Obeying the Rules this new year!

And you thought resolutions were all about weight loss and cleaned closets! That is so last year! I’m through setting myself up for failure and will now concentrate on important things like . . . the proper use of Q-tips!
I ask you, what do you think of when you hear the word Q-tip? I said, “What do you think of when you hear the word Q-tip?” Clean out your ears! Yah –  me, too! But that’s not what Q-tips are for. It says right on the package, and I quote:
WARNING:
Do not insert swab into ear canal.
I’m not kidding, here. Pretty much, the only thing we all use Q-tips for is the thing they don’t  want you to use them for! What are they used for then?  (you might ask yourself, or someone sitting next to you, or your dog, anyone?) Well, they tell you right on the package! 20151231_153611
It looks like you’re supposed to touch   1.) your eyebrow, 2.) your computer keyboard, 3.) your baby’s nose (don’t go in there, either!!) or  4.) scrub your entire shower with one. Wow – that will take all year! And here I’ve been mis-using them all along. No more! I will obey the rules this new year.
Just like when I give myself a perm, there’s a plastic bag that you place over your head – no, not over the face – to ‘cook’ the curl into your hair? Well, it says right there in the directions to throw the bag away when you’re finished. And here it is, just about the right size to store a head of lettuce! But No-o-o-o-o! You have to throw the perfectly good, sulfur smelling bag away when you’re done. Some things just go against my instincts, yah know?
I’m getting better at throwing away stuff – but I hope to get real good at it during 2016! Just this morning I was thinking that I may have mascara older than my oldest grand daughter. That would be twelve. And I found some candy in a kitchen drawer that said ‘best by 2002’. Do I win a contest for that?
Cleaning out and throwing away will be my projects for 2016. I shall clean like I mean it! Or, better yet, I will throw away those things that I don’t want to leave for others to deal with, should this be my last year on earth. Wait a minute – that sounds like a resolution to get ORGANIZED! Darn it, I tricked myself again.
Time to get a Q-tip and start cleaning the shower!