With our kitchen reconstruction almost finished (!!), we are slowly starting to form morning routines.

First – of course – was coffee in the morning. We dismantled our “morning kitchen” in the bedroom and let the coffee maker assume its rightful place on the kitchen counter. At lunchtime, we clean the carafe and filter. At bedtime, we set up the coffee maker to make a pot about 10 minutes before we want to wake up. Then, some unspecified time after the alarm (and X number of snoozes), we will come out to the kitchen table and enjoy!

With our coffee, Donald catches up on world events with the “Morning Joe,” while I remind us of past adventures using the “Timehop” app. We have our planners at the table in the mornings and evenings so that we can plan and prep for our days together. (At the evening planner checks, we annotate each other’s planner – it’s cute to see what thoughts the other has about the events of our day!)

We like watching something while we have our meals, so my iPad is generally on the table. This makes it easy for me to grab it and dash off a quick post (like I’m doing right now, while Donald makes us some yummy breakfast sandwiches)!

As you can see, we still have boxes to unpack and figure out where things will live in the new space, but we are excited to have a bit of normalcy back in our mornings!

Happy Tuesday!

— Jenn & Donald