https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 05 May 2026 23:15:08 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-would-you-do-with-the-money-if-you-won-the-powerball#post-421680 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 12:52:39 +0000 Arden 421680@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>#1. Buy a house here in the USA to use while we're in training and when we come back to visit. Nothing extravagant, maybe a small house in the Portland area.</p> <p>#2. Open a birthing center and midwife training school overseas - in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, or Africa (probably Somalia).</p> <p>#3. Adopt several children with special needs, probably HIV+, gender ambiguous children or kids with physical birth defects that require expensive surgeries.</p> <p>#4. Build/buy several small and simple homes throughout the world, probably in Iceland, Spain, Croatia, Morocco, New Zealand, and Thailand.</p> <p>#5. Put the rest into savings and live a fairly simple life, although with lots of travel.</p> <p>I'd probably also buy a new wardrobe of high quality pieces that still all fit into one suitcase. I want quality, not quantity.</p> <p>I would also hire a professional photographer to capture every single birthday party, holiday, vacation, etc.</p> <p>I think both DH and I would also start distance education and get PhD's in Cultural Anthropology and Midwifery, respectively. I also might get a degree in International Development, since I think it would be incredibly useful in my line of work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-would-you-do-with-the-money-if-you-won-the-powerball#post-421651 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 12:43:16 +0000 Smurfette 421651@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would work till we got an attorney and financial manager. Once we had the money, I would quit my job. Then the fun part, the money!<br /> Buy a house<br /> Sell the condo, not caring about how much we lose<br /> Buy DH and I a new car<br /> Pay off my parent's mortgage<br /> Buy parents new cars<br /> Set aside college and wedding fund for LO and future LO<br /> Take whole family on vacation<br /> Donate to charity/church<br /> Pay off mortgages/cars/give money to family</p> <p>Oh to dream! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-would-you-do-with-the-money-if-you-won-the-powerball#post-421518 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:53:28 +0000 Modern Daisy 421518@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would immediately get myself a highly reputable attorney, accountant and investment manager and spend the first few days strategizing before even claiming the prize. Then I would anonymously claim it and wait for the funds to go through before quitting my job. </p> <p>With the money, I would pay off our mortgage then invest the rest. I would then commence planning a trip around the world flying in our families at different points. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-would-you-do-with-the-money-if-you-won-the-powerball#post-421460 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:30:59 +0000 Alivoo01 421460@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>1) We'd pay off all our debts (mortgage, car payments, etc) along with my parents and in laws.<br /> 2) We'd sell our house and buy our dream home<br /> 3) Fix up our farm the way we like it<br /> 4) Set aside college/spending money for our kids (kind of like a trust fund I guess?)<br /> 5) Set aside retirement money for ourselves and our parents<br /> 6) Hire a personal chef, housekeeper, and stylist<br /> 7) Send both sets of parents on a vaction of their choice for however long<br /> 8) Go on vacations that we have on our bucket list<br /> 9) Buy commerical and residential real estate to lease out </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-would-you-do-with-the-money-if-you-won-the-powerball#post-421408 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:13:51 +0000 littlek 421408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd give a lot to charity. And DH would probably get an expensive car. Besides that we would probably go on more vacations. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-what-would-you-do-with-the-money-if-you-won-the-powerball#post-421389 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:09:11 +0000 mrstilly 421389@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH and I have thought about this a lot. I wouldn't quit my job right away, but I would call in sick for the rest of the week. I'd hire an attorney and get everything official.<br /> First we would pay off all of our debt (house, car and school loans)<br /> We'd buy land and build a log cabin not too far from where we live now. (Then we'd sell our house.)<br /> I'd replace my car with a new/low mileage Subaru Outback.<br /> DH would probably buy a new truck, but keep his current car.<br /> I'd apply to school for my PhD in psychology or social work.<br /> DH wants to raise buffalo, so we'd build a barn and all that.<br /> If I didn't end up going for my PhD, I would start a therapeutic horse farm for kids with behavioral and developmental disabilities.<br /> We'd pay off the mortgages/school loans for our immediate family members.<br /> We'd set up college funds for my niece and DS.<br /> DH and I would go on the honeymoon that we never go to go on! </p> <p>That's about it really. We'd also probably have another child sooner than we are currently planning for, since daycare costs and maternity leave wouldn't be an issue. We'd continue to live modestly, but do the things we love to do instead of doing what we have to do to pay the bills. </p>