MISHMASH MONDAY

While in the Air Force years ago, I joined a bowling league and really sucked (lol), but that didn't stop me from trying to land those strikes every time.  It was a great way to spend time with friends and to throw in a little exercise.

Are you a bowler, or just looking for something creative to do on a date? Well August 8 is your day to have some FREE fun at the bowling alley and impress your friends!  If you visit any of these brands:  AMF, Brunswick, Brunswick Zone, Bowlero, or Bowlmor, you'll score one FREE game of bowling from 10am - 12pm.

For more information please visit : http://nationalbowlingday.com/

Actual e-mail from Red Robin to each of of us, received
on August 1, 2015 along
with member ID# number

August is one of the best months ever! Well - minus the blistering heat, of course. Why, you ask?  It's my birthday, yes it's my birthday - yay! Hottie hubby's birthday comes first, then the day after that is our anniversary, then it's MY birthday.  So we (meaning me-lol) spend that period shopping for freebies.  

If you enjoy a good burger and want to snag it for FREE every year, visit Red Robin.  Even better, you can eat at any time during the month of your birthday to take advantage of this awesome deal.  If you join Connected with Ruby Tuesday, get a FREE cheeseburger up to $9.99 on the day of your birthday. 

Are you a Book Nerd like me and want some amazing deals on ebooks?  Sign up with Free Kindle Books at www.fkbt.com.  Many books are deeply discounted to just $ .99 or even FREE.

Sometimes you just need to get something off your chest that's impossible to share with anyone else.  If that's you, feel free to write it on a postcard and send it off to http://postsecret.com/.

I normally use unique postcards in picture frames randomly throughout the house,but this is a brilliant idea.  In addition, they have over a million LIKES on Facebook and over 38,000 followers on Twitter.

As a shout out to my buddy Anna over at at www.herdingcats-burningsoup.com, (Hey Anna!) who happens to be vegetarian, this is a site that I couldn't help being connected to.  It's simply beautiful, well organized and the recipes are put together so that even I can figure it out. You are going to get hooked on the award-winning http://www.loveandlemons.com/.  I can't wait to try the Matcha Milkshakes.

Book-a-holics like me will stop just  short of stealing when it comes to finding a book.  Save valuable time and money by checking out www.abebooks.com where there is a listing for literally thousands of books, including first editions!  If you've been searching for a novel that you haven't been able to get anywhere else, this is the place to go. Their tag line is:Passion For Books.

JUST ONE MORE THING

We've been talking about blog burnout or boredom, followers/subscribers, commenting and coming up with topics.  But what if you're the blogger on the other end of the spectrum?  Is there such a thing as blogging too much?  

As bloggers, we're probably connected on social media by phone, iPad, laptop, computer or other places I probably don't know about, and that can take up time.

Are you blogging more than a zillion times a day?   Have you stopped actually working at work to share some tasty tidbits via your blog?  Are you pissing off co-workers by using blind topics that aren't really blind about work incidents?  Have you been going out of your way to do something out of character to create a blog topic?  A stranger smiled, you backed out of the driveway, you shopped at the grocery store, etc., have now suddenly become items of discussion for your blog. (lol)  Has your family become nonexistent? Are we blogging just too dang much?