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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My 18 year old man child... He blew a tire last month. Hes been immobile for a while and FINALLY got into the shop and activated the insurance and got it replaced. Only they noted he now had a ...


7 days ago

Work jokes in Bittersweet

My boss ( Licensed clinical social worker, non practicing much now due to running a freaking  big ass company) She over heard me coaching one of our new interns. Last year of their masters degre...


January 20, 2026

Mental Load in Bittersweet

None of this is the husbands fault. Its my own mental load. We onboarded 4 interns today. I now have 20 interns. Maybe more. I SHOULD count them. Its a lot.  My work bestie came back from mat ...


Here was my tiktok wild hair. I got like ... idk a ton of these little ideas. Im just going to post them. Who knows, maybe ill get popular and make some money. Wouldn't that be nice. I ran our ...


January 17, 2026

when 2025 follows 2026 in Bittersweet

My mom called. She is cancer free.. Yay.. Did I write about that? My mom got cancer last summer. That was a fun convo with the kids.. It was after my cousin killed himself and before my grandpa ...


January 10, 2026

First time in a while in Bittersweet

I felt like baking for the first time since July. I mean i did some holiday stuff but not a ton this year. Depression and relationship stress were really hurting me this year. Today is in part t...


January 03, 2026

Day trip in Bittersweet

We took a half day trip up to Denver last night. The botanical gardens is having their last week of holiday lights and Ive been wanting to go since we moved.  So T and I went. We dont bring the ...


December 29, 2025

Post Christmas flu in Bittersweet

Welp it figures. Co was sick on Christmas day. he had a flu and slept all day.  Week before my coworker I drive to work and some of our other guys had a flu. So its my turn. I slept all day yes...


December 25, 2025

woopsie in Bittersweet

lol. I did my 4 hrs at work, gave my team their gifts and came home.  Little girl and I made fudge, shortbread cookies and sugar cookies ( dough is a chilling still) Then we cleaned up, she ha...


December 24, 2025

Done deal in Bittersweet

We got the check from insurance today. So the car saga is done. We used half of it to pay off credit cards. The other half is sitting in the account. Should just dump it in savings and try not t...


December 18, 2025

HA in Bittersweet

Stupid Hyundai. They emailed me saying they have been trying to reach me about my case this week. WTF. No you havent. They said my contact information has changed. My phone hasnt changed in 6 ye...


For future reference. I made sme perfume blends. The first is gingerbread. 5 drops cinnamon bark 5 drops sweet vanilla 1 drop tangerine 10 drops total gingerbread blend 2 drops ginger  1/...


I wish I had the energy to write about so much taht has happened. But frankly im not sure I want to remember a lot anyway...its been a SHIT three months. My husband went into a nasty downward sp...


December 01, 2025

Shop stuff in Bittersweet

Welp. With my car, we did a black Friday sale. I mean we always do one, but we started it at the start of Nov seeing thats when my car decide to spontaneously combust.  We had a few stales thro...


November 30, 2025

Am I an asshole in Bittersweet

Ok Quickie seeing im headed out the door. I signed up to do a angel tree kiddo at work. Kid wants legos. L has about 2k worth of legos he outgrew. And im talking HUGE amounts of legos. I s...


November 27, 2025

Happy Thanksgiving in Bittersweet

Nothing to report, Just Happy Thanksgiving. I hope your day is great! 


November 21, 2025

Longest week in Bittersweet

Welp. I think we picked an applicant.  Came down to two  younger girls. 23 and 25. One with experence in management, one a blank slate. The 23 yo was more impressive ( manages a remote team, doe...


November 19, 2025

Gift cards found! in Bittersweet

Because everyone is hanging on the edge of their seats. I found my gift cards. They actually were NOT in the wallet at all. I remember how it happened now too. When I went to Yellowstone this s...


November 15, 2025

Finally getting a rental in Bittersweet

They finally approved me for a rental. Its for 7 days to start. At least its a start. Ill have to figure out how to extend it if they arent done. They had me running all over town for some damn ...


November 09, 2025

no amount in Bittersweet

No amount of thinking prepares you for a loosing your independence. Getting in massive fights because you cant have 24 hrs to process. Figuring out how the hell to get 3 people to work with diff...


My car caught on fire. Literally ON FIRE. The interior is ruined. The car is totaled... Thank god my kid had gotten out and went inside to work because it happened at his work in a parking lot. ...


October 03, 2025

2025 claims another in Bittersweet

My grandpa died today. We knew it was coming. He entered a diabetic coma a week ago, then woke up after 4 days, surged and entered hospice two days ago, they medicated him well and then he had a...


September 27, 2025

Crafty Bitch in Bittersweet

I told T i need a budget. Or a couple. 1. I need a clothing budget, I love clothes but im frugal AF. I just bought two SUPER soft sweaters for 50 bucks.  Which is the top of my spending limit! ...


September 24, 2025

New girl rocks in Bittersweet

Really happy with the new girl. Shes going to fit in. She used to be a client years ago. She said she remembered me from when she saw her therapist. I was still a receptionist ( I havent been th...


September 21, 2025

harrowing in Bittersweet

Well we had a experience at work. I cant talk too much about it because Hipaa but I can talk a bit. I had 5 interviews back to back and one canceled. So me and the boss are sitting here, Ok im s...


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