If you had all that money you could pay for top rate healthcare here. Cuba wouldn't be at the top of my list for healthcare.

How about a water park, too? I love water slides, but all the steps just kill me. Maybe escalators going up to all the slides would work???

If I won the lottery Well I have 2 plans just in case it happens. lol

First plan - I'm sure I would then and my luck probably die of a heart attack! So if I do I want to have a few days like Weekend At Bernies At least let me enjoy it before you bury me! lol (please know I'm only joking, I won't win the lotto! lol)

Second plan - I would make sure that my mom and brother and his wife are taken care of plus dh's family. Also a few of my immediate family. I would buy a penthouse suite here in Houston for vacations and my primary house would be on my own deserted island. I would buy a bunch of land and open an animal rescue site for animals of all kind.

I'd wouldn't donate to any charities, instead I would give the money personally to those who need help.

There's so much I would want to do that 30 million probably wouldn't be enough!

Good point.

"pictures doctor standing over me with a rusty saw and some leeches"

Yea, very good point indeed.

Well, I'd get some new shoes and a matching purse. Then plan a family vacation to end all family vacations for next January if possible! I'd buy a beautiful lakefront home on Big St. Germain in N. Wisconsin (I have a few possible ones in mind.) Our sons love it up there as much as us. It would be one of the really big ones with a large guest house.

I'd start a small family business that our sons could run after I retire.

I'd fund a really BIG international GTG for all of us. DM could wear her crown, RW could plan the beverages, AMN could plan the fun and games, Char could hire a Maine cook to take care of our breakfasts, and there would be similar jobs available for others if they want to help. Those who couldn't afford to get there would have their transportation paid. It would be a location with a white sandy beach, a spa, near great shopping and restaurants, with a tropical climate but not too hot, a water park and nightly entertainment. Also room service in our suites.

I'd invest enough for a lifetime of comfortable income. Then I'd set up trust funds to help people with MS with various needs. I'd also give a big check to each of my favorite charities.

I'd add onto the house with a pool room, greenhouse and extra three car garage with a HUGE workshop (for DH).

I'd hire Cheryl to do fabulous landscaping for this, as well as our new Florida and Wisconsin homes.

Those would be starters to keep me busy for awhile. lol

That's almost too many zeroes to contemplate! I could give almost all of it away, and still live comfortably forever!

I would bring my friend Anne home from the nursing home. She had a stroke two years ago (she's 57). I could pay for round the clock care for her, so she could be back home with her husband and dog again.

I would tell my two (adult) kids and their spouses, and my granddaughter, that I will match whatever they earn.

I would build a one story, accessible house and a small barn on enough acres that my husband could have all the miniature animals he's always wanted (donkeys, horses, sheep, cows, goats, etc.) and a little tractor. (All men want tractors)

I would donate big to my denomination's compassionate ministries; to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, NMSS (of course), American Cancer Society, Heart Fund, and several other organizations.

I would throw a barbecue/field day for the whole town, with live bluegrass music.

Tomorrow would be my last day at work.

I'm still thinking.

#1 Quit my job. None of that "Oh, I am still going to work" stuff. I am out of there!!

#2 Hire a darned good tax attorney and an accountant to set up a trust before I claimed the winnings.

# 3 Disappear until everyone forgot I won...

#4 Figure out what the heck I was going to do next while chilling with my lawn chair and drink...

hee hee Yeah...just picturing it makes me

Definately a water park with escalators. Great idea!!

I'd buy a business or start a business, something to do with renewable power or "green" power and saving our natural resources.
I like the idea of making solar panels /systems more affordable and more mainstream for everyone.

I would employ people with limitations & health concerns & have flexible hours for those that need it.