My Happy Lists

The Hubbie and I (commonly known as Team Wilson) are not wealthy by any means. We work in fairly low-paying jobs (in the $10/hour range) despite our advanced college degrees. And yet, despite living paycheck to paycheck, we have managed to end up owing the government an additional $2,000 this year.

Here are 7 reasons why (my UNHappy List of the month).

1. Miniscule pay raise. I actually worked full time for the whole year and we earned a little more money since I wasn’t going to school. But that leads to #2.

2. No longer a student. Those tuition credits came in handy.

3. Debt Settlement = Taxable Income. So poor that I defaulted on a student loan and settled the debt for about 50% of what I owed. Turns out that counts as “taxable income.” Because that makes sense.

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With some input from Tyler Wilson (the hubbie) from Normdog Entertainment, here are the best and worst of the 2010 Oscars.

The Good

 Opening song by Neil Patrick Harris. The singing was slightly strained, but the song was great.

Tina Fey and Robert Downey, Jr. Actually funny. They should have hosted the show.

John Hughes movie clip montage. Because, who doesn’t love the Hughes? Pretty sad that he’s gone now.

 Samuel L. Jackson presents “Up.” As a former Pixar actor (Frozone, The Incredibles) Sammy J. introduced the movie clip without sounding like a teleprompter robot.

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I’m currently in the process of transferring all the blog entries over at happylists.wordpress.com over to my new wordpress website, www.MyHappylists.com.

Please be patient while I transfer over the older entries (and update them as best as possible in the process).

Thanks!

~Angela Wilson
MyHappyLists.com Writer & Administrator