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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6 hours ago

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...


10 hours ago

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...


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...


April 30, 2026

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...


April 26, 2026

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...


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...


April 18, 2026

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...


April 17, 2026

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....


April 12, 2026

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...


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...


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...


March 25, 2026

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...


March 22, 2026

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...


March 20, 2026

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...


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...


March 10, 2026

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 ...


March 05, 2026

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. ...


February 26, 2026

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... 


February 20, 2026

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...


February 18, 2026

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...


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 ...


February 12, 2026

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 ...


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 ...


January 29, 2026

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 ...


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