Omg!! I Won The Lottery!!

[tinkersmama]

OK, so it's a dream, but I was wondering, what would you all do or go if you won the lottery.

I think I would have to travel the world for the first couple of years and go visit all the disney parks around the world.

I would also buy a large track of land and have a horse farm.

 

[apirateslifeforme]

First of all - QUIT THIS LOUSY JOB!!!

Not that I wouldn't work - I'd just quit this one and find something I actually like. I'd probably go back to school first, though.

I'd buy a smaller house or condo for my mother and grandmother. They want out of the house they're in now. It's too big.

Other than that, I don't know...maybe I'll go to Disney World and buy that hearse I've been wanting. Otherwise I'll just put it aside for when something comes up.

 

[C.Ann]

A week or so ago the Mega Million Dollar lottery was up to $114 MILLION !!

I won - $3....

Had I won the entire $114 million, I would have paid off my DD and her DH's mortgage; put a big chunk aside for my DGD's college education; created trust funds for a number of people; helped out some other family members and friends; given a huge chunk to St. Jude Children's Hospital; and invested whatever was leftover..

Probably wouldn't change my current lifestyle much.. I'm pretty satisfied with the "simple" things in life..

 

[DisneyGirl4188]

I would payoff my mom's and MIL's homes. I would buy a new home. I would set up a college fund for my little brother. I would quit my job and volunteer instead.

Oh, and I would book a month long stay at the Poly.

 

[C.Ann]

Oh, and I would book a month long stay at the Poly.

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Okay - if we're gonna "throw this money around" - LOL - I'll take a month at the GF and a month at the Boardwalk..

 

[Fitswimmer]

Buy my goddaughter a new car-her Camry is old and she loves it, but I'm sure she won't throw a new one back

Pay off all my debts, and my parents debts.

Buy a house-nothing big, a 3 bedroom Cape Cod with a nice deck on the back for a hot tub

Send my cousin, his wife and 5 kids to WDW for 2 weeks. Even though they live in FL, they can't afford to go.

Do random, anonymous nice things for people. Pay for the groceries of everyone behind me in line, fill up everyone's gas tank at the station, buy breakfast for all my coworkers.

AND

The Disney World Tour! Two weeks in each park, starting in CA, then to Hong Kong, Tokyo, Paris and finally back to WDW!!! (Disney stole my idea for their contest-I've been saying this for YEARS)

 

[Hercules10]

Buy an island with nothing but nekkid women on it.

 

[RayaniFoxmur]

My BF and I just talked about this!

We'd both quit our jobs and finish college first off. I'd buy a new car and we'd buy a nice house in our college town. Both of our parents would get money (At least a million) and we'd take a nice long vacation. We'd invest what we could and focus on classes and each other

ETA: Oh, and I'd definately set up a trust fund for my daughter who was adopted. I want her to definately be able to go on to any college she chooses

 

[JAA'smom]

If it was one of those really big ones. I would pay off all my debts. Give my brothers, parents, inlaws and brother-in-law some of it. Then set up trust funds for my kids. Then I would take the girls and of course my husband, and live in Disney for a whole year. He's a teacher so he could home school them from Disney. Oh what a dream I have

 

[eddad]

Buy an island with nothing but nekkid women on it.

I think I saw that video advertised on late night TV

Honestly. I would keep a million and travel,and probably donate the rest to Aids research

 

[starwishing]

If it was a biggy.....I would tell my parents to retire & my sister too. I would help out family & friends. Pay off my bills. Build myself a nice brand new house with everything new!!!! (Sorry....house I live in is 30 years old, and everything falls into 3 categories....want it to be replaced, gonna have to replace it, & ok, now it's just broke! ) Funny thing is.........I would still shop at Target & Walmarts!!!!!!!!

 

[PatriciaH]

Invest a lot of it and live off the interest
Take care of our close family
Buy a few nice pieces of real estate (probably NY, CA, MA or NH, a condo in Las Vegas a place in the South of France and one in the Caribbean)
Travel the world
Fly 1st class or by private jet
Tip big
Set up a few charities
Give to Heiffer and Grameen Foundation
Buy a new wardrobe
Buy a Mini Cooper
Buy or adopt some horses

 

[twojo21]

quit my job & volunteer more with my extra time. i would travel, buy a nice house in the mountains & some land to use & conserve. i would buy my parents a house nearby & support them so they could retire, set up group homes for the handicapped & help out some family. i would donate a large sum to my favorite charities like easter seals & wwf and save a large sum & live off the interest. oh how i wish to win the lotto!

 

[schlepsnort]

DH and I have discussed this many times, and yet never buy a ticket. But if we were to win we would:

Pay off debts
Pay off parents house
Set up Trust Funds for all 3 kids so that college is paid for no matter where they wish to go.
Pay off our house, buy the rental house next door, buy out the MEAN neighbors on our other side, and buy the house that was just built on our block that totally sticks out like a sore thumb. Demo the houses on either side of us and rebuild our house in the style that matches the neighborhood (old victorian) with a large fenced in yard, in ground pool/spa. And the house that is new and sticks out we will demo and turn it into a public playground for all the neighborhood kids. OH and our mean neighbors house, I will pay the construction guys off to let me be the one operating the wrecking ball when we knock that sucker down!

While all this work is going on we will be taking a Meditteranean Cruise (maybe Disney Cruise Line), stopping off in Florida for 2 weeks of Disney staying at the Grand Floridian.

And I want to donate our two cars to a charity and buy myself a powder blue Mustang with convertible top with soft camel colored leather seats. And then a Mercedes SUV for when I am carting the kiddos around. Dh will get his Lexus.

Make a donation to the Arthritis Foundation and my sons Preschool and Public School.

yeah, we've thought about it a bit...

 

[OceanAnnie]

Oh I dream about it from time to time.

We'd help the extended family out as much as possible. Have solid plans for our future and the kids. Set up an organization to help children and/or the medically needy.

Then for fun, buy a lot of land out in the country, ideally near a lake. Build a dream home that wouldn't quit with all the extras & a log home/studio somewhere on the grounds. I always wanted a few ATVs and a figure 8 track, so that would be nice.

I'd like to start up a couple of businesses (establish one, make sure it makes a go, then try another) and involve the kids (when they are old enough). I'd hire someone to run them, but I'd be the CEO. If the businesses took off and the kids were involved & interested, I'd give the businesses to them when they were ready.

Plus a big time trip to Disney! If it were a big pot of a gazillion dollars we'd stay a year!!!

It's fun to dream!

 

[GoofyBaseballMom26]

My DH and I were talking about this the other day.

I would sell our house and buy a house on the lake. I'd pay off my car and buy my son a new car. DH has a new truck so he's set already!

Then I would buy tons of DVC time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That would make me very happy. I think I'd still work though... I like my job.

I quess the first step to all of this is to actually buy a lottery ticket. I haven't bought a single one since they started the lottery in TN.

 

[Fitswimmer]

I forgot that I'd probably also have to change my name and go into witness protection to hide from all the nasty grubby relatives that have never worked a day in their lives and would want me to support them now....

 

[ryanmilla]

I've thought about this as well quite a bit, b/c you know it IS going to happen and I just want to be prepared.

Note: It was a big lottery winning.

First thing I would do is take 50% and just invest it to make sure I didn't squandor it all.

Now the fun....
- I would buy a nice BIG house in Colorado, possibly the Vail valley. Something either VERY close or on the slopes.
- By another nice property in Sweden. This is where my wife is from.
- A nice sailboat in the Caribbean, possibly docked at our new villa.
- Pay off my parents home.
- Create trust funds for family members.
- Buy enough DVC points to live at Disney for a month.
- Treat friends and family to all-expense paid trips to different locations (skiing, beach in the Caribbean, Disney, etc...). Tell them to just go to the airport and I'll take care of the rest.
- Create college funds for my kids and all of my neices and nephews.
- probably a car or two.

As far as work, that is a tough one. As much as I would like to just quit and play, I feel I have the obligation to my kids to be a good role model in regards to good work ethics. However, what I might do is quit my present job and buy a ski shop in Colorado and/or scuba shop in the Caribbean and just work there. But I also like my present job and my wife just started teaching again at her dream school, so maybe we would stick it out here awhile longer. If that was the case, then I would take a paycut for more vacation.

 

[Disney Doll]

Quit my job and volunteer doing things I would find fulfilling.
Pay off the house.
Pay off the debts of friends and family.
Plan a huge vacation to WDW for friends and family.
Pay someone to replace my kitchen stove & countertop, which DH & I are going to do on our own, which I know will be a project & a 1/2.
Buy a 2nd home in FL somewhere, for snowbirding.

 

[suezpqt]

My husband and I have this dream all the time!!
We would do the improvements that we want to our current house. We both say that we would not want to move somewhere different. We would travel, buy all sorts of toys and help out family and friends.