Monday, November 16, 2009

What Molly doesn't want you to know

Guest Blogger, Lily, Molly's eldest and an unrepentant delinquent blogger...

Molly is a perfectionist blogger... a bad fit, in other words, for this nah-mo-blo-poo. She likes to take time over her words, saving a draft, revisiting it days later, tweaking it just right with a well-placed picture. I blame myself really, I introduced her to blogging, then abandoned her to it as life got nuts and kids stopped napping and the house demanded ripping apart and putting back together.

But Molly loves to write, to communicate, to connect. So she loves blogging, but blogging everyday drives Molly to what she considers drivel. She feels compelled to tell you a story, convinced that you do not wish to hear the mundane details of her ordinary life. Could you possibly care what she ate for breakfast, what errands she ran, how many cups of tea consumed, how many times she missed the kitty and shuddered at the screeching of young boys?

But maybe these are just the things you're wondering about Molly, just the details you need to complete the picture.

Today Molly ate Oat Bran cereal for breakfast -- she may or may not have added dried fruit... I was jogging the 1st grader down the road when she ate it. After breakfast she checked email and I dragged her cross town to Home Depot -- we bought blinds for my kitchen -- then to the fabric store where we bought fabric for a curtain I've commissioned. Didn't really eat lunch, but had a cup of tea and some Honey Pecan Tart (yum). The rest of the day was a blur of child pick ups and trips to the grocery and ended in a dinner of chicken taco soup which she claimed to enjoy.

Also, she uses sensodyne toothpaste. And now you know. Good night.

9 comments:

Warty Mammal said...

I care about all of those things. I care partially because my own life is as dull as ditch water, and partially because Molly writes engagingly and can bring a simple tube of Sensodyne to life with a few keystrokes.

Keep it coming, Molly. You're more than halfway there!

persiflage said...

Molly, I eagerly await each blog episode and I am certainly not alone in this. Now I am imagining the stroking of the Sensadyne tube. Wow.
Trivia is most important, and should be shared. Little details of everyday life help us to know each other.

Lone Grey Squirrel said...

Oat meal? What brand? And were nuts involved?

fifi said...

Is oatmeal the same as porridge?

Sounds like these days of yours are rather lovely..

Pauline said...

Isn't it neat that the most benign facts about a person can be interesting if interestingly put? Thanks, Lily :)

Thimbleanna said...

Thanks Lily! (And may I say what a superb job your mother has done of naming you?) It's the little things that count and all those little details are what comprise our the picture of our beloved Molly. I'm eagerly awaiting today's installment....

StitchinByTheLake said...

And exactly what color was the fabric? Were the blinds the kind with little skinny slats or big wide ones? And how in the world do you get a first grader to jog - mine always went at a flat out run! And is the Sensodyne working for you? I need to know! blessings, marlene

Ali Honey said...

SOoooo glad to know we use the same brand of toothpaste Molly!
I love your way with words so will always read what you have to say; dull and mundane or witty and thoughtful. I like Molly words so please keep at it!

( I hate word verification -it just made me type tyingste....now I'll be trying to use that at scrabble ! )

Meggie said...

I enjoyed that little peek into Molly's day!