Question of the Week:

What would you do if you won the lottery?
I mean the huge, powerball jackpot, $400 million lottery...



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First, I would give my parents and Dave's parents $10 million each.

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Second, I would give all of my brothers and sisters and Dave's brothers a million dollars each. They could petition for more, but that's the starting point.

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I would set up trusts for my boys for college and missions.

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I would buy my dream house. It's been on the market for over a year now and it's the perfect house. It's just down the street from my parents house and I've been in love with it for years. It has a big wraparound porch, the garage is on the side (I hate that houses these days are all garage in the front. I want to see the house, not the garage), it has lots of space and every upgrade imagineable, it's beautiful. I'll take a picture next time I'm down there so you can see how perfect this house is. I would hire a decorator and a housekeeper, too.

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I would buy one of the Victorian-style houses down by the water in Benicia, CA (Dave's hometown). They are so pretty and the view of the bay is amazing.

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I would buy cars. I want to say mini-van but Andrea will make fun of me, but I seriously would. I would buy a fun one too, like maybe a small Mercedes convertible. Red, of course.

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I would pay off our student loans.

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I would invest, invest, invest and save, save, save. I would hire a financial advisor to help me because I don't know the stock market at all, but I would insist on signing every check that ever gets written (I saw that on Oprah once, she interviewed a lady who won the lottery and that was a piece of advice Oprah gave. She said if only you have the ability to sign checks, you will always know where every penny of your money is).

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I would want to pay tithing, but I don't think the Church accepts tithing from lottery wins, so I guess I'd just give a hefty donation to the church. And probably BYU too.

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I would decorate the coolest tree to ever cross the floors of the Festival of Trees.

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I would set up a fund for people like Dave and I when we were starting out. We both had college degrees but were paid so piddly that we couldn't have possibly afforded a house even before the market went crazy. I would give money to people like that who just wanted a small starter home but couldn't ever get a leg up.

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I would travel a lot. Italy, Ireland, Scotland, England, African safari, Israel, Asia, then tropical places like the Cayman Islands, Hawaii, ....lots of traveling. And I'd buy a boat for the tropical stuff.

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What would you do?