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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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...
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...
Pizza sticks in Tales from the kitchen witch
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...
Wore her down without trying for once in Bittersweet
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...
Home made granola in Tales from the kitchen witch
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 ...
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...
weekend baking in Bittersweet
My coworker asked me to make 5 loaves of zuke bread for her for a gift basket. I have 4/5 done haha. Would have had 5 done but.... Husband… So I need to bake a few more. I have enough for like 3 ...
15 in Bittersweet
Chase is 15 today. It shocks me all the time how fast the kids get older. It reminds me I do too lol. Hes come a long way in terms of his maturity and brain. Hes seemed to harness a lot of his ...
Parenting flails in Bittersweet
Its not a fail. But is a flail. My son is trying to adult on his own and it is SO hard. He lost his job and hes been struggling But of course he dosent TELL us any of that. He finally mentioned i...
Enter the 40th turn around the sun in Bittersweet
I turn 40 in the morning. Well in about 8 hours haha. Ill be the big 40. Entering a new decade. Probably more then half through my life (given my grandparents age at death and that two of my moms...
Apple pickin in Bittersweet
We had some plans to do a little hike today but before we left. I was of course wasting time on facebook. I saw a lady posting a bushel of apples for 20. So we instead drove an hour east to go pi...
weekend kicks in Bittersweet
We went to bed late. Finishing stranger things. With the intent to get up early and go to a state park we saw a few years ago but have never been. At 2 pm the dogs were barking so the kids them ...
Housekeeping hell in Bittersweet
I am NOT a good housekeeper. Im a mess and everything is a mess with me. I need to figure out how to clean better because FFS I make NO progress at all!! :(
Banana Bread But with Plaintains! in Tales from the kitchen witch
I decided to look up and see if you could do Banana bread with plantains. Turns out you CAN! In stead of bananas you just do plantains. The recipe said to put them in the blender. Omg so true. I...
What a stupid week in Bittersweet
Oh its been stupid already. Yesterday M was out, she planned a trip and put in for PTO but we didnt recognize it. Whatever its fine!! Thats fine. But then H was puking and I made her go home. A...
week one done in Bittersweet
Well it was a week. I mean things went fine over all. We are doing just fine. But yeah you can tell who didnt bother to watch the videos and who did. Some questions are so simple. Like dude, I ma...
Quiet weekend at least in Bittersweet
The shit show starts tomorrow when we switch everyone to the new EHR, But this weekend was quiet. Saturday I went to costco and got dog food and some human food. Mostly dog food. Well we went FO...
More death and drama in Bittersweet
More deaths this week. Office involved shooting. They said he pulled a gun and shot, Family claims he was getting money from the car and they mass fired on him and his car and murdered him. Of co...
Weekend tragedy in Bittersweet
This weekend started so well. On Saturday we went to the Ren Faire. It was really fun and I enjoyed it. Its quite big and we got to see Jacque the Whipper which was much shorter then I expected b...
Quick focaccia bread in Tales from the kitchen witch
4 cups (512 g) all-purpose flour or bread flour, see notes above 2 teaspoons (10 g) kosher salt 2 teaspoons (8 g) instant yeast, see notes above if using active dry 2 cups (455 g) lukewarm water...
Shit show started in Bittersweet
Oh man the shit. We sent the portal. Cue the calls. I didnt get a code to unlock the portal. WELL did you sign up for it? Its a link, you have to sign up, it sends a code, you log in. Like ANY 2f...
One more day in Bittersweet
One more day and we go live with our new EHR. Our person hasnt finished customizing our forms and im like ffffuuuuck me. Im learning how to do it and ill step in tomorrow. I got all our portals ...
A made a new friend in Bittersweet
For Months A has been playing non stop with this little girl up the road. Then TWO days before school ends she tells me she needs 3 best friend necklaces. I said for you G and who? She names thi...
Oh my god, its starting in Bittersweet
Im on my phone, Playing a game and my dang birbies do the thing iove been WAITING for for two weeks and I cant get out of the game to take a video. I manage to get it on my camera. Struggling to...
Red white and blue(ish) cake in Tales from the kitchen witch
I always find a red white and blueish desert for the big “USA USA” Holidays. This year im making a red white and blue cake. First up. Make a vanilla cake. You can do a box cake if you want, or m...