Visit me at my embellished memoir, in short spurts at: http://SueAnnPorter.com Mostly everything really happened; I change the names to protect the innocent and camouflage the guilty. And sometimes I get into some interesting Bible stories and talk about my views and what I learned from the stories. Thank you for visiting My Embellished Memoir. Feel free to say hello!
“Before” We bought our down-sized house, and have lots of fixin-up to do before we move in. I am currently at the garage, waiting for my car. In the waiting area is a Loud Breather and another person who seems normal. This pic hangs on the wall beside me: Reminds me of that happy-painter-dude from … More White is a color and other observations
I went with my neighbor today to take Bailey and Zeva for a walk. A white truck stopped by the side of the road. I thought he was going to ask us for directions. He backed up the truck and kept going, right past us. He got out, ran into the road, picked up a … More What’s with all the white trucks today?
Mr. Porter wanted lasagna so we went into this little Italian joint down by the lake. The decor has not been changed in decades, as evidenced by the stale smoke that hung in the air since 1972. A middle aged man played muzak on a portable organ-like keyboard and occasionally inserted lyrics into the microphone. … More Life is like lasagna
..with me to buy the new Nook. I had to go back home to get it. I used to get upset in these situations; I’m “wasting time”, I didn’t plan ahead, etc. Somehow I knew there would be a reason. The reason was timing. I bought the new Nook at a greatly reduced price, … More I forgot to bring my credit card
Notice the last line on this magazine cover: Eleanor & Park’s Rainbow Rowell. Yes that’s really the author’s name. Here’s the full cover: I picked this up at my local Barnes & Noble about a week ago but I had no time to read it. I set it aside. As you may (or may not) … More I call your attention to this:
A friend of a friend is an artist. She creates “abstract” art, which I guess is the lowest common denominator of the cliché about beauty being in the eye of the beholder. Her art is not my cup of tea (yes another cliché) but what fascinates me is that she has the confidence to put … More What is confidence, and where do I buy some?
Well, that’s not going to happen. I had hoped to buy new sneakers, maybe even two pair, because the two pair I have now are seriously burnt-out. One pair leaks when I walk in the rain, (like today) and the other pair don’t have my required “lift” in the right shoe due to my leg … More I wanted to buy new shoes today.
Queue up the Warren Zevon: Send Lawyers, guns and money. We’re buying a house. Even Steven King would not be able to do justice to the insanity of the past week which pertains to real estate matters. (Okay, so maybe he could, but work with me here.) “Not my circus, not my monkeys” is an … More Sadly, these ARE my monkeys
I am happy to have another story published. This is a Flash Fiction piece, published at 101words.com Here it is: Facing my Opponent Sweat cascades down my head as I peddle, one, two, three miles, uphill both ways. I race along on the treadmill to the beat of my iPod. My opponent’s picture, the one … More Facing my opponent
Like a good novel, real estate transactions are pushed by a ticking clock. The realtor pushes the client forward. No time to think, to research; deadline, timeline, sign on the dotted line. In a novel, the hero races against time to find the bad guy, to stop the bank heist, or kiss the heroine … More Real estate transactions are like thriller novels
My Blog followers and my Twitter followers have requested the recipe, so here goes: Irish Potatoes 2 lbs. frozen hash brown potatoes 1 tsp. salt 1//2 cup melted butter 2 Tbsp. minced onion 1/2 tsp. pepper 2 cups sour cream 1 can potato soup 1 cup grated cheddar cheese dash of parsley 2 Cups crushed … More The Famous Irish Potato Recipe – Get it here!
Another day, another kitchen disaster. I may have previously posted my mother-in-law’s Irish Potato recipe. If I haven’t, please leave a comment if you would like me to post it. Well long story short,I made the recipe early this morning without being sufficiently caffeinated. I decided to skip the crumbs on top that … More I can’t cook, but I keep trying
Yes, we took another quick trip to Bolton Landing Saturday. We arrived at 4:45, parked the car and walked to the beach. We got into the water and splashed around for 10 minutes before the lifeguard yelled, “It’s 5 o’clock. The lifeguard is going off duty. Everyone out of the water. Swimming after 5 o’clock … More Marble Rye and the Sandstorm
There is a site named crackedflash.blog that posts a writing prompt everySaturday morning. The prompt must be included in the story submitted. (First line) My story Frank and Chester took second place. I posted an incorrect link yesterday, so here it is. “I need to talk to a human,” he demanded. Frank ran his hands … More Frank and Chester, A Flash Fiction story
I woke up this morning, my head throbbing and my stomach turning. I thought maybe it was a summer flu; but then I read the headlines of the news, and realized it’s not me, it’s the world. The first story to catch my eye today involved a 27-year old man who loved pizza. He ate … More We need solutions…NOW
Yesterday I posted quotes about candles, letting your light shine. One quote was from Mitch Hedberg: I wanted to buy a candle holder but the store didn’t have one, so I bought a cake. –Mitch Hedberg I had never heard of him before, and then coincidentally* I saw another quote from him today on … More I bought a $7 pen because I always lose pens and I got sick of not caring. –Mitch Hedberg
I ended yesterday’s post with a quote about candles. This morning I got an email with the same quote. So why not go down that road today? I realized that taking every meme I wanted to post would use up a LOT of time and space, so I will just list the quotations that struck … More More about candles
Today is the kind of day where there are conflicting stories, conflicting goals, and questions I have no answers to. These kinds of days used to scare me, but now I realize this is a temporary state of mind and it will all work itself out. We stopped at our new house-to-be yesterday, and it … More Sorting My Brain
It seems like that we now have chaos worldwide on a daily basis. Jesus told us this would happen. Nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom. Some have called for today to be A Day of Rage. Thankfully, the opposition has called for A Day Of Love. Choose your side. We are finally … More Friday, Oh Friday
Time seems to go faster these days; the weeks and years fly by. Mr. Porter and I are buying another house. Yes, after all the hard work of preparing the old house for sale, we are going to buy our “down-sized” home. I can’t give away too many details yet, as we are still shuffling … More Thursday Thoughts
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