Creative K Kids

*Cooking * Crafting * Contemplation * Chaos *




The Ultimate Pinterest Party, Week 265

This post may contain affiliate links. If you purchase those items through my links I will earn a commission. You will not pay more when buying a product through my link. Go HERE for more disclaimers.

By Leave a Comment

Here’s what’s new on Creative K Kids:

  • This week on Tasty Tuesdays, I shared a new round up or breakfast recipes .   You can link up to the Tasty Tuesday’s linky party HERE.
  • On this week’s Thoughtful Thursdays, I shared some of my notes that I used when I taught the name of God, Jehovah, to a ladies Sunday School class. You can link up any thoughtful posts you have written.

Thank you for participating in The Ultimate Pinterest Party!

Please share this party with your blogger friends!! If you would like to receive an email reminding you to link up, you can sign up HERE.

Link up 2 pins to The Ultimate Pinterest Party from Friday at 8 am ET - Saturday 8 am ET

HERE ARE THE FEATURED PINS FROM LAST WEEK’S PARTY:

Featured pins from The Ultimate PInterest Party, Week 264

RULES:

  • Rule #1: Link up only 2 PINS (not blog posts. Pins that are duplicates from a previous week will not be repinned.)
  • Rule #2: Do NOT re-pin from the linky below.
  • Rule #3: You must commit to re-pinning from WEEK 265, THE ULTIMATE PINTEREST PARTY on SATURDAY or SUNDAY. (Re-pin from the pins that say “The Ultimate Party, Week 265 pins.”)
  • Rule #4: Please only link up your own original pins that contain your images to this party. Do not link up pictures of other bloggers that you may have included in a round-up. Your collage of pictures for a round-up would be fine.
  • Rule #5: Please do not link up sale posts from your blog or sale posts that go to Etsy or Ebay –only pins that go to actual blog posts on your blog. Thank you.

Details to Observe:

  • Before you link up the pin, click on the pin and make sure it takes you to your post, not your home page.
  • Linking up to this party gives the hosts permission to use a picture and a link to your post if they feature your post on their blogs or social media.
  • Creative K Kids is not responsible for stolen images or the mis-use by others who have found your image through CreativeKKids.com.

Thanks for making this party such a success!!

PLEASE SHARE! You can share on all the social medias (facebook, google+, etc.) but here is a Twitter button to make it easy!

NOW LET’S GET TO OUR PARTY!

  • Follow your hosts on Pinterest. (Click “Follow All” and then go back and unfollow individual boards if you don’t want to see some of our pins):

Tammy from Creative K Kids — Click HERE to follow on Pinterest.

host of The Ultimate Pinterest Party

Ali from Home Crafts by Ali — Click HERE to follow on Pinterest.

host -- Ali from Home Crafts by Ali

  • We will have all the pins pinned by 8 am Eastern time Saturday morning.
  • Please re-pin sometime on Saturday or Sunday. If you know that you do not have the time to re-pin pins, then DO NOT LINK UP!
  • I can decide to not pin a pin if it goes against my beliefs or against the rules of this party.
  • Please grab the button to help bring awareness to this party. Put on your party page, sidebar, or post!
Creative K KIds

PLEASE LINK UP ONLY 2 PINS! (THAT ARE NON-ALCOHOLIC!)

Please sign up HERE to receive emails about the party being open on Friday morning! An email will also be sent on Saturday morning to remind you to repin a few links!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter


Thoughtful Thursdays: Jehovah, The Self-Existent One, Part 1

This post may contain affiliate links. If you purchase those items through my links I will earn a commission. You will not pay more when buying a product through my link. Go HERE for more disclaimers.

By Leave a Comment

I have been sharing some of my notes and printables from the Sunday School study we have been doing based on Kay Arthur’s book, Lord I Want to Know You.

I have used several books when I have studied to teach the class, but the other ladies just have the book Lord I Want to Know You. If you wanted to see a list of the books I used for my study purposed, you can see this Names of God post.

Here are all of the names of God we have studied so far:

The name of Jehovah has more history than the other names of God.

As this is one of the most used names of God in the Bible, we must know what it means! I love this quote by Catherine Martin.

Trusting in God as Yahweh leads you to the most sacred, holy place in your relationship with Him, for Yahweh is the most personal, intimate name of God.”

The name Yahweh -- do you know what it means? Does it mean anything to you? It is a personal, intimate name from which we can draw strength and comfort.

Even though I condensed my notes down to only two single-spaced pages, it is still a lot of information. Therefore, I am going to take two weeks to share my notes on this very important name of God. I may not get all my information completely correct, but here is what I found in my studies about the name Jehovah:

  • The rabbis would not speak the name for fear of blasphemy (Leviticus 24:16), but instead would refer to this name as “the Name,” or the “extraordinary name,” “the unutterable name,” and “the holy name.” “the distinguished name,” or the “quadilateral name” (or Tetragrammaton), for the four letters YHWH.
  • The high priest would mention the name Jehovah on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, 10 times, so that its pronunciation would not be lost.  Also, older teachers repeated this name to their disciples once during every sabbatical year.
  • However, the true pronunciation of the name YHWH was lost because Judaism in the postexilic period (fifth century b.c. and later) prohibited the pronunciation of the name due to the commandment in Exodus 20:7.
  • Why do we say the name Jehovah?
    • Between the 7th-11th centuries A. D., the Maorete scribes substituted the vowel marks for Adonai under the letters YHWH. This reminded the reader to say adonai instead of Yahweh (Exodus 20:7)
    •   In the 16th century A. D., a German translator took these manuscripts and wrote the name YHVH (YHWH) putting the vowels of Adonai into the word.  By doing this, he incorrectly came up with the name Jehovah (YaHoVaH).
  • The Hebrew word translated “I AM” is YHWH, transliterated in English, Yahweh, which in our English Bible is translated LORD*.

What does Jehovah mean?

  1. The word Jehovah comes from the Hebrew verb hayah, which signifies “to be”” or “to become.
  2. When translated in the first person, it becomes “I AM,” said twice.
  3. This name expresses His self-existence and the unchangeableness of His character. He transcends the past, the present, and the future. 

What are the key manifestations of the name Jehovah (LORD*, Yahweh, I AM)?

  • Genesis 2:4–1st time used in Scripture
  • Exodus 3:14—we see the name, I AM THAT I AM. This is the covenantal name of God

And God said unto Moses, I Am That I Am: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I Am hath sent me unto you.

  • Exodus 6:2-4—Jehovah is finally understood to be the covenant-keeping God

And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD*: And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name Jehovah was I not known to them. And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.

  • Exodus 34:1-14—God uses this name when He makes His covenant with Israel.

For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD*, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:

*In the words LORD above, the L in LORD should be a bigger capital letter than the letters ORD, but I cannot figure out how to do that in my blogging platform.

Is God still our Jehovah God today?

Yes! We have the following promises!

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

When you need assurance that God is there, that He will keep His promises without changing—even though you have wavered in you promises to Him—you need to run to your Jehovah—your covenant keeping God.  Trust in His name.  It can’t change because He can’t change. 

How should we apply this name to our lives today?

We are not to enter into a covenant with this world, just like the Israelites were not to enter into a covenant with the other inhabitants of the land.  We are not to love this world or the things of this world, because our Jehovah is a jealous God.

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

Next week, I will share the message of the name Jehovah and how Jesus in the New Testament reveals Himself as Jehovah God.

Come link up your thoughtful posts to Thoughtful Thursdays linky party!

The thoughtful topics for your posts could be related to but not limited to the following topics:

* homemaking * homeschooling * devotional or Biblical posts * Christian in nature * family/marriage * inspirational *

  1. Do NOT link up recipes, reviews, giveaways, diy, or crafts.
  2. Link up to three posts that have not been linked up to this linky previously!
  3. We would love it if you visited a couple other posts and left a comment or shared/pinned the post!
  4. If you wish, please follow Creative K Kids by subscribing to our newsletter or following us on social media.

If you link up, we would love if you put this button somewhere on your blog (sidebar, post, or party page) or provide a text link so that others can also find these great posts.

Creative K Kids

If you would like to receive a weekly email reminder on Thursday parties about linking up to this party, please sign up HERE.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Tasty Tuesdays: Breakfast Recipes

This post may contain affiliate links. If you purchase those items through my links I will earn a commission. You will not pay more when buying a product through my link. Go HERE for more disclaimers.

By 4 Comments

I really don’t know how women work full-time, take care of their families, blog, and all of the other duties that are on their plate.

As a pastor’s wife, teacher in our tiny church school, and mom of five kids, something has to give. I have not been able to put the time into blogging like i used to do. I used to stay home all day with my babies. I babysat, but I had nap time and other times to dedicate to blogging. Now I fall asleep writing a post!

I know others have even more on their plates than I do; I’m just sharing with you my current stage of life. I’m keeping my blogging going for now– we’ll see if I ever let it go. I don’t know what will happen down the road; but I do know that I am lucky if I get a great homemade dinner on the table. I definitely am not able to take pictures, edit them, and all that goes into posting new recipes.

Therefore, I will continue to share some round-ups of your recipes. This week, I am sharing some of the breakfast recipes you have linked up to previous parties. I will share an instant pot round up, slow cooker round up, an apple recipe round up, and a pumpkin recipe round up in the near future.

Here are 18 great breakfast recipes!

Here are 18 breakfast recipes worth waking up for!
  1. Red Velvet Pancakes with Cream Cheese Topping from Marilyn’s Treats
  2. Red White and Blue French Toast from Marilyn’s Treats
  3. Apple Cinnamon Monkey Bread from Live Love Texas
  4. Sweet Potato and Bacon Quiche Recipe from Ann’s Entitled Life
  5. Chile Relleno Breakfast Casserole in a Mug Recipe from Home Cooking Memories
  6. Breakfast Cookies from Blessed Simplicity
  7. Blueberry Oatmeal Breakfast Bars from Delightful E Made
  8. Sausage Egg Muffins from A Proverbs 31 Wife
  9. Lemon Blueberry Pancakes Recipe from Mommy Evolution
  10. Quick Blueberry Oatmeal Cupsfrom Treat and Trick
  11. Whole Wheat Sheet Pan Pancakes Recipe from Blessed Simplicity
  12. Blueberry Coffee Cake from Spaceships and Laser Beams
  13. Easy Breakfast Roll-Ups Recipe from Home Cooking Memories
  14. Ninja Foodi Low-Carb Breakfast Casserole from Air Fryer Fanatics
  15. Hash Brown Bacon Breakfast Sandwich from All Because She Saved
  16. Keto Belgian Chaffles from The Short Order Cook
  17. Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal from Comfort Spring
  18. Homemade Cereal Bars from Organized Island

See 10 more of my breakfast recipes HERE!

PLEASE LINK UP TO THREE FOOD POSTS TO THE TASTY TUESDAYS’ LINKY PARTY!

Tasty Tuesday's hosts
  • PLEASE follow the hosts of this party through one of their social media listed below. They will visit your post and pin it. Just pick one (or more) of the options below and please follow them.

**Tammy from Creative K Kids (Blog)**
Pinterest/Facebook/Google+/Twitter/Instagram

**Audrey from That Recipe (Blog)**
Pinterest/Facebook/Google+/Twitter/Instagram 

**Lisa from Blogghetti (Blog)**
Pinterest/Facebook/Twitter/Instagram

  • Please link up to three food-related posts that have never been linked up here before.  Posts containing alcohol also will not be pinned.
  • Place this button or a link to this post somewhere on your site–either on the actual post or on your sidebar or on your party page.
Creative K Kids
  • As a thank-you for linking up, we will pin your recipe to the Tasty Tuesdays at Creative K Kids Pinterest board. Please follow the board to see all the great food recipes!
  • Creative K Kids is not responsible for stolen images or the mis-use by others who have found your image through CreativeKKids.com.
  • By linking up, you agree to let any of the hosts or co-hosts  use your pictures and links if they decide to feature your post. Your photo may also be used for promotion on any of their social media outlets.
  • If you would like to receive an email reminding you to link up to this party, please click HERE and add your email address to the list! I will only send you an email about linking up to this party.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

The Ultimate Pinterest Party, Week 264

This post may contain affiliate links. If you purchase those items through my links I will earn a commission. You will not pay more when buying a product through my link. Go HERE for more disclaimers.

By Leave a Comment

Here’s what’s new on Creative K Kids:

  • This week on Tasty Tuesdays, I shared all of the favorite recipes from August’s Tasty Tuesday parties.   You can link up to the Tasty Tuesday’s linky party HERE.
  • On this week’s Thoughtful Thursdays, I shared printables for a Bible study on the name of God, Adonai. You can go see that post HERE and link up any thoughtful posts you have written.

Thank you for participating in The Ultimate Pinterest Party!

Please share this party with your blogger friends!! If you would like to receive an email reminding you to link up, you can sign up HERE.

Link up 2 pins to The Ultimate Pinterest Party from Friday at 8 am ET - Saturday 8 am ET

HERE IS THE FAVORITE PIN FROM LAST WEEK’S PARTY:

40 Cool Salads for Hot Days from Creative K Kids had 8 repins last week!

HERE ARE THE FEATURED PINS FROM LAST WEEK’S PARTY:

Featured pins from The Ultimate Pinterest Party, Week 263

RULES:

  • Rule #1: Link up only 2 PINS (not blog posts. Pins that are duplicates from a previous week will not be repinned.)
  • Rule #2: Do NOT re-pin from the linky below.
  • Rule #3: You must commit to re-pinning from WEEK 264, THE ULTIMATE PINTEREST PARTY on SATURDAY or SUNDAY. (Re-pin from the pins that say “The Ultimate Party, Week 264 pins.”)
  • Rule #4: Please only link up your own original pins that contain your images to this party. Do not link up pictures of other bloggers that you may have included in a round-up. Your collage of pictures for a round-up would be fine.
  • Rule #5: Please do not link up sale posts from your blog or sale posts that go to Etsy or Ebay — only pins that go to actual blog posts on your blog. Thank you.

Details to Observe:

  • Before you link up the pin, click on the pin and make sure it takes you to your post, not your home page.
  • Linking up to this party gives the hosts permission to use a picture and a link to your post if they feature your post on their blogs or social media.
  • Creative K Kids is not responsible for stolen images or the mis-use by others who have found your image through CreativeKKids.com.

Thanks for making this party such a success!!

PLEASE SHARE! You can share on all the social medias (facebook, google+, etc.) but here is a Twitter button to make it easy!

NOW LET’S GET TO OUR PARTY!

  • Follow your hosts on Pinterest. (Click “Follow All” and then go back and unfollow individual boards if you don’t want to see some of our pins):

Tammy from Creative K Kids — Click HERE to follow on Pinterest.

host of The Ultimate Pinterest Party

Ali from Home Crafts by Ali — Click HERE to follow on Pinterest.

host -- Ali from Home Crafts by Ali

  • We will have all the pins pinned by 8 am Eastern time Saturday morning.
  • Please re-pin sometime on Saturday or Sunday. If you know that you do not have the time to re-pin pins, then DO NOT LINK UP!
  • I can decide to not pin a pin if it goes against my beliefs or against the rules of this party.
  • Please grab the button to help bring awareness to this party. Put on your party page, sidebar, or post!
Creative K KIds

PLEASE LINK UP ONLY 2 PINS! (THAT ARE NON-ALCOHOLIC!)

Please sign up HERE to receive emails about the party being open on Friday morning! An email will also be sent on Saturday morning to remind you to repin a few links!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter


Thoughtful Thursdays: Adonai, The Lord

This post may contain affiliate links. If you purchase those items through my links I will earn a commission. You will not pay more when buying a product through my link. Go HERE for more disclaimers.

By Leave a Comment

I have been sharing for several weeks thoughts on the names of God. We have been using Kay Arthur’s book, Lord, I Want to Know You, in our ladies Sunday School class. I have been making handouts for our Sunday School studies, so I thought some of you might be interested in using the sheets for your own personal Bible study.

The handouts are made up from studying several books. You can see which books I used for my personal study in the post below called Names of God. You can get handouts for any of the previous lessons by clicking on the links below.

The next name of God in the book is Adonai which means “Lord” or “Master.”

A quote from Hudson Taylor: "If He is not Lord of all, He is not Lord at all."

Master indicates RELATIONSHIP:
complete submission of those who call Him Lord.

Lord indicates OWNERSHIP:
complete possession by God. God is our total authority.

The key verse where we first see the name of Adonai is Genesis 15:2. 

And Abram said, Lord (Adonai) GOD (Jehovah), what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?

Adonai -- Our Master and Lord. He owns us; yet because He owns us, He provides all that we need. Come get some printables to help you study this name of God.

Here we see Abraham who had already been in the Promised Land for 10 years.  God had previously promised Abraham the land and a son.  Now Sarah is past the age to bear children.  As Abraham had a slave/master relationship to God, it was only natural that he came to God using the name Adonai (Master) and then Jehovah, which we will discuss in a couple of weeks.

Slavery was very common in Abraham’s day. In Abraham’s days, a bondservant or a slave was far better off than a hired servant because his master provided for him totally. It was the master’s duty to protect and care for his slave according to his need.  The master even provided direction in his day-by-day living.

Abraham was trusting God to fulfill His promise and to bring him the heir that God had promised.

The wonderful truth about this master-servant relationship that Abraham understood was that this relationship between the master and the servant did not begin with the servant but with the master. The master was to do two things for his slaves. 

  • First, he must provide for the needs of his slaves—a place to sleep, food, clothing, and the basic necessities. 
  • Second, the master must give direction, training, and accountability for the work of the slave. 

Therefore, Abraham calling God Adonai put the responsibility on God to fulfill His responsiblities. Yet it also showed that Abraham knew his place. He knew that he was to be submissive to the task God put before him. He knew God would supply everything he needed to do his Master’s will.

It is the Master’s job to provide what His servants need, and it is the servants’ job to obey.

Here are three truths that the name Adonai assures for us as believers:

  • It implies that our God and Master has the resources and ability to take care of us.
  • It implies that help is available to us to carry out our Christian duty as a servant.
  • It gives us the confidence that we, as servants of Adonai, have the privilege of calling upon our relationship with the Master to get the help that we need.

As bondservants, we have responsibilities to our Lord.

  1. Our Adonai expects our support, loyalty to your Master above all other commitments. (Matthew 10:37-38, Genesis 15:2, Philippians 1:20-21)
  2. Our Adonai expects our submission, becoming a voluntary slave of Jesus Christ. (James 4:7a, Exodus 4:10-14, Luke 6:46, Isaiah 6:1-8)
  3. Our Adonai expects our service. (Isaiah 6:8; I Cor. 12:4-6)
  4. Our Adonai expects us to be good stewards. (1 Corinthians 6:19-20,  Romans 12:1-2)
Adonai: Is God your Lord and Master? Printable handout that can be used to study the name Adonai as well as a printable graphic. More names of God handouts as well!

You can print out the handout HERE for the lesson and the graphic HERE if you wish!

Adonai: Is God your Lord and Master? Printable handout that can be used to study the name Adonai as well as a printable graphic. More names of God handouts as well!
Adonai: Is God your Lord and Master? Printable handout that can be used to study the name Adonai as well as this printable graphic. More names of God handouts as well!

Come link up your thoughtful posts to Thoughtful Thursdays linky party!

The thoughtful topics for your posts could be related to but not limited to the following topics:

* homemaking * homeschooling * devotional or Biblical posts * Christian in nature * family/marriage * inspirational *

  1. Do NOT link up recipes, reviews, giveaways, diy, or crafts.
  2. Link up to three posts that have not been linked up to this linky previously!
  3. We would love it if you visited a couple other posts and left a comment or shared/pinned the post!
  4. If you wish, please follow Creative K Kids by subscribing to our newsletter or following us on social media.

If you link up, we would love if you put this button somewhere on your blog (sidebar, post, or party page) or provide a text link so that others can also find these great posts.

Creative K Kids

If you would like to receive a weekly email reminder on Thursday parties about linking up to this party, please sign up HERE.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Tasty Tuesdays: Favorite Recipes from August’s Parties

This post may contain affiliate links. If you purchase those items through my links I will earn a commission. You will not pay more when buying a product through my link. Go HERE for more disclaimers.

By 2 Comments

Today, I get to share with you all of the favorite recipes from August’s Tasty Tuesday’s linky parties.

Thank you so much for coming and linking up your recipes. With me going back to teaching full-time, I haven’t had the time to take pictures of new recipes. So I have been sharing round-ups of your recipes! Keep linking up your great recipes!

Favorite Recipes linked up to August's Tasty Tuesday's linky parties.

August 6th’s party had 7 favorite recipes linked up to it!

How to Make Sheet Pan S’mores from Mom Maven received the most views from August 13th’s party.

Two recipes tied for the most views from August 20th’s party.

Impossible Fresh Peach Streusel Pie and Grilled fresh SALMON BASIL BURGERS from Cindy’s Online Recipe Box received the most views from August 27th’s party.

PLEASE LINK UP TO THREE FOOD POSTS TO THE TASTY TUESDAYS’ LINKY PARTY!

Tasty Tuesday's hosts
  • PLEASE follow the hosts of this party through one of their social media listed below. They will visit your post and pin it. Just pick one (or more) of the options below and please follow them.

**Tammy from Creative K Kids (Blog)**
Pinterest/Facebook/Google+/Twitter/Instagram

**Audrey from That Recipe (Blog)**
Pinterest/Facebook/Google+/Twitter/Instagram 

**Lisa from Blogghetti (Blog)**
Pinterest/Facebook/Twitter/Instagram

  • Please link up to three food-related posts that have never been linked up here before.  Posts containing alcohol also will not be pinned.
  • Place this button or a link to this post somewhere on your site–either on the actual post or on your sidebar or on your party page.
Creative K Kids
  • As a thank-you for linking up, we will pin your recipe to the Tasty Tuesdays at Creative K Kids Pinterest board. Please follow the board to see all the great food recipes!
  • Creative K Kids is not responsible for stolen images or the mis-use by others who have found your image through CreativeKKids.com.
  • By linking up, you agree to let any of the hosts or co-hosts  use your pictures and links if they decide to feature your post. Your photo may also be used for promotion on any of their social media outlets.
  • If you would like to receive an email reminding you to link up to this party, please click HERE and add your email address to the list! I will only send you an email about linking up to this party.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

The Ultimate Pinterest Party, Week 263

This post may contain affiliate links. If you purchase those items through my links I will earn a commission. You will not pay more when buying a product through my link. Go HERE for more disclaimers.

By 1 Comment

Here’s what’s new on Creative K Kids:

  • This week on Tasty Tuesdays, I shared a round up of recipes for Cold Salads for Hot Days. In Florida, we have a lot of those hot days.   You can link up to the Tasty Tuesday’s linky party HERE.
  • On this week’s Thoughtful Thursdays, I shared thoughts on time savers for working moms. You can go see that post HERE and link up any thoughtful posts you have written.

Thank you for participating in The Ultimate Pinterest Party!

Please share this party with your blogger friends!! If you would like to receive an email reminding you to link up, you can sign up HERE.

Link up 2 pins to The Ultimate Pinterest Party from Friday at 8 am ET - Saturday 8 am ET

HERE IS THE FAVORITE PIN FROM LAST WEEK’S PARTY:

Favorite pin from The Ultimate Pinterest Party, Week 262

HERE ARE THE FEATURED PINS FROM LAST WEEK’S PARTY:

Featured pins from The Ultimate PInterest Party, Week 262

RULES:

  • Rule #1: Link up only 2 PINS (not blog posts. Pins that are duplicates from a previous week will not be repinned.)
  • Rule #2: Do NOT re-pin from the linky below.
  • Rule #3: You must commit to re-pinning from WEEK 263, THE ULTIMATE PINTEREST PARTY on SATURDAY or SUNDAY. (Re-pin from the pins that say “The Ultimate Party, Week 263 pins.”)
  • Rule #4: Please only link up your own original pins that contain your images to this party. Do not link up pictures of other bloggers that you may have included in a round-up. Your collage of pictures for a round-up would be fine.
  • Rule #5: Please do not link up sale posts from your blog or sale posts that go to Etsy or Ebay –only pins that go to actual blog posts on your blog. Thank you.

Details to Observe:

  • Before you link up the pin, click on the pin and make sure it takes you to your post, not your home page.
  • Linking up to this party gives the hosts permission to use a picture and a link to your post if they feature your post on their blogs or social media.
  • Creative K Kids is not responsible for stolen images or the mis-use by others who have found your image through CreativeKKids.com.

Thanks for making this party such a success!!

PLEASE SHARE! You can share on all the social medias (facebook, google+, etc.) but here is a Twitter button to make it easy!

NOW LET’S GET TO OUR PARTY!

  • Follow your hosts on Pinterest. (Click “Follow All” and then go back and unfollow individual boards if you don’t want to see some of our pins):

Tammy from Creative K Kids — Click HERE to follow on Pinterest.

host of The Ultimate Pinterest Party

Ali from Home Crafts by Ali — Click HERE to follow on Pinterest.

host -- Ali from Home Crafts by Ali

  • We will have all the pins pinned by 8 am Eastern time Saturday morning.
  • Please re-pin sometime on Saturday or Sunday. If you know that you do not have the time to re-pin pins, then DO NOT LINK UP!
  • I can decide to not pin a pin if it goes against my beliefs or against the rules of this party.
  • Please grab the button to help bring awareness to this party. Put on your party page, sidebar, or post!
Creative K KIds

PLEASE LINK UP ONLY 2 PINS! (THAT ARE NON-ALCOHOLIC!)

Please sign up HERE to receive emails about the party being open on Friday morning! An email will also be sent on Saturday morning to remind you to repin a few links!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter


Thoughtful Thursdays: Time Savers for Working Moms

This post may contain affiliate links. If you purchase those items through my links I will earn a commission. You will not pay more when buying a product through my link. Go HERE for more disclaimers.

By 2 Comments

I’m back in the work force.

The past 3 years, I have volunteered and pulled a very small pay check for teaching the mornings at our local church school that is really considered a private school in the state of Florida as all the students at the school register with an umbrella school.

This year, I have to be the main teacher as our other teacher had to go teach at a school in our area. Now, I have to admit that this is the smallest pay check I have ever pulled since I was in high school; however, four of the nine students are my kids and I get to pick what I think is best for them to learn. I also get Fridays-Sundays off. Kind-of. I do have to do schedules for all of the kids and make sure we are set for the next week, but I can do a lot of that from my living room.

I was going to do another names of God post, but I ran out of time as I worked all day, got dinner ready, went to church, and then came home and decided to order my groceries online for the first time ever. We might get hit or experience some side effects from Hurricane Dorian (I am on the west side of Florida), and I did not want to fight the crowds to get some groceries this weekend.

Therefore, I need to do a fast post. Here are a few things I do to help myself and my family as I not able to be home all the time:

Here are some time savers for working moms or some of the organizational skills I have incorporated to help my day run more smoothly.
  • I sometimes make large portions of food so I can freeze some of it for another meal in a couple of weeks. I did this with some Italian beef that I made as well as some meatballs and hot pockets. On those crazy days, pull out something that can be warmed up later and let it defrost all day in the refrigerator — or that can go in a crockpot to be heated all day.
  • Do grocery pickup or deliveries. It did take me some time to figure out what I wanted the first time I ordered online, but now I don’t have to walk throughout the store to choose my items. I haven’t done the deliveries yet as I don’t want to pay for it, but it may be worth it for you. I got $10 off my first order with Walmart, and you can too with this link. I also used my Discover card which will give me 10% back this month.
  • Get your kids to help out at home. My oldest does a lot of the laundry as she goes to dual enrollment classes two days a week, and the other 3 days she is home. She does have to do homework, but it is easy for her to throw a laundry in when she wants a break. Then she can also make sure her uniform for work is clean. My next two girls help me make dinners. Everyone helps fold laundry, set the tables, do dishes, and pre-set Saturday chores.
  • On Saturday, we do a cleaning task that doesn’t get done during the week, and all the kids have to do something to help in that task. That way we get a lot done quickly.
  • Learn to say, “No!” This year, I am going to be only a substitute in our Wednesday night kid’s program at church. Last year, I was a class leader and taught the lesson three times. I need a break from kids at night, and I am enjoying hearing the adult lesson and praying with other ladies. I need a time of refreshment. I also asked a lady in our ladies’ Sunday School class to co-teach with me as Sunday School lessons take me a lot of time to prepare. Last year, I helped do some of the meals for the Bereans (our Senior Citizen Thursday Bible study and lunch). I am not doing that this year.
  • Enlist your spouse’s help if possible. Since my oldest doesn’t have her license yet, my husband has to drive her to her college classes and to her job. His job is flexible, so we can make this work. He wants me teaching at the school so that our kids get a good education and so that we can offer the school to our church members. This is what he can do to help. He also will take my second oldest to a Biology class at our local homeschool co-op one time a week, and he vacuums the house.
  • Get people praying for you! I have several church members tell me that they are praying for me as well as asking if there is anything they can do to help. Two elderly ladies come and grade papers at the school one day a week, and two ladies come listen to kids read one afternoon a week,. Four of the moms once a week help teach 1st grade Math, 7th grade General Science, grade papers, listen to reading groups, teach a craft time and other things that need to be done. I couldn’t do it without them! Nine kids doesn’t sound like a lot, but 7 different grade levels is something I have never done before!
  • Be prepared as you can possibly be. I try to get ready for the following week over the weekend. For school, I make sure all my manipulative and teaching aides are ready for each day the night before, so that I can go from lesson to lesson without wasting time.
  • Have a schedule if possible. Be flexible when the schedule doesn’t go as planned. I have a teaching schedule so that I make sure I get every subject taught to the different kids. But things happen. Sometimes, you just have to roll with it.

I know your situation may be totally different than mine, but this is what I have found to help me so far. As a disclaimer, even though I have 8 different “grades,” some of those grades are combined for different subjects, and some children are on video for a couple of classes. So I don’t have to teach 8 grade levels times 6-7 subjects. Our situation is a little unique. I have never seen anything really like it before. If you would like to hear more about it, please let me know!

Come link up your thoughtful posts to Thoughtful Thursdays linky party!

The thoughtful topics for your posts could be related to but not limited to the following topics:

* homemaking * homeschooling * devotional or Biblical posts * Christian in nature * family/marriage * inspirational *

  1. Do NOT link up recipes, reviews, giveaways, diy, or crafts.
  2. Link up to three posts that have not been linked up to this linky previously!
  3. We would love it if you visited a couple other posts and left a comment or shared/pinned the post!
  4. If you wish, please follow Creative K Kids by subscribing to our newsletter or following us on social media.

If you link up, we would love if you put this button somewhere on your blog (sidebar, post, or party page) or provide a text link so that others can also find these great posts.

Creative K Kids

If you would like to receive a weekly email reminder on Thursday parties about linking up to this party, please sign up HERE.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Tasty Tuesdays: Cold Salads for Hot Summer Days

This post may contain affiliate links. If you purchase those items through my links I will earn a commission. You will not pay more when buying a product through my link. Go HERE for more disclaimers.

By 3 Comments

Maybe where you live, you are starting to look forward to cool fall nights.

Not me. I live in Florida, and summer continues for at least two months — and November and December can be warm too! August and September are worse than June and July for me. I think it is because I lived in the North all my life, and by September, I am ready for the heat to subside. But it doesn’t.

So we need some cool food. Even if you live in a cool climate, salads can be eaten year around. I went through a couple of months of our Tasty Tuesday parties, and found these 40 salad recipes.

40 Cold Salads for Hot Summer Days

Come find 40 delicious cool salads for those hot days -- or just to find a recipe for a different salad!

Click on the links below to go see the recipes!

  1. Tortellini Pasta Salad with Corn and Blueberries from Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck
  2. Spicy Pineapple Salsa from Cooking with Ewa
  3. Classic Macaroni Salad from Delightful E Made
  4. Healthy Broccoli Salad with Apples and Cherries from Delightful E Made
  5. Apple Tortellini Salad Recipe from Mommy Evolution
  6. Tomato and Feta Pasta Salad from Mama of Many Blessings
  7. Fresh Melon Fruit Salad from Marilyn’s Treats
  8. Amish Pasta Salad from Marilyn’s Treats
  9. Navy Bean Salad from Marilyn’s Treats
  10. The Best Easy Italian Pasta Salad: Pepperoni, Fresh Mini Mozzarella Balls from Crafting a Family
  11. Antipasto Salad from Living on Cloud Nine
  12. Fresh Fruit Salad with Creamy Honey Lime Dressing from Seasonal and Holiday Recipe Exchange
  13. Grandma’s 7-Layer Salad from Fluster Buster
  14. Smoky Ground Cumin & Paprika Corn Salad from Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck
  15. 3 Color Pasta Salad from Marilyn’s Treats
  16. Creamy Grape Salad from Marilyn’s Treats
  17. Blue Cheese Cole Slaw from Marilyn’s Treats
  18. Easy Marinated Cucumber Salad from All Because She Saved
  19. Fresh Strawberry Spinach Salad * Easy Honey Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing * from Seasonal and Holiday Recipe Exchange
  20. Easy Cavatappi Pasta Parmesan from Organized Salad
  21. Summer Cucumber Salad with Spicy Vinaigrette Dressing from Food Wine Sunshine
  22. Fresh Corn Salad with Cucumbers and Red Peppers from Food Wine Sunshine
  23. Broccoli Bacon Salad from Savory with Soul
  24. Pasta Salad Recipe from Clean & Scentsible
  25. Cucumber Tomato and Red Onion Salad from Marilyn’s Treats
  26. Tuna Salad in Canteloupe Bowl from Marilyn’s Treats
  27. Cauliflower Salad from Julia’s Creative Lifestyle
  28. Asian Cucumber Salad from Stuffed Veggies
  29. Pimento Cheese Potato Salad from Mrs. Kringle’s Kitchen
  30. Summer BBQ Bacon Potato Salad from Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck
  31. Tomato, Spinach, & Bacon Pearl Couscous Salad  from Uncommon Designs
  32. Easy Penne Pasta Salad from Organized Island
  33. Orzo Pasta Salad from Mama of Many Blessings
  34. Baby Sweet Pea & Radish Salad with Havarti & Dill from Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck
  35. Peach, Chicken and Caramelized Corn Salad from Lou Lou Girls
  36. Grilled Peach, Avocado, and Goat Cheese Arugula Salad from The Short Order Cook
  37. California Cobb Salad from The Lazy Gastronome
  38. Italian Chicken Pasta Salad from Mean Green Chef
  39. Chicken Jerk Salad from Marilyn’s Treats
  40. Shrimp Cobb Salad from Marilyn’s Treats

PLEASE LINK UP TO THREE FOOD POSTS TO THE TASTY TUESDAYS’ LINKY PARTY!

Tasty Tuesday's hosts
  • PLEASE follow the hosts of this party through one of their social media listed below. They will visit your post and pin it. Just pick one (or more) of the options below and please follow them.

**Tammy from Creative K Kids (Blog)**
Pinterest/Facebook/Google+/Twitter/Instagram

**Audrey from That Recipe (Blog)**
Pinterest/Facebook/Google+/Twitter/Instagram 

**Lisa from Blogghetti (Blog)**
Pinterest/Facebook/Twitter/Instagram

  • Please link up to three food-related posts that have never been linked up here before.  Posts containing alcohol also will not be pinned.
  • Place this button or a link to this post somewhere on your site–either on the actual post or on your sidebar or on your party page.
Creative K Kids
  • As a thank-you for linking up, we will pin your recipe to the Tasty Tuesdays at Creative K Kids Pinterest board. Please follow the board to see all the great food recipes!
  • Creative K Kids is not responsible for stolen images or the mis-use by others who have found your image through CreativeKKids.com.
  • By linking up, you agree to let any of the hosts or co-hosts  use your pictures and links if they decide to feature your post. Your photo may also be used for promotion on any of their social media outlets.
  • If you would like to receive an email reminding you to link up to this party, please click HERE and add your email address to the list! I will only send you an email about linking up to this party.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Websites where I share my giveaways:

Blog Giveaway Directory

Giveaway Monkey

DISCLAIMER
Creative K Kids

Amazon Affiliate:

Tammy Doiel (Creative K Kids) is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
Google