ChainedChrysalis

Mama to 5 kids. Wife of 20 years and going on. Childrens photographer. Classic DIYer. Simplistic living, old fashioned, bunny owner. Bipolar, anxiety, autoimmune disorder. Gentle soul, seeking kindness and love. Slow down living, farm life, summer loving landlocked mermaid.

The devil asked how i knew my way through the halls of hell. I replied. I do not need a map for the path i know so well.

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October 20, 2024

No feeling well in Bittersweet

    I am flaring up. A few things always become apparent when I am. I bruise really easy. My migraines get worse. I feel like ive been hit by the flu even though im fine. General run down and ma...


Today I made 1 Caramel Apple crisp. A pumpkin spiced bread with a crisp topping( both are oatless crisp toppings)Stuffing bread crumbs.Regular bread crumbs. Caramel sauceWhite chocolate oreo f...


October 12, 2024

Hat stack in Secrets of a crafty witch

I made 6 hats really fast. Z my work son decided he wanted to learn to crochet. So We spent that last few no show sessions ( I wish people fucking took this seriously...) Learning to crochet. He...


Our local shelter was hit by a terrible scandal. Someone stole the homeless populations money! At the shelter a lot of them do not trust banks, so they put money in a safe for safekeeping and so...


September 28, 2024

Manifest yourself in Bittersweet

You know its hard. For SO fucking long, I was one way. And hated everyone who was the way I wanted to be. The person that severe depression and extreme anxiety stole away from me. The person bor...


September 25, 2024

Oh my god freak out. in Bittersweet

The last time I got stung was 15 years ago. I swelled up astronomically and they told me another sting could be anaphylactic.  I was hanging out talking to one of our interns outside. GORGOUS d...


Ive had a migraine and so much stress. Work had another drama turn and we are livid aobut this one. But Ill come back to that one. I want to see what happens tomorrow. But this weekend was sh...


September 18, 2024

19th anniversary in Bittersweet

We had our 19th anniversary this weekend. We have been together 22 years and married for now 19. He booked us a train ride. It was a dinner train, Just under 3 hours. They go into Royal Gorge...


This one was a winner for the fam. Ingredients 1 cup creamy or crunchy peanut butter  2/3 cup - 1 cup maple syrup or honey ( start with less and add a bit more if needed)  2 teaspoons...


Today I made: By popular choice and vote from the family Peanut butter (with added peanut butter protein powder) chocolate chip granola bars. Moose Fart no bake cookies 12 cups of brown sugar...


I love caramel. The kids are always after me to buy worthers haha. Its so good. I was stressed which translates into cooking. Tonight was pumpkin apple muffins and I thought Caramel on top! Beca...


September 10, 2024

Top end goal in Bittersweet

Today I was 150 lbs. That was my top end weight loss goal. from 200 to 150 in about 18 months ish. Pretty decent weight loss. Ive been steadily loosing over the last month or so. I had nearly hi...


Im currently dehydrating a big container of mushrooms and two huge onions in my oven. Im using convection bake. But MAN THOSE ONIONS were potent! I chopped each tray into smallish pieces and am...


I saw this on tiktok and HAD to try it. We make several dishes that call for cream of soups. And its expensive to use 6 cans of cream of mushroom soup!! So Here I am, trying out cream of everyt...


I went rogue today and made smores everything granola lmao. 3 cups graham cracker cereal 2 cups mini marshmallow 3 cup oats ( toasted cuz why not) 2 cups honey bunches of oats cereal 1 package...


September 02, 2024

Feel a bit better in Bittersweet

I had B come over for dinner. Safeway had steaks on sale so we got some of those and BBQed. He seems to be in better spirits and a bit more animated today then he did. Im really hopeful that tel...


So I love em and I dont. haha. These taste so good, Like vanilla ice cream with coconut and chocolate chips. I dont like the butter! These are quick and easy no bake cookies. Just chill and s...


August 30, 2024

fuck fuck fuck in Bittersweet

A bit ago B told me he lost his job. And we were like ok. How can we help. I got him some handy man stuff at my office which has been getting him some money. I asked how close he was to his rent...


So my muffins texture is totally different. Given there is no fat or oil. No butter ect. I replaced it with yogurt and banana the texture is more spongy and chewy almost. Less cake like. Not th...


Oil is expensive and butter is more so. Im finding I can swap butter and oil for things like greek yogurt, Sour cream and bananas. So a lot of my recipes are containing some of all of those ingre...


August 25, 2024

Weekend prep in Bittersweet

Today I didnt bake as much? Maybe I baked more in a way lol. I finished up the last of the ingredients for pizza sticks. I made 6 more triple meat and was out of tortillas and sauce. I made two...


I tried a recipe for pizza roll up sticks I saw. 8 inch tortillas. Leftover spaghetti sauce ( already seasoned! This batch had sausage diced into it so it was meaty) 1 mozzi stick/cheese stick p...


CEO told me we need to hire a fourth receptionist AA. I mean for one we have 5 locations, I currently man one plus help at the one next door. So Yeahhhh lol After gauging for a few weeks. Our AA...


Ok this is my first try on home made granola. (Honestly a lot of the recipes I post here, its the first time I make them lmao!) But tony eats this silly expensive granola so i thought what the ...


August 14, 2024

LOLs! in Bittersweet

My kids watching me making breaded chicken strips. OMG HOME MADE CHICKEN STRIPS MOM YOU ARE SO COOL! AHHH Excitement!! My husband in the corner grumping because he has made breaded chicken breast...


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