In an effort to be serious, which is unusual for this place:
1. Buy a new house. The one my wife and I live in is nice enough, but she deserves better.
2. Take her to Spain. Upon graduation, she had a fellowship to go there and study, but opted to marry me instead. She should have gone to Spain. I promised her I would take her someday, but it's been 40 years and I haven't.
3. Quit work. I will be 63 next week, and I'm tired of the grind, but if anybody needs a mortgage, especially if you are a physician, lawyer, dentist, oral surgeon, or CPA, give me a call!
4. Donate enough to TCU to cover the cost of a golf scholarship every year. Since that's how I got through, it would be the least I could do.
5. Set my kids and grandkids up where they wouldn't have to work paycheck to paycheck like I do. But, they would still have to remain employed to receive the monthly stipend.
6. Give some to a church that we were charter members of in Carrollton. Our oldest was 3, my wife had mis-carried with our second, got pregnant again, and after 6 months was confined to the house. The only way I could pay the Dr. was to work every night officiating football, then basketball. The people of the church brought her lunch and dinner every day, and even sometimes cleaned the house for us. The baby ended up being a week late. God bless Holy Covenant Methodist Church, and the pastor at the time, Jack Soper.
7. Get a new car. I'm currently driving a 2000 Saturn with 150,000 miles on it. One of these days, it will just quit, and then I don't know what I will do.
8. Start playing a little more golf. Haven't been able to afford it the past few years.
9. Try and set up a fund that will help other mortgage loan officers that have fallen on hard times. Maybe not give them money directly, but pay for some advertising for them to help generate loans which will enable them to get back on their feet. If they bring in loans, it keeps processors, underwriters, and closers from being laid off as well.
10. Open up a hamburger joint called Billy Bob's Burgers, featuring char-broiled burgers, hot dogs, and french fries that aren't frozen pieces of crap, but real potatos. Try to find a way to copy the Bacon-burger from Carlson's from 40 years ago.
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