Well I have hit the big time with the Powerball so what is the first thing you buy after the bills are all paid.  I will go to the local Ford dealer and get the new 2006 Ford Ranger FX4 Level II with all the bells and whistles.  Then for my mother I will get a new 2006 Ford Escape Limited Automatic with all the bells and whistles.  Both are V-6's so I am hoping that they will still be decent on the gas budget.  After that I do not know what other big purchases I will make this year.  Maybe a new t.v. for my room and some new clothes.  I will probably pave the drive way since it is just dirt and rock into a nice smooth surface.  Then take down the old building on our property and have a new two story garage slash apartment put in.  After that I will have the shade tree taken out and then the rest of our property landscaped both the front and the back of the house.  That is probably a good start to getting things looking better around here.-Weshar75