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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We did yoga today. We found a yoga instructor on youtube and turned on an intro to Yoga. Holding my weigh on my hands is difficult but the stretches are nice. It was mostly variations of downward...


1 C Low sodium soy sauce: 1/2 C Brown sugar: 3 Garlic cloves minced: Fresh! 2 TBS Apple Cider Vinegar: 2 tsp Sesame oil: 1 tsp Freshly grated ginger: 1/2 Pineapple Juice: Fresh is best, you w...


Tonight we are making Air fryer pork tenderloin. We preemptively cut it into chops however this would work really well with a whole tenderloin. Brush entire loin ( or chop) with olive oil. Allow...


March 05, 2023

Kitchen colors in Bittersweet

Ok here is my updated kitchen! my aqua toaster dosent match haha, Nor does my red kitchen aid. Its ok. and a closer of the blue. I have some tile picked out to go around as a backsplash and ...


He made me workout. Hes been bugging for like 2 months to do resistance band workouts with him. I finally did it. our 11 year old did it too. But i did the stupid high intensity resistance band ...


So I now have one week of the AOD drug in my system, Its a weight loss drug, or rather prescription peptoid or whatever that is supposed to help curb appetite and speed up the metabolism. Coupled...


Oh after 3 weeks of this diet, im getting REALLY sick of chicken. I have 30 days on a very strict keto diet. So Today I made Keto chicken soup based in the piramiters of this diet. We boiled the...


February 27, 2023

Stevia in Bittersweet

Ugh. After getting headaches for a few days of drinking Splenda in drinks I gave up. The headaches suck. So I got a stevia packet for my cirkul. Ugh it has such a funky after taste. Im trying to ...


This was funny. We just painted our kitchen navy, cream and yellow. So the kids picked colors to dye like our new kitchen colors. FYI our kitchen is NOT these shades lmao. But this is L’s take o...


Orchid. Fuchsia, Plum Pop I think ill sell this braid. Orchid and fuchsia come out very close in color.


Vanilla Bean Frozen tundra Valentines pink. This is a double gradient. It will go through each color twice with the center being the longest stretch of one color.


Purple pop mixed with frozen arctic. Brilliant Aqua with a touch of turq Platinum finished photo to come. Washed, Dried and ready to spin. Dyed on Targhee


The recipe for my dark rainbow. Purple pop. Brilliant Aqua Perfect Teal Emerald Bright yellow Orchid. Ill do a finished photo when its done in the dye pot. I need to reorder the colors in the...


February 23, 2023

800 photos later in Bittersweet

And I took actual photos of Actual snowflakes.


Officially im down .5 lb fully dressed in jeans after working all day. I should weigh in wearing leggings lmao. At home im down 2 lbs ( naked first of the day weight) She said that is a better ...


Happy New Year. Im doing a bit of work today. We have a new person starting tuesday and we need to get our playlist orientation videos ready. I can only upload 10 per day, So I have to upload ove...


October 26, 2022

my role in Bittersweet

I diffuse human time bombs. and no one holds me together… Today was so rough


October 05, 2022

Hello from Oregon in Bittersweet

After 5 nights on the road, we are in Oregon and got our first hotel. We have been staying at campsites and roadside rest stops. Its been pretty nice actually. Free camping, So speending 100 buc...


September 26, 2022

The way I am in Bittersweet

So this is hilarious. For one, It made me laugh that I went from in my life, homeless and eating from food banks when pregnant to buying a nearly 300 dollar pair of boots because I wanted them… ...


August 19, 2022

Skerry ghost in Bittersweet

I work in 4 120ish year old houses ( some older) and you can really feel ghosts in the house. Some days are more then others. Anyway Today I’m downstairs in the basement which is also our kids pl...


August 16, 2022

Why in Bittersweet

Why the hell can an insurance say, oh your doctor prescribed this medication and it works for you. But we don’t want to pay for it. We will prescribe this OTHER medication that doesn’t work the s...


August 15, 2022

Miles in Bittersweet

Its 32 hours in driving and like 2K miles to get to Salem Mass..... The west coast is way closer.... But Salem… In Oct.....


August 11, 2022

Vacation in Bittersweet

T wants to take two weeks off and drive to the east coast. I will have some time saved up so it will be possible. And i can do some work while on the road. Maybe in the evenings and make my meeti...


August 06, 2022

Bye bye in Bittersweet

We sold the freeze dryer. It was an impulse buy and we didnt really use it that often. Last thing we did was freeze dry 5 dozen eggs. And we rarely used it. So we were able to pay off a couple th...


July 27, 2022

Blah in Bittersweet

Ive been getting depressed again. My husband talked to my doctor ( at his appt) and she suggested I take the blood test and figure out what will cause less side effects. I don’t even know why. I ...


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