The House Poet

"Let's dress up and have a tea party!" My friend Val had an outburst of excitement and handed me and my other friend Andrea some dresses to wear. It was a lovely afternoon yesterday and Val desperately wanted to sit outside and have a tea party with us. We laughed and obliged her, wearing rather fancy dresses that were some reason either white, black, or both. Before that, however, I whipped up some Trader Joe's brownies from the box. They weren't too sweet or heavily chocolatey. The mix called for a lot of butter though, one whole stick.......that seemed like a bit much. I had a couple pieces and brough some home for my sister, the reigning brownie queen of the family. For dinner that night, my dad made albacore tuna steaks that were marinated in a tangy citrus/soy sauce marinade, with boiled buttered potatoes and a pea and carrot veggie medley. I wanted to post this picture on here because I never talk about fish in this blog. I actually don't care much for ...