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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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Today I made: By popular choice and vote from the family Peanut butter (with added peanut butter protein powder) chocolate chip granola bars. Moose Fart no bake cookies 12 cups of brown sugar...


I love caramel. The kids are always after me to buy worthers haha. Its so good. I was stressed which translates into cooking. Tonight was pumpkin apple muffins and I thought Caramel on top! Beca...


September 10, 2024

Top end goal in Bittersweet

Today I was 150 lbs. That was my top end weight loss goal. from 200 to 150 in about 18 months ish. Pretty decent weight loss. Ive been steadily loosing over the last month or so. I had nearly hi...


Im currently dehydrating a big container of mushrooms and two huge onions in my oven. Im using convection bake. But MAN THOSE ONIONS were potent! I chopped each tray into smallish pieces and am...


I saw this on tiktok and HAD to try it. We make several dishes that call for cream of soups. And its expensive to use 6 cans of cream of mushroom soup!! So Here I am, trying out cream of everyt...


I went rogue today and made smores everything granola lmao. 3 cups graham cracker cereal 2 cups mini marshmallow 3 cup oats ( toasted cuz why not) 2 cups honey bunches of oats cereal 1 package...


September 02, 2024

Feel a bit better in Bittersweet

I had B come over for dinner. Safeway had steaks on sale so we got some of those and BBQed. He seems to be in better spirits and a bit more animated today then he did. Im really hopeful that tel...


So I love em and I dont. haha. These taste so good, Like vanilla ice cream with coconut and chocolate chips. I dont like the butter! These are quick and easy no bake cookies. Just chill and s...


August 30, 2024

fuck fuck fuck in Bittersweet

A bit ago B told me he lost his job. And we were like ok. How can we help. I got him some handy man stuff at my office which has been getting him some money. I asked how close he was to his rent...


So my muffins texture is totally different. Given there is no fat or oil. No butter ect. I replaced it with yogurt and banana the texture is more spongy and chewy almost. Less cake like. Not th...


Oil is expensive and butter is more so. Im finding I can swap butter and oil for things like greek yogurt, Sour cream and bananas. So a lot of my recipes are containing some of all of those ingre...


August 25, 2024

Weekend prep in Bittersweet

Today I didnt bake as much? Maybe I baked more in a way lol. I finished up the last of the ingredients for pizza sticks. I made 6 more triple meat and was out of tortillas and sauce. I made two...


I tried a recipe for pizza roll up sticks I saw. 8 inch tortillas. Leftover spaghetti sauce ( already seasoned! This batch had sausage diced into it so it was meaty) 1 mozzi stick/cheese stick p...


CEO told me we need to hire a fourth receptionist AA. I mean for one we have 5 locations, I currently man one plus help at the one next door. So Yeahhhh lol After gauging for a few weeks. Our AA...


Ok this is my first try on home made granola. (Honestly a lot of the recipes I post here, its the first time I make them lmao!) But tony eats this silly expensive granola so i thought what the ...


August 14, 2024

LOLs! in Bittersweet

My kids watching me making breaded chicken strips. OMG HOME MADE CHICKEN STRIPS MOM YOU ARE SO COOL! AHHH Excitement!! My husband in the corner grumping because he has made breaded chicken breast...


August 12, 2024

weekend baking in Bittersweet

My coworker asked me to make 5 loaves of zuke bread for her for a gift basket. I have 4/5 done haha. Would have had 5 done but.... Husband… So I need to bake a few more. I have enough for like 3 ...


August 08, 2024

15 in Bittersweet

Chase is 15 today. It shocks me all the time how fast the kids get older. It reminds me I do too lol. Hes come a long way in terms of his maturity and brain. Hes seemed to harness a lot of his ...


August 06, 2024

Parenting flails in Bittersweet

Its not a fail. But is a flail. My son is trying to adult on his own and it is SO hard. He lost his job and hes been struggling But of course he dosent TELL us any of that. He finally mentioned i...


I turn 40 in the morning. Well in about 8 hours haha. Ill be the big 40. Entering a new decade. Probably more then half through my life (given my grandparents age at death and that two of my moms...


July 29, 2024

Apple pickin in Bittersweet

We had some plans to do a little hike today but before we left. I was of course wasting time on facebook. I saw a lady posting a bushel of apples for 20. So we instead drove an hour east to go pi...


July 08, 2024

weekend kicks in Bittersweet

We went to bed late. Finishing stranger things. With the intent to get up early and go to a state park we saw a few years ago but have never been. At 2 pm the dogs were barking so the kids them ...


July 06, 2024

Housekeeping hell in Bittersweet

I am NOT a good housekeeper. Im a mess and everything is a mess with me. I need to figure out how to clean better because FFS I make NO progress at all!! :(


I decided to look up and see if you could do Banana bread with plantains. Turns out you CAN! In stead of bananas you just do plantains. The recipe said to put them in the blender. Omg so true. I...


July 03, 2024

What a stupid week in Bittersweet

Oh its been stupid already. Yesterday M was out, she planned a trip and put in for PTO but we didnt recognize it. Whatever its fine!! Thats fine. But then H was puking and I made her go home. A...


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