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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Random hahas in Bittersweet
Watching my 18 yo who is working on his car. Flee his 16 YO brother and his million car questions lmao. I am so amused. Why are you replacing that. What are you replacing. Oh CV joint. What...
Happy Mothers day in Bittersweet
Happy Mothers day to all the mamas. We hit up the walmart for dirt. 12 bags and we filled TWO of our garden boxes... need another 6 to 7 for the last one. Dang it haha. We got some plants yes...
early baby predictions ( not mine) in Bittersweet
So one intern is pregnant and one of our staff members wife is pregnant. My early inclination is the intern is having a girl and the staff memeber is having a boy. Ive been right on all my ot...
Surgical options in Bittersweet
I finally got a consult with GYN. I wanted to talk about an ablation vs a hysterectomy. He approved both actually so thats really nice! He suggests a hysterectomy and leaving my ovaries for horm...
Weekend in Bittersweet
Adult stuff first. Ch started his FIRST REAL job! Hes working at Subway. Yesterday was his first day. So happy for him. Hes going to work like 3 days a week after school and weekends. :) Hes rea...
weekend rinse and repeat in Bittersweet
I decided to make a SM page for my blanket squares, one for every book I read in 2026... Plus a few randos seeing I have yarn ends im using up on them haha. Ive gotten through 52 books ( read) s...
Now I want to cry in Bittersweet
T has been obsessing over these caramelized blueberry croissants from Costco. So I decided to try making them. Only my kitchen is SO small you have to stack stuff to make yourself space. And th...
Its a thing in Bittersweet
T and I got into it a bit over me talking with people about the things we are dealing with. Says people judge him for my one sided views. So I said I wont talk about his stuff much or in detail....
Sunday cleaning day in Bittersweet
Well not CLEANING, ew. But gardening yard stuff. We planted two bushes and a new tree. Reran the irrigation system so they are all on the auto watering system. Mulched over all the new trees an...
Chicken Math... I guess. in Bittersweet
I have a broody hen... Its hilarious. shes got like 20 eggs under her, maybe more, mostly her green ones. We were going to freezer camp the older hens but noooo. Now she wants to hatch chicks. I...
Bored and need a laugh? in Bittersweet
If you use it, Tell Chat GPT to roast you using everything it knows about you. I had to tell it to get meaner, It just made me giggle. Some of the exerts. Also, your plant setup? Chaotic sc...
Mew Mew Mew in Bittersweet
Me, how was your day.A fine? me- Oh having fun being your dad's problem?Her- Eh..Me- Ok you gotta try harder to be his problem then! Teaching your child to be a brat from a young age... Her li...
Er visit fun in Bittersweet
T went into Afib this weekend. He does it sometimes but normally can snap out of it. This time he went in at 4 pm and went all night long. So we went to the ER this am. They ran a bunch of test...
Fuck off feelings in Bittersweet
You know, You birth this fucking child, You bring it into the world. You do EVERYTHING in your power to keep them alive. Despite them wanting to unalive from the first moment they breathe... On...
More randomness Edit with Luna-tic pic in Bittersweet
EditLuna just tried to step on the table and fell flat on her face again... Shes the clumsiest cat ever! NEW KITTEN PIC! Just trying to document random daily life. Weeek went fine, Work i...
Random shit. in Bittersweet
Im on my spring time plant kick. I got a few new ones and have been repotting some of my older ones. I made a spreadsheet to track my "rarer" plants though with some greenhosues mass producing ...
Of COURSE... in Bittersweet
I had a dentist appt. They got a new endodontist and wanted me to see him because i have an abscess under a root canal. He gets updated 360 scans. Hes like im going to try REALLY hard for you. ...
gunna cry in Bittersweet
Saying goodbye to Z tomorrow. Im onboarding a new clinician and then offboarding him. Literally so proud and so sad at the same time. My work baby is all grown up and flying free. Sigh...
exhausting in Bittersweet
Another fight, another panic attacks. My arms are fucking ugly. I dig in really badly to calm myself down. Both my arms and now my chest. My assistant had her financee stop by with some cream h...
Work is a thing this week in Bittersweet
Its only tuesday. My work baby put in his notice. He came to me at 22, finishing his masters degree which is so impressive. He said cool cool to every bad thing we mock played to teach him some...
Velveeta helper- Chicken and broccoli cassarole in Tales from the kitchen witch
Back to the box dinners do whatttt?? Link to the inspo! So here is what I did. ( keep in mind for 8 and 4 of which are oversized boys between 14 and 21, plus the husband myself and mother in ...
Radio Silence in Bittersweet
Ive been gone a week. My mom had semi emergency heart surgery and I drove 1200 miles to get there before they got her in. She had 1 fully blocked artery and 2 at over 70% and they found out on ...
Seriously child. SERIOUSLY. And random thought updates. in Bittersweet
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 ...
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...
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 ...
