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Eggnog Custard Oatmeal Brûlée Recipe

Kristen — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 18:14:27 +0000

The holiday season comes with a lot of hustle and bustle. Slow down your mornings with a bowl of Eggnog Custard Oatmeal Brûlée and a brewed mug of Starbucks® Holiday Blend K-Cup® Packs.

The other day I had one of those mornings… you know, where everything seems to go wrong before the day has even really started? Yes, one of THOSE mornings. Leah pulled out a gallon of milk from the fridge and along with it came crashing down a huge glass jar of pickles. Glass shards, pickles and pickle juice went everywhere. Kelly forgot to have me sign a form for school she needed “right now” because her ride was waiting for her. Jacob was texting me asking me to bring his science book and homework up to school because he accidentally forgot it. And Ella… will Ella was just being a moody 8 year old. All this and I hadn’t even had my morning coffee yet!

I don’t love my morning coffee for the caffeine boost. I love it because my morning coffee means I had some morning me time with my favorite hot beverage. The time with my cup of coffee is never rushed…it’s my ritualistic, slowed down, plan, reflect, and dream time. When I don’t get that time in the morning and have a day like I did above, I immediately want a do-over!…

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Easy Eggs Benedict with Hollandaise Sauce

Kristen — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 21:17:06 +0000

Let’s do brunch with this Easy Eggs Benedict with Hollandaise Sauce recipe!

I have always been a morning person…even as a teenager I never was one to sleep until noon, or even need my parents to wake me up for school. My internal alarm clock has always been set bright and early.

As a mom now, especially, as much as I treasure a good nights sleep, I love getting up before the rest of the family gets up for my “happy hour“. My brain is definitely the most functional in the mornings…any good ideas I’m going to have typically happen in the morning. Which, makes the rest of the day seem like kind of a wash, doesn’t it?…

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Take Back Mornings with Starbucks {Giveaway}

Kristen — Sun, 03 Aug 2014 22:24:34 +0000

School is starting and I’m ready to take back my morning routine, with the help of Starbucks!

Leah starts school tomorrow and as much as I’m not ready for school to start, there is a part of me ready to take back my mornings. You know, “happy hour“? The time I wrote about way back when where I wake up early in the morning and have an hour to myself before everyone else gets up. I use that unplugged time to drink my morning coffee, read the newspaper, catch up on my happiness book and more. I treasure that time, but will be honest when I say during the summer, when getting up early is optional, sleeping in has won out.

I am slowly starting to take back my mornings. When I wake up early and have that time to myself, the entire household seems to run better. Because of my morning “me time”, I feel more organized and on top of it and ready to deal with the chaos that is getting 4 kids ready for school and out the door. …

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