If I had a million dollars...

What would you do? Really, skip all that nice stuff about sharing it, giving a chunk to charity and relatives. Think about picking up a cheque for a million dollars, all yours. You don't even have to tell anyone about it.

I'd buy a house. That would be first. My brother is a real estate typhoon. (No, that's not a typo). He could drive me around, looking at houses. I don't even know what area I would live in. I might even go for the big move out to BC, Canada's west coast. I really like it out there. I could be right in the mountains, or right on the Pacific Ocean watching killer whales.

Next, I'd start buying furnishing for my house. I already know just what bedding I want from the store. I've been keeping an eye on these luxurious jersey sheets since they first came into the store, just after Christmas. How nice it would be to have new sheets.

After the house was all done I'd start making some garden plans. Not too much as I don't want to spend all my time digging right away. Who knows what great stuff you might dig up and miss out on? The first year of a new house you could just watch your garden and see what comes up. Of course, you can add tons of annuals in any bare patches. I'd keep a garden journal.

When the weather cools off and Autumn is nipping in the air I'd start to travel. There are so many places I want to see. It would easily take me all Autumn and Winter to see even half of what I want to see.

I'd be back just in time to order the first seed catalogues for my garden. Likely, I'd hire someone for Spring cleaning. If you have enough money in the bank would you want to clean windows?! Not me.

Wish me luck. The draw is up to $25 million this Friday. Tomorrow I'm going to buy a ticket.