If Only...

My husband and I were chatting recently about what we'd do if we had lots of money. I came up with the following:
1) I'd run for local office. I'd vote "no" to so many things my local politicians are voting "yes" to...it seems the motto where I live could be "No tree left standing" or "concrete paradise." Ugghhh...just how many more mow-down-all-the-trees mini-malls and housing areas do we need? Do they not realize that for every new mall they open, they've doomed another mall to a slow, painful death? Do they not realize that there are more houses available now than there are people to fill them? I'd also like to bring to task the flagrant misuse of eminent domain (there is just no way that a McDonalds or Walmart being built should be considered eminent domain--they should have to pay full price just like anyone else.)
2) I'd adopt. I've always wanted to, but I'd want to be sure that I had adequate financial resources to accomodate everyone's expenses. I have my two girls--I'd love to adopt some brothers for them.
3) I'd hire some babysitting and finally finish writing one of the many books I've started. I've written the first few chapters of numerous stories--dating back to my college days. It'd be nice to FINISH one.
4) I'd hire some babysitting and finally finish writing my disertation (ABD just doesn't cut it--although I'm running out of time on that one...)
5) I'd buy up all of those gorgeous wooded tracts of land I see for-sale everywhere and keep them from being "developed." It would be my own land trust kind of thing.

So, I came up with these items--plus a few more fun ones that I didn't list--hey, a girl can dream. But then I pondered--what's stopping me from these goals? Sure, some of these need extra financial resources than what I've got, but what's stopping me from the other goals? Hmmm... What would you do if you had lots of money? What on your list is something you could do now?