If you had gobs of money...........

[davidpizzica]

This is real for me. Pretty soon I'll be getting a good amount of money from my car accident settlement. With some of it I'll buy a new HD LCD tv set, a laptop, a new stove ( I can finally COOK again!) and the rest to be invested and some put in my bank account.

[anna_66]

First thing I would do would be to pay off all our debt and our families debt.

I'm not sure exactly what organizations I would donate to, but just off the top of my head would be cancer research, alzheimer's and our local shelters.

After all that I'd make sure we got tickets to every NASCAR race we wanted to go to! We'd be NASCAR groupies

[pitc9]

I would:
*get a divorce
*pay off my debt and my families debt.
*give money to local shelters.
*donate money for sterilization vaccine research for cats and dogs.
*start some type of spay/neuter awareness program in Ashtabula county.
(the county just to my east, where the counties only shelter gets 100 strays a month with only 1% reclaim.)
*put money away;invest, stocks, cd, bonds.
*buy a motor home and travel the United States.
*buy a house in the middle of NO where with lots of land.
*Spoil myself and my dogs ROTTEN!!!

[Logan]

Good question, Gini!

The first thing I could do is get Citibank out of my life!!!

Then, I would call my husband and tell him to quit his job and get his application in to go back to school to earn a degree that he really wants.

I would put aside enough money to get all 3 of our kids through college.

If I had enough left over, I would pay down the debt at our church or pay it off completely.

I would provide sizable donations to the rescue organizations that I am affiliated with and help build a place for our Golden Retriever rescue to be able to care for rescues in a much grander fashion.

The rest would be put away for a rainy day. And I had to add......I could foresee many trips to meet my cyber friends, all over the world!!!! That would be a dream come true for me.

Its nice to dream.

[moosmom]

Pay off anyone I owe money to
Pay off all my bills
Buy my daughter a house of her own and full-time chauffeur at her disposal (along with a limo) cuz she can't drive
Buy myself a huge Winnebago like Deb and Terry's.
Toss all the critters in the Winnebago and travel the country.
Buy a huge 3 level house with lots of windows to live in when we come back from our travels.
Buy the land behind Deb's (President of Catales) house and build a sanctuary for all homeless animals.

*blinks eyes* Well!! Good morning, y'all!!!!

[Cincy'sMom]

I'd go racing!

[Whisk_Luva]

Wow... good thread idea...

Well these are the things I would spend it on:

I would give some to my sister (mentally handicapped-angelman syndrome) and her home...

Give some to my sponsored child in Africa and go and visit her

Give some to the charity 'SOS children' (the charity I sponsor a child through)

Give some to an animal charity...

And save a load for a house, a car, universty etc

[sparks19]

I would give my parents enough so that they could retire and live very comfortably.

Same with my in laws.

I would give some to my brothers and sister and their families.

I would give some to the animal shelter we got Belle from and help them rebuild their facilities because right now they are terrible and they are really struggling financially.

then A LOT of it would go into an account for Hannah for when she has a family.

and then the rest would be for us to retire and build our dream house etc etc

[slleipnir]

I'd give a portion of it to my family (mom, dad, brother, sister) after that, I'm not sure! I'd probably buy a house for myself that I can keep my pets in. Right now I can't afford a good enough place for my pets!

[*LabLoverKEB*]

Wow! Now wouldn't that be nice!

I would first donate to an animal shelter
Then, I would donate to a children's hospital
Give a donation to my church
And then save some for me.

[Alysser]

Buy a house in the country, open a retirement home for abused and old animals, get a few dogs, and retire from being a freshmen in high school(yes I consider that a job!).

[The_Duck]

- Uncle Same will want what's coming to him.

- Then God will be wanting his 10 percent. [Looks like they're gonna be able to afford that new sanctuary sooner than they thought.]

- Then I would most definately be giving my boss the money needed to by the barn we're leasing. And more. [Gotta be getting some more lesson horses sometime. nd it'd be nice to have another instructor or two.]

- Mom and Dad would own the house. Dad would get that truck he's been wanting since I can remembera nd mom would have a nice new car with great gas milage for all the traveling she does. Not to mention that gigantic motor home Dad's been pining for the past couple of years. Oh yeah, the airplane, too.

- My sister's getting that car she's always wanted/needed. She'd be taken care of so there would be no financial worries when God finally shows her where on the mission field she belongs.

- My brother's getting a car, too. And a bunker somewhere so he'll be happy. :P

- I'd like to live on a couple hundred acres in Montana or Wyoming. With a couple barns full of stalls looking for the abused and neglected to fill them. And a big kennel from which I will conduct rescue work.

- And I'm sure I could think of something else if you give me enough time...

[Kalei]

I will answer this question with honesty lol. I wouldn't give it all away. First since I still live with my parents and am 20. I would get myself some land and a house. Then I would probably build an animal shelter big enough to hold many animals. And the animals that were taking forever to get homes, would still live there and I would put the rest of the money in the bank to be able to pay and keep the animals that don't have homes yet.

Also I would pay off the rest of my parents bills

[kittycats_delight]

With all honesty I would not give it all away or even give most away. I would however get my mom a house and pay off all her debt and give her enough money to live very comfortably for the rest of her life.

Then I would spend 6 months at the moholoholo animal rehabilatation centre in south africa. HERE Donating all they needed for those entire 6 months plus an additional 6 months after I left.

While I was gone I would have a crew construct a home for me here in Italy on a huge piece of land. They would also construct a huge private shelter. (all the shelters here are government and are in bad condition) I would also donate everything needed to the shelters here in Italy. I would personally travel to each of them and make sure they received everything they need.

I would also build a home in Canada (where I am from, Newfoundland specifically) and a large no kill shelter there as there is now only one in the entire province which is quite small).

Hubby has alway wanted to travel the Thelon so we would do that too.

We of course are talking huge huge money here as you can see I could kill it pretty easily.

And there is a ton more I would do too but more like everyday things. Spoil my kitties rotten. Lots of books, nice antique furnishings, shoes shoes and more shoes. Travel to everywhere I have ever wanted to see ETC....you get the picture.

Michelle