April 2016
This month I will be participating in the “Blogging from A-Z Challenge”
What is it?
Blogging every day. It begins on April First with a topic themed on something with the letter A, then on April second another topic with the letter B as the theme, and so on until I finish on April thirtieth with the theme based on the letter Z. The theme of the day is the letter scheduled for that day.
Who Wants to Be A Millionaire?
We currently are not millionaires. We have maxed out our earning potential. Which is to say we are retired and living on fixed incomes. Therefore, it's safe to say that we will never be millionaires.
We do, however, occasionally buy lottery tickets. We were in it to win it when the jackpot of the Powerball Lottery topped out at 1.5 billion.
Ross and I played the game of "What would you want to do if we won?"
Of course, there was the obvious, taking care of the kids and their kids.
But then there was the beach house we would buy, no make that the beach we would buy.
We discussed second and third homes and of course, the Maserati that Ross covets.
If we had won the Powerball and had taken the lump sum option the payout would have been 930 million. After taxes, the total amount paid would have been about 500 million.
The odds of winning were 1 in 292 million.
None the less, I was unrealistically bummed out when our numbers were not picked.
Sincerely, though, aside from the fact that such a huge sum of money would have eased the financial burden that some of our family struggle with, personally I sincerely don't care about being a millionaire.
Simply because there are things I have that are more valuable to me than money.
And simply because, having five hundred million dollars could not possibly mend my broken heart.
Thar is so true about money. It won't bring Joe back. What it could do after you had fun with it is perhaps help others going through what you and your family are going through. Sadly death is the big equalizer. Those with money can't escape it if it is their time, sadly can't buy a cure, etc.
ReplyDeleteI like to have money, it does define me at times, but mainly not for what I may want, but how to help others.
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Thank you, Betty, for mentioning Joe. It means a lot to me.
DeleteNow I'm not saying I would turn down a million if offered to me. :)
If we had that kind of cash we would set up foundations for most of it. We've lived middle class lifes all our lives and we're good with it.
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That’s a good way to look at middle class. I would agree we are good with our lives too.
DeleteIt's fun to think of crazy purchases for a little while, but that much money would be such a huge responsibility. Kinda scary.
ReplyDeleteIt’s funny, when we were waiting for the numbers to be drawn, I was all panicky, thinking about how having all that money would be overwhelming. I’m not sure I could handle it.
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DeleteI told someone if I won the lottery I would buy an Aston-Martin DB-9. He then asked my why I hadn't already and if I did where would I drive it? Well, too many crazy drivers where I live and too much traffic so I'd have to move. Then again, with $500 million I could move anywhere and take all my kids with me. Thanks for stopping by my blog.
ReplyDeleteYes, with $500 million you could do pretty much what you want.
DeleteMoney surely does ease financial burdens, but of course it does not bring back the dead nor mend emotions or brokenness. However, I do like money. :)
ReplyDeleteI sometimes remind myself that there are a lot of ills that money can cure.
DeleteAh, the dreams of money! I want just enough to be comfortable. I don't play the lottery. But I dream!!
ReplyDeleteI've come to the point in my life that I am content with being comfortable. But I get the dreams of money too.
DeleteHugs for your heart Lynda. We also played that huge Powerball jackpot and won...$4. We matched the Powerball number only. We don't usually play much at all, but it seemed almost irresponsible not to at least buy one ticket with a jackpot that big.
ReplyDeleteLike you, the huge material wealth was not the point for us--the making sure those we love have enough without having to struggle so much was the hope/dream. Regarding the Maserati, we actually named our second son Jaguar because my husband was pretty sure that was the only way he was going to have a Jag. ;)
Thank you for the hugs :)
DeleteThat’s a very cute story about how you named your son.
The dreams are the fun part, what to do with that much money. Like you, though, money isn't the most important thing in my life. My family, health, friends, and pets make me happy. I hope your broken heart mends.
ReplyDeleteYes, it is fun to fantasize. Thank you for your kind words.
DeleteMoney can't buy peace. That is true. The what if game is kind of fun, though.
ReplyDeleteWhen Forbes comes out with their World's Billionaires list, I wonder what the lives of these people are like. I probably can't even begin to imagine.
DeleteAgreeably enough, money can buy much but it can't buy everything. They say money makes the world go round. This is a not quite true if it goes about love, spiritual peace and so on. Still winning fortune can become a backbone of our offspring's happiness and well-being. So I tried luck in the mentioned draw, CongaLotto review just to see again that the chances are too slim and it is better to stop chasing rainbows.
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