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Saturday, July 13, 2024

If I Were Suddenly Rich.

 Here's what I'd do, not necessarily in this order:

  1. Pay off credit card debt.
  2. Pay off car.
  3. Pay off Josh's student loans.
  4. Pay off medical bills.
  5. Buy second car outright.
  6. Save a house down payment.
  7. Buy the rest of the art I want, especially by Joy Laforme, Annie Stegg, Bella Pilar, and Amy Brown.
  8. Buy pens, journals, and accessories from the Quirky Cup Collective (a very cool Australian stationery designer).
  9. Set up trust for Oliver.
  10. Made and send more comfort kits to the border.
  11. Save more.
  12. Buy Pottery Barn bookcases.
  13. Buy new mattress for our room.
  14. Buy a new couch: velvet in purple or green, probably.
  15. Have a working fireplace.
  16. Buy new dryer with no buzzer and give away our old one.
  17. Buy Strand Bookstore swag.
  18. Travel to indie bookstores in North Carolina and buy T-shirts.
  19. Get a personalized bookplate stamp.
  20. Get fancy therapy for Josh's PTSD.
  21. Buy all the good Bath and Body Works candles and Wallflowers (on sale, of course).
  22. Go on a massive BJ's shopping trip.
  23. Plan a trip to New York.
  24. Fly to Nashville to go to Parnassus Books and other indie bookstores in the area.
  25. Take Josh to all the races.
  26. Donate 1/10 to El Refugio, Red Cross, etc.
  27. Set aside money for taxes.
  28. Set up a savings account for Mom so she could work less.
  29. Hire a respite care worker for Saturday mornings and one evening a week.
  30. Buy CFRT season tickets.
  31. Hire someone to clean twice a week.
  32. Go to shows in Charlotte.
  33. Buy a lot of the books and tools on my Writer's Wish List.
  34. Go to Francesca Lia Block's in-person writing retreats/workshops.
  35. Take all the creative writing classes that interest me.
  36. Buy most of my books at indie bookstores.
  37. Buy sparkly holiday season clothes at Loft.
  38. Buy wide-calf, tall, gray boots.
  39. Knock out my Atlas Stationer's wish list (mostly inks).
  40. Buy a Sailor Slim Zoom nib fountain pen.
  41. Get Chinese food once a week.
  42. Get Panera once a week.
  43. Have lunch and coffee alone at Barnes once a week.
  44. Buy Josh all the books on his TBR list.
  45. Buy all my favorite books in hardcover.
  46. Buy fresh flowers weekly.
  47. Go to Carrabbas with Josh once a month.
  48. Take Bruce out to eat.
  49. Buy an extra DPAC season ticket for Corey.
  50. Pay someone to do occupational therapy at our house.
  51. Self-publish beautiful books.
  52. Go on two writing retreats (in person!) a year.
  53. Open an independent book/coffee/stationery/yarn shop with the guys.
  54. Direct a play just for fun and pay everyone.
  55. Have a shallow pool for Oliver.
  56. Have a small but deep pool for my treading.
  57. Take Josh to sports ball games.
  58. Buy a Madame Alexander Scarlett Cissy doll.
  59. Be a patron for one of my favorite artists (kind of doing this with Amy Brown's Patreon!).
  60. Buy a powerful laptop with no lagging.
  61. Visit all the bookstores writers mention in My Bookstore.
  62. Sponsor a library.
  63. Buy a quilt or comforter to switch our each month.
  64. Have a walk-in linen closet.
  65. Really decorate inside and out for Christmas.
  66. Buy Broadway show swag.
  67. Buy a better printer.
  68. Get a better system to deal with Oliver's bed wetting.
  69. Buy a pull-out loveseat for the study (velvet in a fun color).
  70. Buy Bruce all the yarn he could ever use.
  71. Double date with Bruce and Corey.
  72. Buy a lifetime supply of Fresh Sugar Advanced Therapy lip balm.
  73. Get my MA in children's lit.
  74. Get my Ph.D in English.
  75. Have a walk-in makeup closet.
  76. Have a dressing room.
  77. Buy a Pottery Barn Teen vanity.
  78. Have a skating rink.
  79. Buy a selection of wild rollerskates.
  80. Buy personalized journals from Papier.
  81. Buy several inks from the 2023 Diamine Inkvent calendar.
  82. Have a walk-in pantry.
  83. Buy a heated blanket for every room.
  84. Buy Josh the finest vegan cheese and vegetarian meals.
  85. Have a small closet just for candles and Wallflowers.
  86. Have a soaking tub.
  87. Have a walk-in closet just for journals and pens.
  88. Build a perfect house with all of this.
  89. Buy Shutterfly plaques of my special photos--no more glass.
  90. Buy massive art books.
  91. Take art history classes.
  92. Support Josh in getting his MA in history or his Ph.D in English.
  93. Go to New York City once a year.
  94. Go to the UK with Josh and see shows in London.
  95. Buy all the Bestsey Johnson jewelry I like and put it on display.
  96. Have a small birthday party for Oliver each year.
  97. Buy a new white dresser for our room.
  98. Buy a second white dresser for Josh.
  99. Enter all the writing contests.
  100. Go to writing residencies.

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