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Re: If money were no object, I would.....
« Reply #15 on: January 22, 2011, 09:16:43 PM »
I'd put plenty of money away for my Kiddos education- then I'd pay to take my friends and family on a once in a lifetime trip.

   I'd build my dream house on the ocean and have horses!  ;D I love horses!

.... and I just might let my hubby have the 11 children he thinks he's getting now.  ::) Then pay top doctors to put my body back to how it used to be.

But most of all I'd donate money to charities to help stop child abuse and domestic violence. A topic close to my heart.
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Re: If money were no object, I would.....
« Reply #16 on: January 22, 2011, 09:56:32 PM »
I'd pay off my bills and replace all the flooring in my house with ceramic tile.  I would learn to be a veterinary physiotherapist and volunteer more for disaster response.  With money not being an object, I could do both!  I'd also make that pet-food pantry idea that I've been tossing around into reality.  

I would also buy my daughter a better car and be more active in animal rescue.  I'd be donating more to the good rescues I've come across so they could continue to carry on with their great work.  I would also donate a good amount of the veterinary physiotherapy skills to rescues. 
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Re: If money were no object, I would.....
« Reply #17 on: January 23, 2011, 10:56:37 AM »
I love all of the answers! I must add on, though, that after
finishing my studies, Ian and I would move down South-either
Wales, Cornwall or Brighton. Would also buy derelict house in Chicago, remodel it, and use it
as a house share with any family that wanted to. Buy a house in Coronado, CA. Get appropriate planning permissions and rebuild the run down spots in Crewe to make
them into either affordable housing or busineses. Make some of said buildings shelters for homeless people. Do the same in Chicago and San Diego. Travel to the Philippines and visit my relatives. Work with Surestart-for free and provide any and all funding they may need. Open a Mexican/Filipino restaurant-here in the UK and also one in San Diego and Chicago.
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Re: If money were no object, I would.....
« Reply #18 on: January 23, 2011, 11:08:21 AM »
I'm totally intrigued by a Mexican/Filipino restaurant.  It sounds like it shouldn't go together, but it could, iykwim.


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Re: If money were no object, I would.....
« Reply #19 on: January 23, 2011, 07:50:44 PM »
I'm totally intrigued by a Mexican/Filipino restaurant.  It sounds like it shouldn't go together, but it could, iykwim.

Both cultures have Spanish influences, along with others from the different cultures which surround/neighbour them. It shows in a lot of the food, and our languages.
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Re: If money were no object, I would.....
« Reply #20 on: January 23, 2011, 08:17:49 PM »
I'd go to Paris and train to be a patisserie chef and chocolatier, then I'd travel and take fabulous pictures and have houses in London, Austin, Tokyo, NYC and somewhere in Cornwall or Dorset.

I'd move into film production, I'd clear off the debt of everyone I cared about, I'd learn to snowboard and rock climb and scuba dive. I'd buy a sail boat and live on it for months (in places without pirates), I'd get my helicopter pilot's license, I'd eat at every Michelin starred restaurant that I could, I'd buy an island in Indonesia with great surf and spend every day in the ocean, I'd buy a beautiful Arab horse and ride him along the beach every day.

I'd wear Candy Anthony dresses everyday and irregular choice shoes, I'd buy all my coats from miu miu and get some seriously great bags.


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Re: If money were no object, I would.....
« Reply #21 on: January 23, 2011, 09:00:07 PM »
I'd buy the school I work for and get rid of all the people who are weighing it down and holding it back, then I'd increase the salaries of all the good employees to at least three times what they're making now.  I'd renovate the building and put in some modern teaching tools, more computers, wood floors instead of grotty carpets, a new kitchen in the staff room--total redo of the staff room in fact.  Then I'd put an end to the stupid marketing methods they use and hire a professional marketing manager, then when our student numbers began to increase as a result, I'd build some new classrooms, hire new teachers, create new courses, and improve the social programme. 

I'd fund scholarships for middle-class people whose parents are too rich to qualify for need-based aid but too poor to afford the ridiculous tuition fees.  I'd also fund projects to build affordable housing and to help people buy their first homes.  And I'd give more to Shelter and to the RSPCA.  Oh, and I'd fund arts and languages education programmes. 

Also, I'd have flats in lots of cities that I love: London, Paris, Osaka, San Francisco, San Diego, Chicago, Montreal, Edinburgh, and a house in Dorset that bears a close resemblance to Chary's house in Cornwall.  I'd want a traditional Japanese house in Kyoto as well.  All my flats and houses would be stocked with clothing appropriate to the location, so that I wouldn't have to carry any luggage when I travelled between them.  I'd do a PhD in Second Language Acquisition and spend lots of time reading gorgeously bound books and drinking interesting tea.   
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Re: If money were no object, I would.....
« Reply #22 on: January 23, 2011, 09:20:18 PM »
Both cultures have Spanish influences, along with others from the different cultures which surround/neighbour them. It shows in a lot of the food, and our languages.

Ahhhhhh... I look forward to trying Filipino food sometime!  :)


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Re: If money were no object, I would.....
« Reply #23 on: January 24, 2011, 12:12:48 AM »
Wow, if money were no object I would first pay off my school debt and my car. I'd pay for the rest of my parents house and my sisters. I'd put enough money aside for my nephews college education as well. Then I would buy a flat in London, NYC, and one other place in Europe . . . I haven't decided yet :P I'd give money to my local humane society that needs some help building a new shelter (enough to pay for the entire thing) and also adopt an animal myself. Then I'd be set and whatever happens happens. :D


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Re: If money were no object, I would.....
« Reply #24 on: January 24, 2011, 12:55:03 AM »
I would do exactly what I'm doing now in a tiara of diamonds and with no debt.  I would pay off all my families debts and travel in my tiara.  And I would donate a bunch to charity. 

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Re: If money were no object, I would.....
« Reply #25 on: January 24, 2011, 01:55:57 AM »
I would pay off my student loans and my brother's student loans. I would buy a three or four bedroom flat in London and renovate it. I would buy my mother a condo. I would travel between Florida and the UK once every six months first class. :)

I would go completely blonde (I'm a brunette) and pay someone top dollar (or pound, rather) to maintain it every month.

I would shop for clothes exclusively at Selfridges.
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Re: If money were no object, I would.....
« Reply #26 on: January 24, 2011, 04:57:44 AM »
I would do exactly what I'm doing now in a tiara of diamonds and with no debt.  I would pay off all my families debts and travel in my tiara.  And I would donate a bunch to charity. 



I can hear security already "ma'm you're going to need to remove your tiara as you go through security."

I'd go with...
*Big house on a hill in Notts...with a walk in closet
*Ocean view place in La Jolla
*Golf...lots of golf...go to all the courses I have only seen on TV
*Watch shows on Travel Channel and then go see the places!
*Spend plenty of time volunteering with homeless/displaced people helping them get on their feet. Especially single moms.
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Re: If money were no object, I would.....
« Reply #27 on: January 24, 2011, 04:37:36 PM »
I can hear security already "ma'm you're going to need to remove your tiara as you go through security."

I'd go with...
*Big house on a hill in Notts...with a walk in closet
*Ocean view place in La Jolla
*Golf...lots of golf...go to all the courses I have only seen on TV
*Watch shows on Travel Channel and then go see the places!
*Spend plenty of time volunteering with homeless/displaced people helping them get on their feet. Especially single moms.

I absolutely love the travel channel! I'd go to practically every single place if i could too!!!!


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Re: If money were no object, I would.....
« Reply #28 on: January 24, 2011, 06:22:20 PM »
Buy a ranch in the mid-west and re-seed it with native grasses and have some bison.  Travel to every National Park in the US and Canada and then move on to any other place I found interesting.

After all that, volunteer in the National Park system and fight wildfires every summer and controlled burns.  Hmmm, I'd rather just do controlled burns and on my own ranch, I CAN! 


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Re: If money were no object, I would.....
« Reply #29 on: January 24, 2011, 06:48:37 PM »
1. Donate to cancer research -- enough to find a cure and/or improve the quality of life for patients

2. Move my entire house lock stock and barrel to the UK -- and have everything work properly

3. Have a chauffeur but only a compact car  ;D
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