So, if you scroll down to the bottom of this here blog, you'll see that I'm probably just a day or two from reaching 30,000 hits.
That's just freaky.
And in just under 2 years. (I didn't add the counter until after I'd been blogging for several months...)
So in honor of almost reaching that milestone, this weeks 'getting to know you Wednesday' question is this:
What would you do if you won $30,000?
I like this question, because it's not an overwhelming number, and therefore not brain-freeze inducing. It's big enough to be able to accomplish some nice little projects around the house, but not so large that you have to worry about your third cousins from the Ozarks showing up on your doorstep looking for cash so they can put veneers on their teeth.
Answer my question this week and you'll be entered in a drawing for 30 special little trinkets in a lovely little goody box. (And when I say trinkets, I mean trinkets. We're talking 30 little lovelies from my stash of treasures. All handpicked just for you. If you're a scrapbooker, you'll find more crafty sorts of things... and if not - you'll be surprised and pleased to find all sorts of itty-bitties to fill your desk drawers and pockets with smiles.)
And for those of you who thought the prize was going to be $30,000, you're visiting the wrong blog.
Now go to it, people.
That's just freaky.
And in just under 2 years. (I didn't add the counter until after I'd been blogging for several months...)
So in honor of almost reaching that milestone, this weeks 'getting to know you Wednesday' question is this:
What would you do if you won $30,000?
I like this question, because it's not an overwhelming number, and therefore not brain-freeze inducing. It's big enough to be able to accomplish some nice little projects around the house, but not so large that you have to worry about your third cousins from the Ozarks showing up on your doorstep looking for cash so they can put veneers on their teeth.
Answer my question this week and you'll be entered in a drawing for 30 special little trinkets in a lovely little goody box. (And when I say trinkets, I mean trinkets. We're talking 30 little lovelies from my stash of treasures. All handpicked just for you. If you're a scrapbooker, you'll find more crafty sorts of things... and if not - you'll be surprised and pleased to find all sorts of itty-bitties to fill your desk drawers and pockets with smiles.)
And for those of you who thought the prize was going to be $30,000, you're visiting the wrong blog.
Now go to it, people.
First, I would get a good pedicure instead of the awful one I just gave myself.
ReplyDeleteSecond, I would get a real photography site up and running.
And that lens I've been drooling over for far too long.
Finally, (if we owned our home) I would outfit our kitchen with new countertops, appliances and cabinets. Oh heck, I'd rip it all out and start over. But I don't know how far 30K would take us.
So. What would you do with 30K?
I can think of bills and savings etc...but since this is hypothetical, and I can be egotistal and self-centered...I would go on a tour of Italy and Greece, maybe take a cooking lesson in Italy.
ReplyDeleteI would take my family to Disneyland, they have never been. Then I would insulate the house, found out today that there is no insulation in the walls or floors. I would spend some on autographed baseball cards, I would buy my wife a nice mothers ring, and each of my sons an ipod. I would hopefully be able to make a contribution to our church and to Birch Community Services, check out their web site at birchcommunityservices.com. A great organization, with their help we reduced our debt and were able to buy our house.
ReplyDeleteWith $30,000 I would spend a little on sprucing up the house and wardrobe and then be senseable able and put the rest away to help deflect 3 college tutions in the future!! Judi
ReplyDeleteCath,
ReplyDeleteI would take the whole family
(all 16 of us) to Slovakia next year to visit Aubrianne (Oh I guess there would only be 15 to take since she would all be there.)
What a blast that would be. A vacation of a lifetime and still get to see Aubrianne.
Love you
Hello,
ReplyDeleteI would either
A) put the $30,000 towards moving to England for a year so my husband could study at the London School of Economics and I could write a novel...
B) Take $10,000 and spend 6 weeks in Costa Rica for our whole family bank $10,000 and give out the rest in $1,000 increments secretly to deserving people. Wouldn't it be fun to receive $1,000 in the mail?
HMBalison
Two words: college tuition. And a hot tub for my wife.
ReplyDeleteWhat would I do with $30,000?
ReplyDeleteWell, for starters put in the last of my windows on my house, a vacation probably to Europe and I would take YOU!!!! Invest the rest!
Hi there Cathy,
ReplyDeleteIf I had $30,000 ,which is tripled in pesos here in Argentina, I would put it towards all the extras for finishing the house we are building here. I would also take a trip home to visit family because it has been two years. I would also love to go to the spa for a day.
Chau Leana
pay bills then buy a cool old fire station or barn or brewery or something and fix it up as our new house...i LOVE the show rezoned on HGTV :)
ReplyDeletepay for 1 year of grad school (and maybe buy myself an ipod).
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Hmmm, I would probably pay off our van; get a cheap second car for me; go visit my family in the US for a shopping trip (which means some new clothes and shoes for me); get my hair highlighted--a splurge I miss; plan a fun anniversary trip for my hubby and I and finally-- buy tickets for our best friends here in CR to come to the US. We're so wanting them to visit us while we are home next year and if I bought their tickets, well, that would make things much easier!! :o)
ReplyDeleteWhat would you do Cathy??
Invest! I want that money to work for me. Maybe I would go to Europe for a couple weeks, maybe not. Mostly I want that money to earn some interest and reproduce.
ReplyDeleteHow can I put a counter on my blog? I think that only three or four people have ever been to mine.
fun! I'd pay off some bills first, then put some away for Maya, redecorate my house, send some to my poor college sister, go on a vacation....
ReplyDeleteIf I had $30,000, I would buy peace on earth.
ReplyDeleteWhat? This isn't the Miss America Pageant? Oh. In that case: trip to Ireland and college tuition. Those two things would bring peace to MY particular little earth.
Pay off some bills, take my boyfriend on a trip through Canada and the US and buy a 'new' secondhand (thirdhand, fourth..) car...
ReplyDeleteOh, I wish...
Nancy
The Netherlands
I would save most of it for college tuition, but first I'd go crazy in a yarn store! And buy a set of dishes that matched.
ReplyDeleteTravel. Lots of places. Take a cruise with you guys next year. Go to Europe, and China and....how far does 30,000 go?
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