Change my phone number
Hire a lawyer and a wealth manager
Pay off all debt
Take my entire immediate family on a vacation
Buy my Mom a new car
Buy a house
That's all I've got.
[MC 11.20.11] [DS born 9.24.12] [DD born 10.15.14]
Donate, Invest to live off of the interest, put the rest of my cousins through college, buy a vacation house, go on vacation, and do it all very slowly so no one knows we won. ha!
Kid #1 - 09/03/12
Kid #2 - maybe???
Diagnosed with Severe Ashermans Hysteroscopy #10 - scar tissue grew back reblocking my right tube #11 or IVF with scarring still inside? 1 lone embryo from September 2016 retreival, dx with Trisomy 16, starting fresh
pay off debt, buy my DH the truck(s) of his dreams, buy the land surrounding us, donate to the local school so they do not have to merge, rebuild our house & garage, give $ to family to pay off their debts, college savings acct for D, give my sister $ to finish her PHD and a divorce buy a shelby mustang
Go on vacation, build a house, start secret trust funds for DD and our nephews, pay off our debt, invest to live on the interest, donate, and then hide in my house for at least a year.
Pay off all debt and pay cash for a reasonable house at the beach
Help family
Buy a new car only because I've never had a brand new car
Go on a crazy long vacation in Europe
DH would probably put some towards his business ideas
Explore my charitable ideas more and start one
Have more babies
See all the bands I've wanted to see in concert as they go on tour
Shopping spree
Buy a yacht and sail the Caribbean a lot!
Invest safely and/or put the money in a high interest savings account so the money makes more money
Buy season tickets to the New Orleans Saints home games and fly to NO for the games...or just fly to where they play and go to every game they play the whole season!
I could go on and on and on...270M is a lot of money!!
Hire a lawyer and financial planner
Take a super long extended vacation once school is out
Pay off our house
Give each sibling and parent 100k towards their house
Set up college fund for each niece and nephew
Buy a horse farm in ky
Live off the loan interest
Donate donate donate
1. Pay off both my houses
2. Give fair and equal lump sum amounts to close family i.e. parents and siblings
3. Donate
4. Big vacation and shopping spree
5. Invest the rest
Quit my job, buy a dream house, give money to immediate family, donate some and bank the rest. Oh and finally buy myself some much needed new clothes that actually fit me.
Pay off our house, and the houses of our immediate families, buy a replacement for my thirteen year old Saturn, set aside college funds for the kids in our families, pay someone else to do all the repairs on our scout boat, buy back the cabin that my grandfather built and we sold after his death, go on several great vacations, and invest!
Buy a decent house here, a gorgeous house somewhere warm and a private plane so I could fly back and forth (florida is a 4ish hour flight from us) That way we could still be active in my SD's life, and live somewhere warm the rest of the time
Give two weeks notice at work
Hire a financial manager we actually have a dear family friend who is a wealth manager so I guess I'd hire her!
Payoff all debt and figure out what to share with family
Buy a house
Donate to my favorite causes
Vacation
Buy some jewelry
We drove around the Belle Meade area in Nashville today. Before that, I would have said we would stay in our house and just fix it up. But eff that, I'm buying a beautiful home in Belle Meade and one for my parents too.
DH and I would start our own businesses.
Buy a vacation home in the mountains and the beach.
Open my own Pilates studio wine shop great concept, right?!?
There is a pilates studio in Dallas that does small concerts at night and serves wine and beer. It was really great.
Really?!? What is it called? Well now I'm super bummed I didn't know about it when I lived there. Boo for missed opportunities! And to them for stealing my idea. Haha
I can't remember the name, it was near SMU/Highland Park. We saw our wedding band play there. It was a great intimate venue. I think I remember having to take our shoes off, but I might be making that part up.
Re: GTKY: what would you do with 270M .
Hire a lawyer and a wealth manager
Pay off all debt
Take my entire immediate family on a vacation
Buy my Mom a new car
Buy a house
That's all I've got.
[MC 11.20.11] [DS born 9.24.12] [DD born 10.15.14]
Kid #1 - 09/03/12
Hysteroscopy #10 - scar tissue grew back reblocking my right tube
#11 or IVF with scarring still inside?
1 lone embryo from September 2016 retreival, dx with Trisomy 16, starting fresh
Help family
Buy a new car only because I've never had a brand new car
Go on a crazy long vacation in Europe
DH would probably put some towards his business ideas
Explore my charitable ideas more and start one
Have more babies
See all the bands I've wanted to see in concert as they go on tour
Shopping spree
Buy a yacht and sail the Caribbean a lot!
Invest safely and/or put the money in a high interest savings account so the money makes more money
Buy season tickets to the New Orleans Saints home games and fly to NO for the games...or just fly to where they play and go to every game they play the whole season!
I could go on and on and on...270M is a lot of money!!
In one dollar bills ?!!?
[MC 11.20.11] [DS born 9.24.12] [DD born 10.15.14]
Do you have any leads?
[MC 11.20.11] [DS born 9.24.12] [DD born 10.15.14]
Take a super long extended vacation once school is out
Pay off our house
Give each sibling and parent 100k towards their house
Set up college fund for each niece and nephew
Buy a horse farm in ky
Live off the loan interest
Donate donate donate
Build the house of my dreams
Buy new cars for me, DH, sisters, mom and dad (we currently all drive crappy used cars that allow us to avoid a monthly car payment)
Pay off student loan debt, and all other debts
Set up a savings/college fund for DD, future kids, and my nephew
Go on a long vacation
Go back to school to finish my bachelor's degree
Give money to my parent's to help them retire a little easier.
Save/invest quite a bit of it.
Buy a pony.
(you know after all the important responsable stuff)
Ride my pony someplace pretty and watch the sunset... Then buy those million dollar tickets for two to travel the globe for two years.
2. Give fair and equal lump sum amounts to close family i.e. parents and siblings
3. Donate
4. Big vacation and shopping spree
5. Invest the rest
Pay of all debt (including future school loans)
Buy my mom a house
Take the people I love most on an extravagant vacation
Make all the repairs/renovations on our house that we have only dreamed of
Buy a log cabin in the woods with our own pond
Make a kickass college fund for H
Go on a shopping spree because damnit, I'm tired of nickel and diming everything.
Hire a financial manager we actually have a dear family friend who is a wealth manager so I guess I'd hire her!
Payoff all debt and figure out what to share with family
Buy a house
Donate to my favorite causes
Vacation
Buy some jewelry
Hire Elizabeth Pantley to teach my kid how to sleep. And I'm too tired to think of anything else right now.
There is a pilates studio in Dallas that does small concerts at night and serves wine and beer. It was really great.
We drove around the Belle Meade area in Nashville today. Before that, I would have said we would stay in our house and just fix it up. But eff that, I'm buying a beautiful home in Belle Meade and one for my parents too.
DH and I would start our own businesses.
Buy a vacation home in the mountains and the beach.
Buy a couple of Teslas.
Invest.
Call our financial advisor and a lawyer.
Tell no one else until we had all the details ironed out.
Pay off the house, car and all other bills. Move to a bigger place, which we'd buy in cash, obviously.
Put away enough money that our kids could have college, grad school, medical school, whatever completely covered.
Take a long, long vacation.
Share with close family members so they could have their houses/bills paid too.
Quit my job, stay home with the kiddos and do volunteer work.
I'd hire a lawyer & a wealth manager (even though I know what I'm doing)
Pay off all debt including my parents' debt.
Buy a vacation home
College fund for DS
Build a new home and give my parents ours (they've wanted it since we bought it)
Go on vacation
Definitely change my phone number ;P
Invest, invest, invest!
pay off debt
pay off the cars
pay off the house
stop working so I can be home with C
go on a vacation
and help family and friends out
I can't remember the name, it was near SMU/Highland Park. We saw our wedding band play there. It was a great intimate venue. I think I remember having to take our shoes off, but I might be making that part up.