{"id":33015,"date":"2017-05-26T16:56:43","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T20:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mominthecity.com\/?p=33015"},"modified":"2023-05-11T15:30:56","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T19:30:56","slug":"morning-routine-tea-journals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/morning-routine-tea-journals\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Routine: Tea and Journals"},"content":{"rendered":"<body><p><\/p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33019\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mominthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Morning-Routine-Tea-and-Journals.jpg\" alt=\"Morning Routine- Tea and Journals\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Morning-Routine-Tea-and-Journals.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Morning-Routine-Tea-and-Journals-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\n<p>I am a creature of habit and I have written about my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mominthecity.com\/morning-routine-motivate-great-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">morning\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mominthecity.com\/school-morning-routine-tips-that-bring-peace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">routine<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mominthecity.com\/morning-routines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">several<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mominthecity.com\/opportunity-costs-and-miracle-mornings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">times<\/a>. Today, I want to share a couple of items that make my morning routine special: tea and journals.<\/p>\n<h2>Tea<\/h2>\n<p>After dropping the kids off at school and straightening up our home, I drink a cup of tea to ease into the rest of my day. Normally, I drink chamomile tea with a teaspoon of honey since honey is the only additional thing that I like in my tea. I mentioned in my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mominthecity.com\/last-minute-mothers-day-gift-ideas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mother\u2019s Day gifts post<\/a> that adagio had sent me a special tea and teaware package to sample. You can see the ingredients of my package below\u2026<\/p>\n<p><\/p><center><\/center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iflscience.com\/health-and-medicine\/best-way-make-tea-microwave-according-science\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Best Way To Make Tea Is To Microwave It, According To Science<\/a> (<em>IFL<\/em>Science)\n<p>I loved the chamomile tea. That wasn\u2019t much of a surprise to me because it\u2019s difficult to mess up a chamomile tea. I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed adagio\u2019s <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adagio.com\/rooibos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">rooibos tea<\/a>\u00a0though. I tested the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adagio.com\/rooibos\/rooibos_vanilla.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rooibos vanilla tea<\/a>\u00a0and really enjoyed the way that the vanilla and the rooibos herbs blended together. I would definitely alternate this decaf tea with my trusty chamomile one!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33023\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mominthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/adagio-vanilla-rooibos-tea.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"415\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/adagio-vanilla-rooibos-tea.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/adagio-vanilla-rooibos-tea-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Journals<\/h2>\n<p>As I drink my tea, I write in my journals. I have two journals \u2013 one for my daily \u201cto-dos\u201d and one for my <em>Bible\u00a0<\/em>study notes and special prayers. No matter how many electronic gadgets that I have I am (and always will be) a paper girl. There\u2019s nothing quite like putting pen to paper! My kids are too cute. They know me so well\u2026they both gave me journals as gifts for Mother\u2019s Day. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mominthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/morning-routines-journal.jpg\" alt=\"morning routines - journal\" width=\"458\" height=\"500\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/morning-routines-journal.jpg 458w, https:\/\/mominthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/morning-routines-journal-275x300.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In any event, tea and journals are just a couple of things that help me start the day on a great note. Let me know if you have any special items that brighten your morning too!<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a creature of habit and I have written about my morning\u00a0routine several times. 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