April 8, 2010

'L' IS FOR MY LOLA AWARDS!

Dear readers, I am participating in Jenny Matlock’s Alphabe-Thursday where ‘L’
is for both The Lola & Superior Scribbler Awards!

Firstly, I’ve got a little confession to make! I received most of the awards hanging in the sidebar over a year ago and, er, forgot about them - until now! The reason? The site’s had a spot of spring cleaning! And not just a coat or two of cooler, paler colours, polishing the pics and rearranging the text furniture. But hanging up winter’s woolly words and dusting down all those wonderful awards hanging over there, the most recent the Superior Scribbler Award from the wonderful Bhavesh Chhatbar which I’m passing on today together with the most famous and prestigious of all, my very own Lola Award for Services to Blogging!

But now, back to our awards today! Now I’m aware some of you don’t "do" awards and I’ve tried to bear that in mind with the nominations below. However, mistakes do happen dear readers and if, inadvertently, your blog’s been included ~ or excluded for that very reason ~ please blame it all on that useless P.A. of mine, Nora...!

Now, my Lola Award is for recently discovered blogs and, like all similar blog awards, is useful because it introduces wonderful new blogs to a wider readership. This means, regrettably, I have to EXCLUDE those esteemed fellow bloggers I’ve known now for a little while (most of whom have already been garlanded with well-deserved awards). In fact, all those listed on the sidebar deserve award after award but I’m restricted to just 20. (Stop gushing and get on with it. Your P.A., Nora.) So, ripping open the shiny, sealed envelope on the blogosphere podium, I momentarily pause (for drumroll and swig of whisky from artfully concealed hipflask) before reading out the nominations for both the Lola and Superior Scribbler Awards (in no particular order):

Finally, thank you all my dear readers and also new followers who visited or left comments this past week! Have a great Alphabe-Thursday! And do check out other great Alphabe-Thursday posts! btw I’ll be MIA for a few days cos’ my P.A.’s away on a brief business trip again! But she’s promised to type up and post my latest YOUR LOLA LIFELINE! next THURSDAY, 15 APRIL! Make a note in your diary! Don’t miss this historic, earth-shattering event!!
XOXO LOLA:)
PS Be good while I'm away!!

44 comments:

Bhavesh Chhatbar said...

This is so good; congratulations to all the awarded :) And thanks for noting my award to you!

People Who Know Me Would Say: said...

Nice L, Lola! Congrats to you!

French Fancy... said...

Yay, well done on the awards and thank you for not selecting me. I'm about to become an award free zone

xx

teawithonesugarplease said...

Thank you Lola and thank you Nora for including me Cheers from a Sunny London have a cuppa on me x

Viki said...

Great L post. Lola is such a cutie pie.

Unknown said...

Congrats to all the award winners :). I'll have to check out some of these cool blogs.
*kisses* HH

Berlin said...

Ah, so this is the surprise! I came by earlier but I guess I was a little too early XD
Always a pleasure reading your blog =) And a BIG THANK YOU for picking me to be part of the LOLA AWARDS =D
Have a great trip! Hear from you soon.

-Berlin=)-

Christy said...

I just discovered some of these blogs in the last couple weeks, I agree they are award worthy!

♥ Kathy said...

You are so sweet! Thank you so much! I'm following you now :) I'm going to post my award tomorrow on my Blog Love blog because that's where I post that kind of stuff but I'll be sure and tell them it's for my Me & My Memes blog :-) Thank you again!

Rocky Mountain Woman said...

Congratulations!

Love your L post..

jacque4u2c said...

thanks so much!!!! This is AWESOME!!!! You are the best blogger friend EVER!

Cindy said...

Congrats and thank you for passing it on to me. I stopped doing awards on my blog because it became overwhelming but I appreciate the thought so much!!!

Nadeen said...

I'm honored, Lola! Not sure why I have received this prestigious award but honored, just the same. At 5 o'clok (or neaby then) I will dig out my swig of whisky and say 'Cheers' to you, too. Life is too short not to celebrate!

RNSANE said...

Well, thank you so much for visiting my blog, and for honoring me with the lovely Lola award. Bhavesh Chhatbar gave me a Scribbler award so I am slowly collecting some honors for my blog which is encouraging. I read so many wonderful blogs, I feel mine is never up to par!

Holly said...

Fantastic post - so witty! Love it:D

Michelle said...

Loved this lola- so funny!That's why i'm a follower!

Mike said...

Great fun! Congrats to all the winners - alllook really interesting -will start reading now!

Debby said...

FUN!!! Congrats on your awards.
debby

MrsJenB said...

Thank you thank you!!! :-) I'm so happy that you thought of me! And I'm looking forward to visiting those I don't know yet! :-)

tania said...

Word verification was awward! Strange, no?! 8-)

Jan said...

My word verification is "MEME"!Spooky! :o)

Jo said...

Lola ... such great choices for me to explore! thanks for sharing these fab blogs!

Linda @ A La Carte said...

Thank you for recognizing my Blog and I accept your award. Very sweet of you and Lola!!

Linda @ A La Carte

Style At Every Age said...

What an honour to be included in your Awards list - thank you so much xx

Brenda said...

Congrats winners! Good L for this week.

SmilingSally said...

Nora, thank you for honoring me with this award and for the kind words.

bichonpawz said...

Awesome! Thank you so very much for honoring my blog with a very special LOLA Award!! I am truly grateful and you now have a new follower!! XOXO from Chloe and LadyBug, the NY BichonsFrises

Mary Beth @ Live. Laugh. Make Something said...

What a delightful post! ...and I can't wait to check pot all of those blogs 'cause the few that I'm familiar with are soooooo award deserving! I hopped over from Alphabe-Thursday and am so happy that I did! I am the new kid in class, and learning my way around. Please accept my invitation to drop in at my place one day this week when you get a moment. I have become a follower and hope you'll do the same. until later...

Steph said...

PS fun blog post! :)

Steph said...

Thanks so much for thinking of me for this prestigious award. :) I love the way you write and feel special to be included in such an amazing group. Sorry it took a while for me to get back to you. While most of you are getting in to the swing of your Thursday morning, I am going to bed (it's Thursday night on our side of the world). I truly am I new blogger and don't really know anything about how awards work. So you'll have to fill me in. I'm thinking I get to display it on my sidebar and link back to you. Is that right. Hope you have a great day (or night) as it may be! Stepheny

Jenny said...

Thank you for the blog love!

And thanks for making me smile on my fun journey through Alphabe-Thursday's letter "L"!

Gone until April 15th????

Whaaaaaatttttt?

Happy Thursday!

A+

VKT said...

I will have to check out some of these blog winners! This is my first participation in Alphabet Thursday. It is so much fun visiting all of the participating blogs!

Anonymous said...

Oh my gosh...Somebody besides my kids read my blog! And you liked it! I appreciate the compliment, which came on a day when I really needed some kind of pat on the back. Thank you so much!

♥ Kathy said...

I posted my awards here. Thank you so much!!

Unknown said...

what a nice thing to do and a great L post......

laterg8r said...

great list :D

Beth Niquette said...

I am very honored to receive such an award, dear girl! Have a perfectly wonderful weekend.

Kat said...

Congratulations, and a great choice for L. I'll have to check out some of these blogs that are new to me! Kathy

Betty said...

Lola must know that I love animals and I gladly accept her awards. Thanks!

Draffin Bears said...

Hi Lola and Nora,

Congratulations to all the Award winners!
I will have to go and check out their blogs when I find the time.
I hope that you are having a lovely weekend, dear friends.

Hugs
Carolyn

Duchess of Tea said...

Congratulations to all award recipients. So many blogs, so little time, I must get going. Have a lovely weekend my darlings and thank you so much for visiting me and for the sweet comments you leave behind, much appreciated.

Love & Hugs
Duchess

Life With Dogs said...

Well deserved, congrats - and thanks for introducing us to some great new finds!

trishie said...

Congrats on the awards, well deserved!

Kimmy said...

Awards are always great!! Congrats to the winners!!

Happy SWS!!