$1 Million Dollars

This is from yesterday. Kids are on holiday from school so didn't have time to post. Here it is.

It's always fun to think about what to do with $1 million? So the topic of the day:

What would I do with $1million

There are a few small rules regarding spending the money. These are things that are entirely too obvious and take the fun out of spending the money...

1) You cannot use it to pay off debts (unless a big guy named Vinny is going to show up and break you knee caps if you don't pay up). Anyways, by the time I got finished paying off our mortgage, the cars, the cards, and my parents' debts....there would only be enough left to by a pack of gum...maybe.

2) You can't invest the money.

3) You can't donate to charity

4) You cannot use the money for small home improvements/general repairs

Ready...Set...Go!

• Get myself a horse that will carry me to the jumps, whoa on a dime, and is sweet and brave - a little bit fancy but not outrageous and impractical
• Buy my dream house - or something closer to it. A charming house, set deep in the country, down a quiet lane...no fake, uptight, nosey neighbors
• Or expand my exisiting home with a MUDROOM!! huge gourmet kitchen, top of the line appliances, great room, office space, guest suite
• Put in an in-ground pool for the kids
• Have Dan quite his job and do something he really wants to do - I'm not sure what that is - he's talked about a few different things when I've asked him thsi question...Irish Pub, gym, become a rock star
• Get Dan a cool car - a sporty stick shift (I love watching a guy drive a stick - major turn-on) that we can drive away from "life" in.
• Buy beachfront property someplace where the land is still cheap and that I think may become a hot vacation spot some day - then sell it off when the market gets good (I have a good sense for real eastate)
• Get Lasik eye surgery
• Get Lyposuction
• Hire a housekeeper
• Invest in some sort of horsie business with Lowell - maybe buy that big white estate across the way and build a stable and indoor ring and a couple outdoor rings. I'm thinking Summer Riding Camp...something that she can earn a year's worth of living during the summer months and relax about all the other stuff she works on (teaching, breeding, judging....) and something that I can have a hand and earn good money but have enough flexibility to work on the other things that I like to do.
• Go on a major shopping spree!!
• Designate a certain sum of money and gamble!...but I'm not really sure I would do this because I don't know how to gamble and have a feeling I would be terrible at it.

Wow - this is a really boring list! I knew I was a very practical person - but this is pathetic...I don't know how to let loose and live a little - I don't deserve a million dollars.

But...this is what I came up with in 30 Minutes on the Machine.