There was a simple man...

[thistlechaser]

This was going to be a post about my taxes. Weeks, months!, of stressing out about doing them, and it took me maybe 20 minutes total to get them done. My taxes are simple and straightforward because my life is simple... which made me think of a quote.

There was a simple man who had a simple wife (something something) had a simple life.

My mother used to say it (sing it?) all the time, but I can't remember the middle something something. Oddly, Google has no hits at all for it, so maybe it was something she made up. Does it sound familiar to anyone?

Anyway, taxes came out better than usual this year. Usually I owe both state and federal. This year I owe $123 federal and get back $218 from state. Mostly I'm just happy to have it done!

Sadly I'm going to have to invest in a magnifying glass. Some of the numbers I had to input from the forms were so tiny I could hardly read them. My poor eyes are getting old.

Comments

[manue7a.livejournal.com]

I don't know about that song, but I know how that feels. Years ago I remembered a Croatian song my mom used to sing to me and I wanted to see if I could find it online somewhere, as I remembered only one verse. I asked in a Croatian forumbut got no replies. Much later (I obviously couldn't let go of it) I asked Google again and found a result - which turned out to be my own question I posted on that forum. boo :D

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Ha! I've had that happen! Post something on my LJ asking a question, then googling again and having my LJ be the only result -- seconds later! I ended up making a tag "Google is stalking me" or something like that because of it.

[ashmedai.livejournal.com]

I'm not familiar with the rhyme but keeping things simple is always great. And ONE of these days I'm going to buy that book "Simplify Your Life". *g*

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Agreed! I like keeping things as simple as possible.

[spike7451.livejournal.com]

I feel I should know that song/saying, it's vaguely familiar somehow.

Good to hear you had a win with your taxes.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Thanks! And I still haven't put my finger on the source. I have to remember to ask my mother!