Chrismas Lights and Mystery Meat

Okay team, just a quick little blurb today, nothing incredibly riveting, but I felt I needed to share.

So, last night, we went to the street of Christmas lights. Apparently everybody knows about this block, where all the houses go "all out" with their christmas decorations, and thousands of people and tour busses etc. come to see it. However, this year, there were only about a handful of houses that did anything. It was really pretty, but definitely no "grinch house." I'm sure it looked a lot more impressive when every single house was glowing with the holiday colors, but I got the impression it was only a tad more awesome than any other street in Coquitlam. Your challenge, follower of Lauren's blog?: Get me a picture of the Grinch house, so I can brag about Canada's Christmas spirit!

Today, you would all be SO impressed with me. I went to a "Bush Tucker(food)" with Phip, becoming suddenly (and oddly) courageous for somebody who only recently started eating red meat again. I agreed to go, simply to say that I did it, but I was pleasantly surprised. I ate barbecued kangaroo, crocodile, possum and emu. The verdict? Not too shabby. The kangaroo shish kabab was a tad chewy, but could have been much worse, considering what I was expecting! The possum and emu tasted like grain-fed beef, and the crocodile, like chicken. Who knew?

Today was one HUGE step for me. I think I'm growing up! *tear*