some family. 2. Set up trust funds to finance the education of my neices and nephews through graduate school if they want to go. 3. Depending on the amount of money, give lump sums (probably through trust fund or other slightly more tax-protected vehicle) to my parents and siblings. At the very least, pay off all of the mortgages. 4. Quit my job. Yup, I love it, but someone else can have to long hours. 5. Buy a horse farm / vineyard. 6. Start two non-profit organizations (or give material support to two) -- one for therapeutic horseback riding for people with disabilities and inner city at-risk kids and one for the homeless. The homeless shelter would be a transition program - They would be given job training, jobs, etc., would be taught to manage money, etc. They would have to pay nominal amounts as rent, utilities, savings, etc. (though I'd prefer if all mony went to them when they graduate the program)... There's a similar program in existence already. If I felt it was run well, I'd provide material support there to expand the program. 7. Hire Jillian Michaels as my personal trainer. 8. DH would surely start his own business, probably a hedge fund or something or perhaps a commercial vineyard. 9. Make at least 2 ridiculous purchases -- probably a lambourghini and a really, really super expensive horse. 10. Buy at least one racehorse. 11. Wisely invest the rest of the money and live off the interest.
Love4Eva
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I'd give money to my parents, IL's, SIL, BIL, my sister and my brother
Then I would buy a couple of houses .... 2 investment houses, and 1 nice big one to live in.
I would go back to Hawaii and then go to Alaska, and all over Europe.
I would put the rest in the bank.
Then, I would go back to work!
portjeffbride
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heh, I think I'm the conservatvie one.
about 10million... I'd pay of the remaining bit of my student loan, buy a house in a nice neighborhood, and invest the bulk of it.
about 100 million.... I'd also refurbish mom's house, and do something nice for the IL's......
still, the bulk of it would be invested. money doesn't go as far as it used to, and financial security at my family's current standard of living is my sole concern...
and yes, I'd still be in the lab, but less stressed if a grant wasn't funded....
