What would it be if money was not an issue!

I'd have a cabin in the woods, grow my own food, brew my own beer, and read until my eyes fell out. Of course, I still do the latter, but it would be so more organized if I had any hour of any day to engage in that particular activity. Then, I would be able to organize notes, and write books! I have massive amounts of scattered notes and references about a number of subjects.

Further, that woods would have some hilliness and flowing water so I can build a windmill to power a generator in order to power a computer and get on the internet. The best of both worlds! And mountains close by for some serious hiking.

Yes I am a modern primitive hermit trapped in a working sap's body. -sigh-

I would be Chrys's neighbor.

Of course there would many miles between us but I would loan him an egg or a cup of sugar anytime.

I would not write but would make many crocheted afghans that I would sell for peanuts at the general store.

If money was not an issue, I would be doing 1 of 5 things. Traveling, killing friends in online games, stalking Amanda Righetti (red head lady from the Mentalist. google her), Suing EVERY CA that is listed on this forum, Having fun doing whatever I wanted to do.

My husband is easily annoyed by everything with everyone so i would probably do the same build a large log cabin with about 100 acers surrounding it so that there was no possible way that he could be stressed! He works 2 full time jobs to take care of us, so of course i would want to allow him to slow up some! He is a excellent mechanic (a transmission expert) but good with everything else too. Everyone in town comes to him for work, but he has a fear of his own business. Frankly i would think he would be excellent, but like he said this is a paycheck everyweek no matter how business is.

I always dreamed of him having a huge garage on our house that he worked out of, or just tinkered in. He loves to tinker with stuff, last night after working 14 hours he tinkered with our sons 4-wheeler trying to fix the carberator for him. god love him!

I guess, my wishes would be more for him than for me. but then again i love yard sales, and thrift stores, thats probably how i would spend my time. Maybe i would actually splurge and get my nails done for the first time or get a tanning session scince i have NEVER had the money for these types of luxuries maybe a spa, you know i say that allowed thinking how great it would be, but you know some people think these things are necessities and get it all the time, im gonna be 30 this month (grrrrr) and have never gotten the chance to experience these things.

Oh and i would attend mardi gras! i love parties!

You are a selfless person which God loves. You have a lot that money can't buy. Christ said to store your riches in heaven where thieves can't steal. You are a very rich person.

I would be able to move to our cabin and get the heck out of this town. I would also be able to send my daughter to school so she could better herself in life. My hubby would also be able to enjoy his days instead of spending 16 hours a day at work. He would be able to hunt and fish as much as he wanted. I would be able to start my own animal rescue. To be able to help hurt/abused animals and animals that people no longer want or can't afford to take care of. Animals are my passion and I would do anything I can to help them.

Actually, I'm doing what I want to be doing, I'm with the person I love, BUT, if money wasn't an issue, there would be less worrying.

I applaud those of you that have found true love and are happy with another even when times are hard.

I had two failed marragies. I got two wonderful kids from the first. He is gone now but I still speak to my second ex.

I have two failed relationships on top of that and have become very cynacal and untrusting.

Maybe someday I will find someone but in the meantime I am happy and free of the bad situations and feelings.

I love you guys. You have helped me more than you know. Not just with the payday loan crap but I feel a part of something that no amount of money can ever buy :hug:

nohiogal you RAWK!!!

ahhh! thanks frogpatch! i do feel rich, even though some days its hard to make ends meet. Sometimes when my husband gets down, i have to remind him that we have each other and a healthy child wich would be a blessing to some.

nohiogal, i met my husband when i was 15, we dated most of that time with a few break ups and back ons he was kinda a butt head then! just kidding he says i was the bull head but anyway, we have been together 15 years this year if you add it all together and im so glad to have a wonderful man in my life. Frankly im not sure how i ended up with him, my mom has been married and divorced 4 times my dad 3 with 1 more livin girlfriend. I know how it has effected thier lives so i feel for you, i hope to never be in that place. Its hard to know that you can love someone so much, but not be able to live with that person. Its also hard to see someone you love self distruct. My step mother i watched slowly fall off the deep end till she up and left and never come back. its been 3 years scince i saw her and i miss her so terribly much. I worry everyday that something may have happend to her. It tore my father apart. Frankly speaking it tore our whole family apart. divorce and seperation is hard at 30 years just as much as it does when your younger. this woman was my mother when i needed one while my mom was living her life with a new family.

You know, i tell things on this forum i would never tell to strangers, frankly i love you guys too even though i dont know you personally i feel at home here.

@Nohiogal: I would have chickens, and hence fresh eggs, but I may require sugar on occasion ... :) I would also love to purchase a homeade afghan or two, though I would pay you Macadamias :D "http://most-expensive.net/nut"

@Frogpatch: Thanks for this wonderful post, I feel all warm and fuzzy dreaming of my cabin :sigh: but someday... someday...

@Count_Vlad: Perhaps you should change your handle to CA-Zoro, no? :D :D :D :lol:

@love_my_things: well, yeah! Yard sales, thrift shops, (for me, bookstores and museums should be added) and - oh yeah - PAR TAYZ!! I lived in New Orleans, I overslept on Mardi Gras and missed the whole show :| :oops: Oh, and congratulations on having a wonderful relationship! It's what we all dream of.

To add: I wouldn't just sit there or hike, I should clarify that. The cabin will be my home base, I would also travel to distant lands. So, hmmm, I guess there go the chickens. Nohiogal, can I borrow an egg? :lol:

You sure can but if you want I will watch your chickens for you while you are off on your magic carpet rides :D

When I started this thread my intention was to put people in touch with what they should be doing as a vocation or business according to what they are passionate about. Some have reponded that way but others are saying how they would spend their money! One of you was out for revenge! Lets try to discover our real reason for being here!

one of the things i always was interested in doing was joining the peace cor. but im very very close with my family my grandparents have been sick off and on, and i couldnt have bared to be to far away if something happend to them. I was also with my husband at the time (he was just my boyfriend at the time though). So i could never seem to pull myself away from here for too long. Although there were times were i think it would have broken my heart to see how some people live thier lives in other countries, yet i was excited to see the world and make a difference. But i always had a family thing going on that kept me here.

@Frogpatch As for me, I believe I was staying on topic despite the apparent straying, because the travel and the hiking would give me inspiration and knowledge, and the cabin would give me the structure-free environment I require for writing (my inspiration knows no schedules and comes and goes unbidden). In that writing, I would make money (hopefully)! It was always my dream to be a writer, I am temperamentally artistic, so the creation of Art would be the Vocation closest to my Heart. I would also make music, because I love to sing.

You are always right on target Chrys. You Avatar reminds me of the old Mark Trail character. Is that a coinidence?

Yes, it is a coincidence. But the fact that I love the wilderness so much makes it an even more interesting coincidence.

It's actually J.R. "Bob" Dobbs, a counterculture figure. Allegedly designed after 50s pop art (whatever that is) I discovered it on a Sublime CD and I enjoy it very much. It also reminds me of the guy on those cards that talk about beer or coffee, etc. Such as: "Coffee: Is the Planet Shaking or is it Just Me?" lolz

If money was not an issue for me, I would pay off all my debts, and I'd also set aside money for my daughter and my nieces and nephews for college. But that's if I won the lottery or something.

As far as a job goes, I would go back to school and finish my degree in linguistics, and be a translator. I hate working in administration (well, not hate, but it's not my passion), and like everyone else I'd much rather be studying and working on something that I like to do, rather than what I have to do to pay the bills.

Your feelings are echoed by most people and that is exactly why I posted this. I am enjoying being out of work because I am working at what I like if that makes sense. I put in eight or more hours today and did not make a cent but through determination that will change! Watch this if you have not seen it yet.
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=1430

What would I do if money were no object...hmmm..

1. Start my own catering business or open a restaurant. No, you know what? I'd buy the restaraunt I used to work in - an old Civil War-era grist mill, complete with resident ghost. That's what I'd do.

2. Buy the house I'm renting and do a few minor improvements (fenced yard for the dog to run in, small addition to make my room bigger.) Or, in light of #1, if I'm going to move back to the South, where that restarant is, I'd have to buy one of those old Antebellum mansions down there!

3. Pay off my parents' and siblings mortgages so they could live more comfortably. Sell my parents' house and move them to a one-floor ranch type house so they could stop worrying about stairs and how to get in and out of the house.

4. Send my son to culinary school so he can become a chef as he desires.