- Put enough money away for Olivia's life.
- Buy a house in Athens.
- Buy a compound in Jacksonville, FL where my friends and I can all live separately, but together.
- Buy my mom a house.
- Pay off my uncle's house.
- Buy my grandma a house.
- Buy a car/SUV (hybrid).
- Go to Amsterdam and take my friends while paying them their salaries.
- Go to Paris.
- Hire a bilingual au pair to travel with and me help with Olivia.
- Go to Italy.
- Tour wine country in California.
- Make sure all kids in Athens County have awesome Christmases.
- Visit mi familia in Merida.
- Get a spanish tutor.
- Pay off all my debts.
- Get an electric fence for the dogs.
- Get another dog (b/c they could have their own wing of the house with doggie doors and automatic feeders so I wouldn't be annoyed by their upkeep).
- Buy every book on my Amazon wish list.
- Put a tiny Taco Bell/KFC kiosk in my house(s).
- Upgrade the church I grew up in.
- Pay off all my friends' cars.
- Pay Rick back for all the money he's had to lend me (when my purse got stolen, when my engine needed replaced, etc....).
- Offer to pay for my cousins' college educations.
- Start a scholarship fund for my high school.
- Buy another house to have another homeless shelter in Athens so there's enough room to help everyone.
- Give money to My Sister's Place.
- Throw a huge party for my old Relay For Life volunteers.
- Find and buy cargo pants that have the drawstring waist (I can't find these anywhere, but I bet it's because they're only at the really nice, expensive stores). I would buy 20 pairs, all different colors.
- Send my mom to a spa.
- Get Olivia's nails done (I know she'd love a manicure now, but I just can't force myself to waste money - until I'm independently wealthy).
- Go to New York.
- Go to Costa Rica.
- Go to Africa.
- Send radical gifts to all the people that've helped me out of jams (Turner, Sluys, Waugerman, Weaver, Ryckman, the list goes on and on and on).
- Create an area of play and learning for Olivia with a ton of rides that are sturdy enough for me to play on them too.
- Have a pillow room.
- Have an inground, indoor pool surrounded by windows.
- Have a personal masseur on call (but they would be paid really well for their time).
- Meet Britney Spears and become her life coach.
- Hug Mariah Carey.
- Be sung to by Mary J. Blige.
- Meet Randy Travis.
- Buy a trampoline.
- Create a very large closet just for toilet paper so I could have a huge supply and never have to worry about running out when I really need it.
- Make a cat room where everything is climb/scratchable.
- Install a pond to fish in.
- Create and send Olivia to a fabulous alternative school where they are less focused on standardized testing and more focused on creativity and each child's individual strengths.
- Have fabulous outdoor furniture.
- Buy Chantix for anyone and everyone that wanted to stop smoking.
- Make a Chinese Restaurant in Athens drive-thru AND delivery friendly!
- Have a life time supply of pickles on hand.
- Have a pet groomer.
- Shake Obama's hand and introduce him to Olivia.
I'm sure I'll continue to think of more, but until then, what would YOU do?

I would hire a band to follow me around all the time. Before I enter a room (ANY room), the band goes in first and starts playing the Peter Gunn Theme. About 40 seconds in, I enter the room right as the saxophone hits. Hell yeah.
ReplyDeleteStart a restaurant.
ReplyDeletestarting a blog, eh?
ReplyDeleteGo to school - all the time - just get every useless degree I could possible imagine and make myself completely over qualified for everything.
ReplyDeleteLol, I've actually had this blog for a while, but have never hit the "publish" button b/c I've never liked what I wrote.
ReplyDeleteI, too, would like to have a band that plays a soundtrack for my life at all times.
PS. J.O.B. means Jake (dog), Olivia, Billie -the original 3.