NEW NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION! GET CONTROL!

In my world, I have realized that I don't have control over much, if anything. I don't have control over world peace. I don't have control over the health care quandry. I can live with that fact. What I don't understand is why I don't have control over my piddly, every day things. First, I don't have control over my housework. Just when I think I've got it ALMOST under control, BAM! something in my mind changes my FOCUS! Baxter, Scooter and Marley KNOW I don't have control over them. I can lecture and lecture and they don't listen. They just go back into the garbage can, sniff out something disgusting, and drag it through the house. My girlies listen about as well. I'll mention to one or the other "have you seen my MAC eyeliner?" Answer: (in a high, sweet, almost squealie voice) "No. uh, uh." The next morning, wow, a miracle has occurred, said eyeliner is on the bathroom counter. I'll lecture and lecture and NO ONE cares! One of my favorite books is "The Ladder of Years" by Anne Tyler. Whenever I pull this book out my husband is on alert. It's about a middle aged woman whose family pretty much just doesn't see her. She has control over absolutely nothing. Her family goes on vacation to a beach house on the coast and while they're at the beach she takes a walk and just keeps walking . . . yep, just keeps a going. So, Tarzan, knowing the plot of this book, tends to take notice when it's pulled out at bedtime. I guess as long as he notices that, I'll give him credit! Something else that hinders my "control" are silly sitcoms. I can be focused on a cleaning task and if an episode of King of Queens comes on that I'm especially fond of, even though I can say the lines verbatim, I'll stop what I'm doing and once again, lose control of my tasks!!! I'd have done better with the control/focus thing if I'd lived in the days of early television where you had three channels to choose from and plan your day accordingly. Today, I can find something EVERY HOUR OF THE DAY . It's a BAD habit that I've got to get control over. So, in my venture to lose said bad habit maybe I'll gain a little control. A little less Doug Heffernan might help me get a little more control.