Friday, March 6, 2009

We Have ALL Had This Discussion


Mike often picks me up downtown in the afternoons so we can ride home together in the (HOV) lane, so we were having the "If I were to win the lottery..." conversation. The Mega Millions drawing this past week was up to 212 MILLION DOLLARS...which after the cash option and the income taxes would have been between 80 and 90 million dollars. So this is what we came up with, what "Mike and Laura would do if they won that Mega Millions Jackpot"...we would...
Set up trust funds for all of our nieces and nephews that would provide them with a college education to whatever school their grades could get them into. We would pay off all of the bills of our brothers, sisters, and parents while setting up interest bearing accounts with a sizable initial deposit. What they do from there will be their own business. We would then pick a charity of choice, each one of us (Mike, Laura, Jordan, and Jackson), where we would become involved through our time, talent, and monetary means. Now, there were discussions of buying this...
and doing nothing but floating around the Caribbean for a very long time...but we come quickly back to the reason Mike and I are not in the Caribbean right now, our babies. Mike and I moved around a lot when we were kids, so neither one of us have REALLY good friends that we have known for a REALLY long time...I don't want that for my kids. I am not saying that I would stay in the house that I am in now, but I would stay in the vicinity, keeping my kids in the same good schools with the friends they know and love...yes, I should be nominated for "Mother of the Year (wink wink). That being said, we would more than likely buy one of these...
Where of course all of you would be more than welcome to visit at any time. I think the Blue family would be there any time that the kids were not in school. At this point, I don't think I have blown through even half of the money yet...what to do, what to do?

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