And if I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars
Well, Id buy you a K-Car
A nice reliant automobile
And if I had a million dollars, I’d buy your love

This song always makes me laugh. Especially since back in the day my sister and I had to drive a K-Car. By far the most embarrassing thing that could ever happen to a couple of teenage girls. We called it the Biddy (because only an old Biddy would drive it).

I read last night that someone in South Carolina won a 400$ million jackpot and hadn’t as of yet claimed it. I could not imagine not claiming 400$ forget 400,000,000$. But, that’s just me.

It got me to thinking though. What would you do with a million dollars? or 400 million? I started thinking about what my life would be like if money wasn’t an object. Here’s what it would look like:

I would buy an acreage on Vancouver Island. My little family is so incredibly fortunate because we have an extended family whom we love and who loves us so much. And yet, we live thousands of miles away from them. I want to live closer to home. I would love to live in Alberta again, but part of me thinks that I am better suited for the Island. We would be less than a 2 hour flight home or a 12 hour car ride. Easy peasy. Plus, since money’s not a problem, we could fly home whenever we wanted to visit (or when it’s -40 I’m sure we’d have lots of house guests!)

My acreage would be close to a barn so I could go riding. My biggest regret and spiritual loss has been giving up horses. They do wonders for my soul and I believe should be part of one’s daily life.

We would have a vegetable garden where we could plant and eat our own food. What a great experience for the kids and I that I could show them how to cook and eat the food that we planted ourselves! We would also have a beautiful flower garden that we could relax and read in (and have killer croquet games!!)

The kids would be able to pursue their sports and other activities without having to worry if we could afford it. And even more important, they would have the time and the ability to just be kids and play outside with their friends. To hear the laughter of my monsters really enjoying their childhood is the best sound I can ever hear.

I would continue to study Ayurveda. Eventually I would also get my yoga teaching certification and would open a yoga studio. A fun one like All That Matters in Wakefield, RI.

I would have a peach tree in my yard and we would reread James and the Giant Peach under said tree.

I would go to Murchie’s on a regular basis for tea.

I would go to the ocean and put my toes in.

I’d finally do yoga on the beach.

I would take Jacob and Jenna to all the haunts that I used to go to when I went to the Island as a child.

We would laugh and giggle and be silly.

We would surround ourselves with good friends and our family and live with love.

Then we’d be “rich”.