oh we talk about this all the time... of course depending on what a BIG jackpot would be... let's say, 30 million
first thing pay off all bills. and fill the hay barn and pellet dispenser, and fill the bank account so next time they are empty i don't have to worry where the money is coming from...
find a minimum 1 square mile somewhere the weather is mild, and hubby isn't allergic to what grows there, and build our dream house RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE and barn and good fencing all around. no neighbors WOO HOO and enough money put aside to pay for training and have "barn helpers" to help with the work... then off to buy one horse and donkey of each color i don't have yet
and a nice new truck and trailer of course! it would also be fun to have a custom van done up to haul my little ones to visits at the old folks' homes... with of course a custom paint job of the little ones running around all over the van
a brand new state-of-the-art computer with it's very own computer fixer guy so that nothing ever goes wrong!
and a trip to Australia, always wanted to go there... along with a nice cruise in the Caribbean
that's for me.
also to build a big workshop for hubby so he could tinker with whatever he wants to tinker with, antique tractors, guns, antique motors... and get him a plane and flying lessons, which is a dream of his... and because it's what he would want, my new truck (see above) would be one of those big things somewhere between a "regular" truck and a semi, i forget what they are called LOL but he points them out to me whenever we see them on the road.
a good chunk of money for each of the kids, and a chunk stashed away to help out any future grandkids.
for the family, pay off debts for siblings and parents so they could get a new start even though we don't really spend any time with any of them any more because none of them like us
OH! we are too honest, and won't put up with their hypocrisy... but would still help them out.
then i would like to do three charitable things... i would like to set up a program where senior citizens on a tight budget could have a dog or cat, and the program would cover all costs and have employees visit regularly to monitor health and grooming so the old folks could just have a companion to love and no worries...
would like to set up a program for free or low-cost spay and neutering, as well as euthanasia - i know a lot of animals that for their own sake should be released from pain but their owners can't afford the high cost of taking care if that, so they just keep feeding them until they die on their own.
and i would set up a program for kids who, like me when i was young, want a horse and can't have one, where the program would provide the horse, lessons, training, feed, fencing, board, vet care, whatever it takes to make it happen for them, so that more kids would grow up with animals, learning how to relate to them and care for them, instead of sitting in front of the TV all day or playing video games
and of course all three of these programs would provide jobs as well, because someone has to provide the monitoring and the care and the training etc...
geez i think i might need more than 30 million LOL
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