Last night, I went on a bus tour of the city to see the various Christmas light displays downtown and through some London neighbourhoods.  These tours have been operated by the London Transit Commissionon city buses throughout the month of December since 1995 but I had never actually heard of it before my local women’s [...]

Have you finished your holiday decorating?  I haven’t! I’m waiting to do some of it when my daughter gets home from university but honestly, for the rest, I just haven’t had time yet.  I did sit down to plan it out the other day though and realized there’s a gap in my decorations.  I need [...]

Ok so when I started Mitzvah Day it was going to be on December 1st each year.  AND THEN life got in the way and I ended up with strep throat, an ear infection, AND pneumonia this year and there was just no way I could get a blog post up in time or get [...]

I’m so excited to be participating in another Craft Lightning series hosted by Country Chic Cottage and 30 Minute Crafts! These crafts are all ones that can be done in under 15 minutes (minus drying time). Be sure to check out all the other great projects in this series and you can even share your [...]

Can you feel it?  The holiday spirit in the air?  Well if you’re starting to get as excited as I am, you’ll be happy to hear about a fun and festive event happening this coming week.  Over 20 creative and crafty bloggers will be sharing all kinds of holiday crafts, decorating and party tips, and [...]

Looking for some Advent devotionals?  Here are some I wrote last year for each Sunday in Advent.  There are Scripture readings, music selections, and family activities for each. http://creativecynchronicity.com/2011/11/first-sunday-of-advent/ http://creativecynchronicity.com/2011/12/2nd-sunday-of-advent/ http://creativecynchronicity.com/2011/12/third-sunday-of-advent/ http://creativecynchronicity.com/2011/12/fourth-sunday-of-advent/

Do you do Elf on a Shelf? We didn’t really do it when my daughter was little although I can see her being all over that idea and loving it!  I don’t think the book was out yet at the time.  I did have one of the elves – it had been around since I [...]

I love Advent – the anticipation leading up to Christmas is almost better than the holiday itself.  My favourite Advent countdown tradition with my daughter (besides lighting the wreath) was our Advent books.  I would wrap up each of our Christmas story books in paper and each day she’d get to open one – that [...]

I’m posting this on behalf of my friend Rhonda.  Her grandma has stage 4 lung cancer and this will be her last Christmas.  Since my own father died from lung cancer, this really hit home with me and I want to help.  I’m asking for all of you, my loyal readers, to help too!  In [...]

Do you cook with beer?  I love the depth of flavour that it adds to so  many recipes.  Recently, I went shopping at The Beer Store here in London, Ontario and checked out the many varieties to find just the right one for these delicious bread pudding recipes.  There was a fantastic selection and the [...]