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Bittersweet

by ChainedChrysalis

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March 09, 2020

Just so blah

I havent really felt like talking lately. Its not that i feel like i need to hide away. Just havent really felt much like actually writing. I go through phases. For so many years i wrote every da...


March 03, 2020

Blankets everywhere

My friend is expecting and found out shes having her third boy. Shes having a hard time of it. They were not expecting to have any more kids and having a third was a hard blow in a way. So she wa...


February 25, 2020

Boredom

Ugh im bored. I was hoping to go to the parks but its alternating between 40 mph gusts and snow. No they dont hit at the same time. Its weird weather here lol. Its non stop windy, but those gust...


My current goal is to try to figure out how to be a homebody who is ok without having friends. Im just struggling so hard with being in such a new place. Even though ive now been here 4 months. ...


February 14, 2020

The flu for valentines!

And we all got sick. Yesterday i spiked a fever. My heart rate jumped and i was down. I couldent sleep because my body just hurt so bad. I was coughing a dry cough. Now its a wet couch and my h...


February 04, 2020

Why i dont make friends

I made a joke about how Colorado people cant drive in snow. Literally they shut down everything for 1 inch of snow. No school, husband was sent home from work early. And i was laughing because im...


February 03, 2020

Fucking Monday

Its got to be a Monday. First off my period is about 6 days late. So already im feeling like something bad is going to happen. My periods arent late. And no i cant be pregnant, hubby got the V 5...


February 03, 2020

Pure weekend exhaustion

My husband keeps complaining his lower blood pressure is making him tired. And when i try to tell him I understand. He just snaps at me, i dont get what it feels like. No i dont. I have days wher...


January 31, 2020

At least he tried?

Ok so im a picky eater. Take that in mind. I cook really well and i like my food. Everyone says they love it. People ask for my recipes. Im happy to share. I LOVE seasoning. Get that seasoning NO...


January 30, 2020

Stop and help

I went to the 7 11 for my morning soda. Im getting good at just drinking a fountain soda again and not in the house. But i run down and there is this older lady sitting in her car crying hood pop...


January 28, 2020

A different level of petty

So T and I when we want to talk. We text each other. Sitting next to one another on the couch and chair and ill text him, he texts me. Keeps the prying ears out of it. My sister, brother in law, ...


January 27, 2020

Nature center

I showed the hubby some of the nature center today. We went back to the place we were at on friday. Anyway im not photographer with my phone haha. I need a real camera for that. But a few shots o...


January 23, 2020

That was needed

Today was our new biweekly homeschool meet up. This time a park i havent been to yet, ( most of them!!) But i really needed the interaction. Nothing to say about the kids. I NEED IT lol. Im too ...


January 21, 2020

Procrastination

I have a list of things to do today. I need to do my farm chores. Critters need feeding! Need to prep and cook a beef stew! I have photos from the canyon drive this last weekend. I have a sha...


January 18, 2020

The future of my photography

So im pretty good at it. Im not being full of myself. Im actually pretty good. I made a half decent living before i moved with my unique sessions. However here in the states there are a TON of ex...


January 16, 2020

Finally

Hubby has a start day for work. He starts on Tuesday. He was supposed to start on the 6th, so you know waiting has been so stressful! It means we will officially have to declare ourselves residen...


January 15, 2020

Small things

hubby got paid yesterday. It was about what i expected it to be minus the 2K he had to borrow for bills. So we went to the store and did our grocery shopping. I thought maybe 2-3 hundred… We spe...


January 13, 2020

Feeling Lonely

Im feeling lonely and kinda meh lately… I shouldnt be, but something its just… i dont know. Nagging. First off im having dreams EVERY night about fires. Things on fire, places on fire. Its like....


December 30, 2019

Alzheimers

Sigh ok so this one will be deeper… I think my grandpa has early onset… Its been a lot of things since i got here. But things like not remembering anyones names. Mine, my kids, my moms. Hes live...


December 28, 2019

The 90 day challenges

The Hygge group posted this. I thought it was really interesting. Some i couldn’t do right now ( cant send care packages to family if everyone is here, and i cant afford it lol) But some are rea...


December 27, 2019

Moms birthday

Its my moms birthday. Shes turning 59 this year. Gah time passes huh. She kept making jokes in the last few years she finally gets that senior discount. Although seeing shes had white hair since ...


December 27, 2019

Merry Christmas

Christmas was good! My kids really are so spoiled. The 4 boys got electric scooters and hoverboards based on their ages. Little girl got a scooter from great grandpa ( who forgot she already has ...


December 25, 2019

one year

one year ago today i tried to kill myself. Clearly i didnt finish the job. I went home in tears sick over everything. This time this year i feel the same way. I have days where im good and days ...


December 22, 2019

A bit o pride

I had my first photoshoot in my new city/state haha. It was a bit handed to me in a way. Or the husband said so. Its a coworker of my mother. I gave her a hugely reduced sitting fee and she has ...


December 22, 2019

That peaceful feeling.

“Hygge is effortless comfort; it has no element of performance. It is absence of all pretense and worry. The word itself may defy direct translation, but you are very familiar with the concept – ...


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