Just kidding Blooie I know you ...a bunch would go to charity....but I wouldn't let you give it all away. if anyone deserved a crap load of loot
It's you.
It's you.
My leukemia's back.
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Are you kidding, Phil? I have three kids...son and his wife are living in a single wide trailer older than ours with a little one in a wheelchair, older daughter is in a rental duplex with her 10 year old son, and we are living in a 1976 single wide trailer. So first order of business would to build a totally handicapped accessible house for Kenny and Jenny, a new house with a huge yard for my gardening fanatic daughter and her partner in dirt, Evan, and a real house for me and Ken - preferably a beautiful straw bale house. I'd also buy the lots directly across the streets from me - one on the north side and the other on the east side - so nobody would build a big two story house there and take away the mountain views I get from those windows. Then Little Diane and Dustin would get a new house back there in Sioux Falls, and so would Jamie and Rachel in Chicago.
Next would be a handicapped accessible van for Kenny and Jenny and one for us, with all the bells and whistles and a new car for Tam that doesn't break down at 7:00am when it's 3 below zero. Then I'd go on a shopping spree to get Kendra the shoes and socks she needs so badly, made for kids with AFO/KAFOs. Know how much socks are for Kendra? $30.00 a pair! Shoes? How about starting at $65.00! No, wait - even better! I'd buy the companies that make them and then provide them free to every family who is expected to pay as much for shoes and socks as they spend on groceries for a week! Oh, and wheelchair friendly winter coats, too - those are also way too expensive for us! And college funds or trade school funds for all the grandkids and great grandkids.
After that was done, a million would go to research on childhood cancers, 2 million for research and support for families of kids with Epidermolysis Bullosa, a million for Marfan's research and another million for research into regenerating nerves in kids with Spina Bifida. Then I'd build a huge park for all kids, but with emphasis on letting kids with disabilities enjoy it safely too! Wheelchair accessibility to every spot on the place, petting zoos, ropes for blind kids to follow and explore the surrounding forests, less sensory intense areas for kids with ADD and Autism....oh, I could make it really something - and free! Ponds for fishing and wildife, and I'd call it KLB Ranch - for Katie LaVonne and Kendra LeeAnne.
I'd renovate old, abandoned buildings and provide homes for folks who need a little help getting back on their feet. I'd buy a huge lot, landscape it nicely and make it a low cost mobile home park for folks who prefer or can only afford a mobile home. A Disney cruise for the whole family.
Next would be a handicapped accessible van for Kenny and Jenny and one for us, with all the bells and whistles and a new car for Tam that doesn't break down at 7:00am when it's 3 below zero. Then I'd go on a shopping spree to get Kendra the shoes and socks she needs so badly, made for kids with AFO/KAFOs. Know how much socks are for Kendra? $30.00 a pair! Shoes? How about starting at $65.00! No, wait - even better! I'd buy the companies that make them and then provide them free to every family who is expected to pay as much for shoes and socks as they spend on groceries for a week! Oh, and wheelchair friendly winter coats, too - those are also way too expensive for us! And college funds or trade school funds for all the grandkids and great grandkids.
After that was done, a million would go to research on childhood cancers, 2 million for research and support for families of kids with Epidermolysis Bullosa, a million for Marfan's research and another million for research into regenerating nerves in kids with Spina Bifida. Then I'd build a huge park for all kids, but with emphasis on letting kids with disabilities enjoy it safely too! Wheelchair accessibility to every spot on the place, petting zoos, ropes for blind kids to follow and explore the surrounding forests, less sensory intense areas for kids with ADD and Autism....oh, I could make it really something - and free! Ponds for fishing and wildife, and I'd call it KLB Ranch - for Katie LaVonne and Kendra LeeAnne.
I'd renovate old, abandoned buildings and provide homes for folks who need a little help getting back on their feet. I'd buy a huge lot, landscape it nicely and make it a low cost mobile home park for folks who prefer or can only afford a mobile home. A Disney cruise for the whole family.
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I've always said my dream job is Independently Wealthy Philanthropist. Winning that could set me right up!
but I haven't bought a ticket
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My team from the University didn't make it down today, they're fogged in up in Portland. So, I have a day at home, joy. I was looking forward to going out to lunch! Oh well, I need to get caught up on laundry anyway, and make those lemon bars. Making pizzas from scratch kind of wiped me out yesterday, I was falling asleep at 8:30. So no lemon bars last night.
but I haven't bought a ticket
My team from the University didn't make it down today, they're fogged in up in Portland. So, I have a day at home, joy. I was looking forward to going out to lunch! Oh well, I need to get caught up on laundry anyway, and make those lemon bars. Making pizzas from scratch kind of wiped me out yesterday, I was falling asleep at 8:30. So no lemon bars last night.
So much for lunch out today, huh!
Okay, this is probably tooo much information but something wonderful just happened! I was in the bathroom changing out the laundry loads (yep, me too, Rachel) and Kendra was playing on the living room floor. Then it got quiet. Uh oh. So I ran down the hall to the kitchen and she had her catheter pad, a pack of wipes, and a catheter kit already up on the table. She looked at me and said, "Potty!" Whoa!! Since this is as close to potty training as we'll get with her, this is HUGE!!
No, she didn't have the sensation of needing to go - if she had that ability we wouldn't have to catheterize her at all. But the clock chimed 10:00, and she KNEW what that meant!! I'm so excited!! I can't wait until her mom gets home from work!!!
PS - I swear I'm going to invest in that LG washer/dryer I saw and put it in the kitchen under a counter. That thing washes AND dries the clothes in one machine, and they've been used in Europe for years! Anyone besides me, Jenny, and Rachel have any idea how much space a full sized washer/dryer takes up in a trailer house bathroom? <sigh>
Okay, this is probably tooo much information but something wonderful just happened! I was in the bathroom changing out the laundry loads (yep, me too, Rachel) and Kendra was playing on the living room floor. Then it got quiet. Uh oh. So I ran down the hall to the kitchen and she had her catheter pad, a pack of wipes, and a catheter kit already up on the table. She looked at me and said, "Potty!" Whoa!! Since this is as close to potty training as we'll get with her, this is HUGE!!
No, she didn't have the sensation of needing to go - if she had that ability we wouldn't have to catheterize her at all. But the clock chimed 10:00, and she KNEW what that meant!! I'm so excited!! I can't wait until her mom gets home from work!!!
PS - I swear I'm going to invest in that LG washer/dryer I saw and put it in the kitchen under a counter. That thing washes AND dries the clothes in one machine, and they've been used in Europe for years! Anyone besides me, Jenny, and Rachel have any idea how much space a full sized washer/dryer takes up in a trailer house bathroom? <sigh>
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That is how it would have to be done, and hire a person full time to answer the phone.I've always said my dream job is Independently Wealthy Philanthropist. Winning that could set me right up!
but I haven't bought a ticket.
My team from the University didn't make it down today, they're fogged in up in Portland. So, I have a day at home, joy. I was looking forward to going out to lunch! Oh well, I need to get caught up on laundry anyway, and make those lemon bars. Making pizzas from scratch kind of wiped me out yesterday, I was falling asleep at 8:30. So no lemon bars last night.
It might not change our personalities, but we would be ruined from the outside world.
You would need body guards and lawyers and accountants, Your long lost 'friends you never knew" would come out of the wood work.
People who previously could bare you no time would be lined up at your door telling you how you 'Owed' them.
I think we are all down to earth enough that we would be wise are careful and generous, but the snakes would plague us.
That is not what you would want for your kids either.
My husband says that he would invest in a -press "9" for service- type of phone answering system. then anyone who lasts through the maze of number punching and recordings can leave a message.
(Like the insurance company does. He thinks they are hoping that you will give up and just write a check.)
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Blooie--my laundry is in the garage
. There's literally NO space in this trailer we could cram even a tiny unit. Well, I guess I could take out the incubator, but we all know that's not gonna happen
3GE--I've always known I couldn't win a crapton of $$$$. I'd have white trash "family" crawling out of the woodwork in no time flat. I'd love to have all that money to give away, but I want to chose who to give it to and not be guilted into anything.
3GE--I've always known I couldn't win a crapton of $$$$. I'd have white trash "family" crawling out of the woodwork in no time flat. I'd love to have all that money to give away, but I want to chose who to give it to and not be guilted into anything.
Nope...my idea of buying a lake and living on an island is better.
Let the armed guards deal with the hands out crowd. I'd be too busy fishing....
Let the armed guards deal with the hands out crowd. I'd be too busy fishing....
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Okay, but give them my name and the pass word, because If I won, I'd come help you fish....in the summer.
..because right now you'd have to listen to the whining, and that'd be no fun.
..because right now you'd have to listen to the whining, and that'd be no fun.
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