First off, I don't entirely know how to even write that number....$500,000,000 I think. That is a lot of zeros. These days, one million dollars wouldn't go very far. You could get a decent house and maybe pay off your debts, but thats about it. I am not sure if you could even bank the entire payout and live off the interest. Life is just too expensive these days.
The first thing I would do is pay of my and my hubby's debt (which in the grand scheme of things isn't really that much). I'd throw a million to each his parents and my parents. Half a million to my brother and his brother.
After, I would find the perfect piece of land (around 5 acres). If it had a house, I'd likely knock it down, because in its place would be my custom built dream home. It would not be an extravagant house. A simple floorplan single story house. It would have a master suite with 1 huge and 1 large walk in closets (one for each of us, obviously mine would be the huge one for my clothing and footwear addiction, I'm a girl, what can I say?). There would be a fully stocked organized craft room as well as a entirely Mac computer office room. The living room would be large, as there would be a huge picture window overlooking a flower garden and birdfeeder. The cats would have a memory foam pad to chill on. Catification would take place throughout the entire house, done subtly so it doesn't stand out; there would be holes in the wall for the cat to pass through on the overhead catwalk. My guinea pig would have a 3 x 7 C&C cage and some friends to play with. My hubby would be able to design his dream kitchen and fill it with what he needs.
The house would function entirely off the grid. It would have solar power and geothermal heating/cooling. It would feed back into the electrical supply. Obviously we would have to be connected to cable and internet.
Attached to this perfect house would be a very large garage, complete with 2 lifts and plenty of storage space. It would have to be huge because I would be adding a Fiat 500 Abarth, a Dozer Yellow Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon, and a Graphite Gray VW Golf TDi (that would be traded for a Graphite Gray VW Bug TDi if they ever release one) to my Fiat 500 and Geo Metro Convertible. I would get a new Vespa 150 and buy the hubby his Triumph Bonneville. A Can Am Spyder would join the stable as well. The hubby would also be able to pick out whatever he wants for cars.
I would donate $5 million to charity. I would donate $1 million each to build the Cocheco Valley Humane Society and the Concord SPCA their new facilities. $1 million to the NH SPCA in Stratham, and $2 million to Live and Let Live Farm in Chichester.
The money that is left over would go into a high interest savings account, and we would live off the interest. I definately wouldn't be spending it all. I don't want to have to work. I want to want to work.
A girl can dream anyways.....
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