Have you met Miss Lidian?

The Virtual Dime Museum

Margie: Edna, I never lie so I must admit that I believe I've become a blog addict. I get up of a morning, make my coffee, and start reading blogs.

I love visiting other countries, looking at all the beautiful jewelry, and reading what's going on in other people's lives. One of my favorites is that blog by Lidian. I don't think that's her real name though. She probably uses an alias to stop people like you from snooping in her business.

Anyway, I love her Virtual Dime Museum. My word, those ads of hers take me back in time. You probably don't even know what a dime museum is since you lay abed all day. Lazy bones.

Edna: That is just like you, praising someone else and then insulting your own kin. How about this, Margie? If you're so keen on telling the truth, why don't you let our readers know just exactly how old you are. Go ahead, I'll wait.

Margie: Edna, I'll tell you my age when Hades freezes over. I much prefer reading at the lovely museum to talking to you. You're a nitwit.

Edna: I knew it folks, she'll never completely tell the truth. She's lying about me being a nitwit. Although I will give her this, I agree completely about that Miss Lidian and her blogs. She's a mighty entertaining blogger, and I just love going over to the Virtual Dime Museum. Her Kitchen Retro blog is wonderful, as well. You can tell she does her homework, and she comes up with some obscure, but still very interesting, topics.

Margie, I'll tell you the truth, I'm glad you decided to talk about Miss Lidian today. She truly is one of my favorite bloggers, and that's no lie.

Margie: That statement makes you only a half-wit, Edna. You know a good blog when I find one. I love obscure topics because you're so obscure.

Go to bed, Edna.

Kitchen Retro

The Special Tea Award

Over the course of our relatively short blogging career, we've had a number of people come visit us here at the Basement. Many people leave comments, and we thank you all, since we always love to hear what our readers have to say. But there are some individuals who are unfailingly kind, humorous, and enthusiastic when commenting on our blog. To honor them, we have come up with this:

We are giving this award to the following bloggers: Maitri, glor!e, Lidian, and Mr. The Hawg. They are talented bloggers in their own right, and are just really nice people. We think that it's always a good thing to recognize kindness as well as excellence, and we hope they appreciate this award.

Unlike most blogging awards, there are no rules with this one. It does not need to be passed along (unless the recipient wants to), nor is it necessary to link back to us or even post it on your blog. We just want you to lift a virtual cup of special tea, think fun thoughts, and enjoy your award.

Please know that this is not a one-time-only award. We'll be giving this award out periodically in the future, since there are other people we'd like to honor for their support and good humor. So keep watching, you might see your name on the next awards list!

You love us, you really love us!

Edna: Margie, come look at this! Mr. The Hawg gave us an award, wasn't that nice? He must really love us, but then we are pretty lovable. Well, I am anyway.

Margie: Dream on, Edna. I happen to be the one who inspired that award. He is such a nice Hawg. I always did love pork rinds too.

Edna: You know, this award got me to thinking. We've already gotten two blogging awards, and this is our third. Surely we can't be as wonderful as people say we are, can we?

Margie: That's a half-truth, Edna. I am as nice as people say. They just include you because they don't want to be rude.

Edna: You hush up, I'm trying to make a point here, you dimwit! I would like our readers to know that from now on, there is no need to give us any more awards. Let's stop beating around the bush here, people. You know we're wonderful and we know we're wonderful. I think we can all agree to agree and move on, don't you think?

Margie: I can agree with that, Edna. I've beat all the bushes I ever care to. Rugs too.

I do thank everyone for the nice awards though.

Edna: Me too, I am grateful that people feel we're award-worthy. And we think that all of you are award-worthy too. So, instead of naming names, we're sharing this with all the hard-working bloggers out there who blog for the joy of it. Keep doing what you do, and we all benefit.


We also recently recevied this award from lidian at The Virtual Dime Museum. We are touched to have been honored by two such entertaining and talented bloggers. Thank you both!