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So You Just Won the Lottery...now what?
« on: August 11, 2007, 11:01:53 pm »
I know, I know...you will "pay off bills, buy a house"..

but dig deeper. How would you change your life? What interests do you have that you would develop? What would that house look like? How would you feel?

What would your life look like if you DIDN'T have to devote so much of your energy to making living....

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Re: So You Just Won the Lottery...now what?
« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2007, 11:09:16 pm »
What I am thinking of right now is...

no most of us will never win the lottery. But isn't there something in those dreams we have that can be adapted for our lives now? If we really look?

My own thoughts if I won the lottery.

I would sell this farm...move us to another area of the country that is not so isolated. I would want a house that had large rooms and great views out the windows. I don't want a mansion....just a simple house with the only REAL luzury is space...big rooms and tall ceilings.

I would have animals...but no boarders. and no lesson people. I would devote time and money to charity..set up a place for disadvantaged children to learn to ride.

I would take art classes....explore and see if I have any talent. I would buy whatever art supplies I wanted (regardless of cost)

I would get my hair done every six weeks...maybe even my nails!!  :o

I would give my family money...my mother and my sister. but not my brothers. (my mother will give them the money I give her). I would buy her a house and get her help to care for her.


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Re: So You Just Won the Lottery...now what?
« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2007, 11:49:18 pm »
I'd buy some property in the foothills east of here, 5 or 6 acres maybe more, and build that log home with the river rock fireplace we've dreamed of for years.  Then I would build a kennel and get a vet on retainer and a couple of kennel keepers and I would run my own dog rescue.  If they had problems I'd fix em, I'd train em and find them loving homes and if that was not an option then I'd just keep them and let them live their days out in peace.   Eventually I might start breeding Goldens and maybe Dachshunds and showing them.  Maybe  :D 
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Re: So You Just Won the Lottery...now what?
« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2007, 12:39:47 am »
my friend has a weenie dog (well two) but this one can jump shoulder high!! I am not joking! It is amazing!! How does she do it on those little bitty legs??

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Re: So You Just Won the Lottery...now what?
« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2007, 12:52:11 am »
my friend has a weenie dog (well two) but this one can jump shoulder high!! I am not joking! It is amazing!! How does she do it on those little bitty legs??

My friend has one too, but she is so roly poly she couldn't get her butt off the floor if she tried...LOL... little sweetheart though.
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Re: So You Just Won the Lottery...now what?
« Reply #5 on: August 14, 2007, 05:24:40 pm »
get a big map - and lots of pins... and enjoy marking each brokie i visit off on my round the world trip - visiting the wonderful places of the world but also doing some charity work along the way habitat for humanity maybe. Time is no barrier after all!
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Re: So You Just Won the Lottery...now what?
« Reply #6 on: August 16, 2007, 05:20:36 am »
I would do this...

http://eoe.org.uk/index.php

I randomly came across this website a year or so ago - and I'd loove loove loove to dos omething a bit mad like this!

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Re: So You Just Won the Lottery...now what?
« Reply #7 on: August 16, 2007, 08:21:08 am »
that does sound exciting. don't know who would take care of my critters though!

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Re: So You Just Won the Lottery...now what?
« Reply #8 on: August 16, 2007, 01:32:48 pm »
The expidition diaries are really interesting..... but me neither - i don't think calllum would be too happy being left at home to look after kittie!!!

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Re: So You Just Won the Lottery...now what?
« Reply #9 on: August 16, 2007, 01:54:36 pm »
If I won the lottery...I would do everything that no one else will admit they would do.  I would live the most sybaritic, Dionysian lifestyle I could pay for.  Hey...it ain't gonna happen, so why not be honest about it :)