GBE week # 6 ....Picture Prompt
This week , as part of the GBE 2 (group blogging experience), is to blog about the above picture. We are to discuss our feelings and thoughts about this picture. I am 100% sure that we'll all share the same exact reaction if we woke up to see this tree growing in our backyard it would be JOY, uncontrolable JOY!! My mind races through ALL the things that I would use that money on, some things practical, some frivilous, some selfish and some self-less.But I scaled down the list of over thousands of things and I decided to list some of them here for your viewing pleasure :
1) I would buy a beach house. On a nice beach somewhere, in a house that I can smell the sea air and hear the pounding of the surf. This would be the top of my list and would be done about 30 seconds after i discovered the money tree :)
2) I would lend a helping hand to the people that mean the most to me in my life: my mom, my dad, my cousins and uncle and aunts and of course my best friend. I would pay off their houses or buys them ones, pay off their bills and relieve some of the everyday money stress so they could enjoy life with me.
3) Buy myself a Jeep Wrangler. This would probably be #2 but I dont want to look totally selfish hehe. I have dreamed about owning a jeep before I could even drive.( i dont know why I have never got one but maybe next time) Top down, cooler and overnight bag in the back and Im off on an adventure....sounds great right now...
4) Disney Vacation for all my friends and family. I cant think of a better way to enjoy my new money than with a vacation of a lifetime to the Happiest place on earth. Seeing the joys and wonder on everyones faces (even the adults) is worth a million bucks!!!
5) Harry Winston Diamond Necklace and a pair of Christian Louboutin's ........ Girls I dont have to even explain these 2 right????? hahahaha I would die a happy girl if I was to go wearing these two !!!
7) Travel..... Travel....Travel......... everywhere... I want to see all the places I have been dying to go including one of these over the water bungalows in bora bora. I have been lucky enough to see many more places than the average person because of my career but travel is my blood... gypsy at heart i guess....
BUT ...................................
..............................................................I would give it all away...the houses and cars and trips and diamonds and yes even the red-bottomed dream louboutins if I could buy ONE MINUTE more with my aunt or grandma who i loved more than life itself and miss every day. Loved ones are priceless, worth more than gold and diamonds and can be gone as quickly as the sand on that beach. So buy time with them...thats the only thing worth spending that tree money on !!!!!
Loved it. Great job :)
ReplyDeleteLove your list Jennie, very similar to mine if I have that tree on my backyard... *sighs* at least to dream is free!
ReplyDelete~Vane
I absolutely love this!! Brilliant!!
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thanks Kim, Vanessa and Kathy. I enjoyed this one and im glad you did too :)
ReplyDeleteLove your list. Buying a beach house is on the top of my bucket list. That is where I want to retire. Great job, Jenni.
ReplyDeleteKev
thanks Kev....maybe we will be neighbors!! :D
ReplyDeleteI like your comparison between spending money and spending time. Time always wins out for me too. I had no idea who Christian Louboutin was, by the way. I'm one of the few woman I know who HATES shopping. ;)
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Excellent post! I love the way you ended with the part about time being more valuable than possessions!
ReplyDeleteTheresa....say it isnt so!!! you hate shopping? haha I can understand that I guess but if you had money you could hire a personal shopper !!! :)
ReplyDeleteKyra- thanks for stopping by and reading. Im glad you enjoyed it :)
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome! I would do the same. I have friends that losing their homes (some already have). If only I had won the lottery. SMH. Well, this is an awesome post.
ReplyDelete--Diana Jillian
If someone offered you a billion dollars for your child, would you take it? If not, your child is worth more than a billion dollars. Would you take a billion dollars for your arm? If not, ... you get the picture. We are all rich!
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that D Ana...it is a great thing to be able to help people! I hope to do it one day! I have a Dollar and a Dream haha
ReplyDeleteso true Joyce! Thanks so much for your post !
ReplyDeleteHey, you just add my wish list on your post :) The shoes, oh the shoes :)
ReplyDeleteGreat list, and loved your final paargraph too.
ReplyDeletecan't wait to meet you in Disney and then LETS GO SHOE SHOPPING1! hehe
ReplyDeleteWell said. Excellent post, thanks for it.
ReplyDeletePam
A Pirate Looks Past Sixty
Yes, all of those wonderful trips and material items are fun, but love is priceless!
ReplyDeleteLovely blog!
Excellent post-- I too would give away my money tree and all it could buy to spend a few moments with My Aunt who passed in 2010. I really loved this post...great job! Cheers, Jenn
ReplyDeleteI especially loved the beach house. I want one of those!!! I love the way you ended your post by stating that life is priceless. That's so true. I would love to spend another day with my Dad.
ReplyDeleteAwww, I love how you wrapped this up. Wonderfully done!
ReplyDeletePS: Those shoes really speak to me!
@ claudia- if i saw those shoes in person it would be like a religious experience!! hahaha
ReplyDelete@ Paula- thanks so much for stopping by :)
@ Brenda- I cant wait either but we probably shouldnt wear those shoes around disney hahaha
@ Marian- thanks so much. Im glad you enjoyed it!
ReplyDelete@ jen- Thanks so much for your comment. Im so sorry for the loss of your aunt. I can totally relate. {{HUGS}} my friend!!
Word Nerd....thanks so much !!!! and yes the shoes spoke to me too hahahaha
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