Wishful Thursday

[miss_pryss]

If I had $1,000,000,000 -- well, I'd make some changes. I'd probably want a few houses. For starters, a pretty townhouse in the West Village or in Brooklyn Heights; a beach house on Cape Cod; and a farmhouse in rural France somewhere. Also, if Mr. Smarty-Pants wanted a London keep and/or a Parisian garret I suppose we could take care of that, too.

I'd build a barn at Batland, my parents' summer shack, and have a few nice horses and hire someone to live in the apartment above the barn and take care of the horses when I wasn't around. Horses I would like include: a clydesdale or a percheron for bouncing around trails and sitting on bareback just for the hell of it; some kind of fancy warmblood for flatwork and jumping; a few smart little quarter horses for trails and company; and maybe some thoroughbreds -- probably retired race horses. My favorite horses I've known have been retired off the track -- some of them just escaping the barrel of a shotgun in lieu of retirement.

There are other things I'd do: spread the wealth a bit among family and friends; maybe set up some endowments for political and charitable causes near and dear to my heart; buy a lot of beautiful art for my passel of homes; send my kids to crazy-expensive alternative education schools; learn to knit; buy Mr. Smarty-Pants impractical designer suits that show of his beautiful silhouette.

But the number one thing I'd do if I had $1,000,000,000? I'd do a lot of yoga.

So... what about you?

Comments

[fidgetknickers.livejournal.com]

May I please come live above your barn and take care of your horses? I'll be good and quiet, I promise ;)

That sounds lovely, btw. But I'm not even going to get into dreaming about what I'd do with all that money, cuz I shall just upset myself.

[miss-pryss.livejournal.com]

Of course you should come live above my barn! And bring all of your pretties, too.

[yahtzee63.livejournal.com]

I'm going with apartments on the Upper West Side and in Paris, perhaps with a house in the Irish countryside to boot.

Would quit the job very, very quickly and would putter around writing fiction.

Would adopt. Would also get nanny. Would also get multiple pugs and dog walker.

Before adopting of child or pugs, would go on long trip around the world, maybe for a year, inviting friends to join me at places en route.

Pay off all bills, of course, and invest well.

Donate much money to political causes I support.

Probably dress much more eccentrically.

[miss-pryss.livejournal.com]

NANNY. YOu know what I would want? I would want a pretty, lithe, sophisticated French au pair.

Also, I love your world tour idea. We could meet up in Seville! Or New Delhi! It'd be AWESOME!

And WORD about dressing eccentrically. I think I'd retain a personal stylist and have my whole head of hair colored purple and pink instead of just the front.

[harriet-spy.livejournal.com]

For starters, a pretty townhouse in the West Village

You know, I read this as a million dollars, and so my first reaction was, "and where are you going to get the other quarter million?" ;)

I'd have to tithe to various charities, and I'd have to set up my siblings, my cousin, and my mom, so there would go about 15% of it straight off, but after that...I'd split my year between NYC and various European capitals, and I'd spend all my time reading, listening to music, looking at art, eating good food, knitting, and writing porn.

[miss-pryss.livejournal.com]

You could combine the charities and porn, and start a PORN FOUNDATION!

I'd go to yoga with you

[kormantic.livejournal.com]

and I'd be the person who looked after your ponies. And I'd write and write and write.

Re: I'd go to yoga with you

[miss-pryss.livejournal.com]

I forgot to mention the part where I build an enormous geodesic dome on a quiet hilltop.

Re: I'd go to yoga with you

[kormantic.livejournal.com]

Why not a house just like the one in your icon?

Re: I'd go to yoga with you

[miss-pryss.livejournal.com]

YOU ARE SO SMART.