Thursday, September 25, 2008

Amelia's Bail Out Plan

Here's what I would do with $700,000,000,000.00

  1. Tithe 10% to my church
  2. Pay off my mother's house
  3. Pay off my mother and sister's cars
  4. Pay off my debts (college and credit cards)
  5. Pay for my sister's college
  6. Set aside money for my wedding
  7. Buy a place in NYC, Austin, the Pacific Northwest and a tropical location
  8. Buy furniture for the houses
  9. Buy a car...assuming I need it
  10. Buy my mom a house in whatever city she wanted (probably Austin though, she likes the city a lot. Right on the lake so she could watch the sun set and drink tea - I'll probably pay all of her bills too)
  11. Give my mom a monthly budget for stuff (like food and entertainment)
  12. Set aside money for my children to go to college
  13. Fund my friend Katie McClure's hypothetical fashion line
  14. Pay for Allison's honeymoon (I work w/her and she figured I could afford it)
  15. Buy a new wardrobe for SURE!
  16. Fund a cure for AIDS
  17. Fund a cure for cancers
  18. Give Nathan $1,000,000.00 (I work with him too)
  19. Invest in something...not sure what
  20. Invest in charities...not sure which ones
  21. Give books to illiterate children
  22. Open a soup kitchen
  23. Open a book store
  24. Open a bakery
  25. Give Karen a house with a big back yard and a garden (I work with her too)
  26. Get Karen a personal trainer (just once a week - we're not trying to go overboard here)
  27. Travel (Backpacking in Europe sounds cool, maybe Asia too)
  28. Mission trips - probably live in a few other nations for a while
  29. Adopt some children (American and otherwise)
  30. Get a personal trainer
  31. Get a personal chef
  32. Get a stylist
  33. Not that my money would guarantee this, but I'd become friends with Heidi Klum, Chris Brown, Beyonce, Oprah!, Brooke Sheilds, Denzel Washington, Tina Turner, Alicia Keys and some other people
  34. Produce a movie (probably my friend Lindsey's)
  35. Open a dance studio (for my other friend Lindsay)
  36. Take creative writing classes
  37. Become a venture capitalist (obviously)
  38. Get a pair of glasses
  39. Get lasik
  40. Go to a movie premier
  41. Build a school
  42. Get Hannah a Swedish massage in Sweeden, or some tropical location (I work with her too)
  43. Invent something/give money to someone who wants to invent things
  44. Help re-build New Orleans
  45. Go to the moon
  46. Go on an underwater excavation mission
  47. Try to find dinosaur bones
  48. Go cave diving
  49. Do extensive research on volcanoes (lots of tropical islands required for this kind of project)
  50. Buy a new iPod
  51. Buy a new BlackBerry
  52. Figure out what the big deal is with Ethanol-powered cars
  53. Become a wine connoisseur
  54. Buy a franchise

I can't really think of anything else to do, and I feel like I can really do all of those things in about a 6 month time period...or at least get the ball rolling. I would stop working for sure, but I would volunteer places.

What would you do?

2 comments:

katie b said...

hahaha! i love this post!

Amber said...

I really like this! I found your blog and hope to catch up on your life! It's been a while since the days of Phi Lamb at Tech!