Friday Finds & Reader Recommendations – June 8th 2018

*glitter cannons* 9 more hours til my weekend! Ooh and 1st!

Good morning! Happy Friday!
I want ‘Wanting Mr. Kane’–might as well keep my forbiddeny younger hero/heroine thing going!

Congratulations Nay! That is wonderful news!

Nay that is wonderful news!!! Now you can relax and have a great weekend!!
Bev, thank you for the KU list on the other post. I have read some, but will check out the rest.
—> “famous athlete” yep y,ou know me well Bev. 😉
Growing up, I used to watch Creature Feature ( horror movies) by myself late at night. LOVED it!!

There aren’t usually this many winners. I think they made the questions easier so that the wealth could be shared.

LOL, bev! That’s hilarious and SO true!
It’s addictive, Maryse! It’s like you HAVE to win. I AM GOING TO WIN HQ eventually. I got through question 11 that one time, and since then, I’ve only made it to #8 one time and #6 a handful of times. Every other time, I’m out on #3 or #4. I haven’t been playing as much lately, though.

Maryse–I checked the twitter feed before I started freaking out about the answer to that question. Someone tweeted this:
For everyone tonight, Achilles was the right answer. They asked for a person who was from an immortal MOTHER and MORTAL father.
I guess I was too hyped up to hear the question right.

So far he’s sleeping. I ignored his pushing and this time it worked. I think. Also, just fished watching Game Night. Really good movie!

Yeah, sorta. LOL
Aaargh! I made it to question 7 (big surprise) on HQ sports! Oh well, it was only for $1,000 instead of $5,000.

OMG I think I just wrote an essay. Sorry guys.

I love your essay Melinda! Lol. And your fairy story is awesome! I’m guessing a sleep means a nap. If so, I know he still needs them, but if he gets one, usually he can’t go to sleep until much later than normal. It’s also a major pain getting him to sleep in the first place. My kids don’t like to sleep. And no matter how late they go down, they’re up bright and early. I did give him a nap yesterday and I thought it’d be a fresh start when he got up. 10 minutes later he punched the dog in the face. I may have lost my mind at that point. I also have done Star rewards. And I spank. I’ve done time outs and I’ve done candy sprinkles if he’s good and stays in bed this week. I’ve resorted to taking away tv, iPad, outside time for all the crap yesterday, and I’ve bagged up toys.

Thankyou Leslie, I will have a look.
Tasha, the good news is this doesn’t last forever. But it sounds like he’s trying to get attention. Try my fairy spell. I’ve told heaps of people about it and it really works. Sometimes I find you have to promote good behaviour. I remember nearly tearing my hair out with my eldest. He just need some one on one time. That’s what I would try. Try calling him your good boy and really praise him when he does something good. They all really want to be good. Tell me how it works? Make a wand with him and explain how it’s going to work.

OMG, Melinda, you are SO right! Hubs and I used to say, ‘What are they talking about the terrible twos? It’s the terrible THREES!
My 3 boys all started having a problem with fibbing to me when they were about 4, 6 and 8. It was like they fed off of each other. So since I knew their ‘tells’ and could always tell when they were lying, I made up a story about the ‘mom dot’.
I told them that any time they lied to me, I could see a red dot on their forehead, called the ‘mom dot’. Since it was actually easy for me to tell when they were lying, they were mesmerized when I caught them in a lie, and the fibbing stopped.
Of course, I worked the lesson in there of why it’s wrong to lie, but you know how kids will turn you off after just a few words, so first I had to nip it in the bud, ironically with my own ‘white lie’. lol

Boys are hard. Middle boys especially. And middle 3-4 year old boys to some exponential power. We coined them the terrible twos, terrifying threes, feisty fours… For me… now that I’m on the other side… I can breathe a little easier, but it is hard work. Toddlers/preschoolers are super hard. I read a book… I know, crazy right? It is called something like Parenting the Strong-willed child. Because my kid 2, is *the* strongest willed child on the planet, I’m quite certain. He is 2 years and 9 months younger than his older sister…and wicked smart. I’m talking… super smart. So we all know, along with that intelligence comes the propensity to want things their way all the time. Well, when he was 20 months old, he decided he wanted to be potty trained. Just like that and he was. Because big sister used the potty… why couldn’t he? Dude, you’re so little… like truly, my mom had to sew his little boxer briefs because he *had* to wear underwear like his dad… and we couldn’t find any to fit him, so my mom had to take in underwear. And then the looks from people started… like why is this crazy lady making her baby use the bathroom, he’s too young. And all I could do was swallow my tongue and try not to scream that *HE* was the tyrant demanding to use the bathroom. What a problem to have right?
Anyway, I know exactly what you mean… when kid #3 came along… we had a little bit of a bumpy transition, it wasn’t too bad, my oldest was a few days shy of 7 and kid 2 had just turned 4 a couple months before. We gave him a couple gifts from the baby. And made sure to include him in jobs that were strictly his. He was in charge of being my special helper. And definitely did the one on one time alone with him. Whether it was a game… or a walk to the park. A reward chart is a good idea too. I can sympathize, Tasha… I remember those days, but I’m here now, I made it out! You will too! Have faith, you were chosen to be their mama. You’ve got this! There is no one on this Earth that will love them and care for them better than you; and soon, you too, will be on the other side of this age gap and be like Melinda and driving her kids all over for their big events… or be like me and running yourself ragged to little league games and dance recitals. *hugs*

Thank you guys for all your stories! Sometimes it’s just knowing you’re not alone.
I’m gonna try the wand. He has a huge imagination, I bet he’ll love it. I may have to call it something cooler than fairies though. He’s obsessed with all things beastly. He’s not all bad though. It’s just most of what I complain about. Lol

Finished my book. I liked it. I only read bits throughout the week and will miss dropping into that world.
Now onto Emergency Contact by Mary HK Choi, unless I squirrel.

I have seen pictures and lists of tbr s recently by month or by summer. They look so pretty, especially if a stack of actual books. Makes me want to make one though I know I’m not sticking to tbrs right now. Not even challenges.
Oh, temptation.

Nay, I forgot to say, I’m so happy that your results have been so good. You are sooo strong and if anyone can do it. It’s you. Love your lie detector story.
Grey, you are so right. Middle children are definitely the most challenging.
Although I didn’t really have any trouble when I had my third. My eldest was the most difficult. Strong minded, just thinking about it now, she gave me grief. Dressed herself at 18 months. And I wasn’t allowed to touch one piece of clothing. But it has its positives. She doesn’t follow anyone. Probably why she just finishing Nuclear Medicine. But boy was she hard.
So Tasha your not alone.
Jean, so happy you are enjoying ” The pebble Pebble Jar” . Someone great must have recommended it. Hahaha

Maryse… loveeee your podcast! You’re the best, thank you for everything you do. And props to Willow Aster for having you as her first blogger podcast, clearly she values you as much as we do!

I have a “do not watch” movie rec.
Hubs wanted to see Deadpool so we watched it and it was terrible. I love Marvel movies and this was bad. Even hubs disliked. 🙁

Too quiet.
1. What are you reading right Now?
2. What is your current must watch?
3. Last song you hit repeat on?
Bonus: Should I buy red vines or gummy worms?

LOL!! It IS her accent…her Canadian-Floridian accent. Cop ends up sounding like cock. 😛
Okay, so…
Sharon F is making me lime-green jealous ‘cause she is reading Transcend for the first time!
Tasha is making me want to send “calm child vibes” to her house. 😕
bev warmed my heart ‘cause she misses me…and I’m so happy you’ve got some book-love feels back!
Jean gave me the reminder I needed to move Pebble Jar up on my TBR list for a 2017-click read (because apparently I clicked it almost a year ago).
Melinda had me giddy asking for movie recs…then I realized my recs wouldn’t be welcome because I’m not a chick-flick chick. *snort*
Nay and Maryse have me wanting to try this HQ game but dang if I can remember how to get to it. Link? App name? Help a girl out here…

I love that song. It’s kind of the theme song for my second book and it’s on the playlist. I listen too it all the time!
And OMG guys I just finished American King and I feel like I had a tear duct enima.