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"Let my two foxies outside, then make coffee for my partner and myself."
Shani Stewart

"Wordle."
@toracoastalwalk

"Wash my face with a steaming hot facecloth."
@whats_for_smoko

"I stretch and usually have a glass of water."
Vanya Bailey-Taurua

"Tongue scrape! It's a game-changer. Followed by a brush. Then I'll do some yoga (normally with the dawn)."
@keatangg

"I'll admire the kids (hopefully still asleep) then run to have a coffee in my own time. The only peace and quiet I get before the jobs come flying at me."
@meet_the_macdonalds

"Hit the snooze button."
Rachel Lawson

"Have a cuppa."
@fleurwoodsart

"Take a deep breath, say thank you. Meditate then enjoy the small moments like the morning glow streaming in through my bathroom window."
@staczeez

"Coffee!"
@tayla_mackinder

"Pad into Ida's room, carry her back to bed with me and have a few more blissful minutes in bed snuggling her before the chaos of the day begins."
@jaz.mathisen

"I enjoy a hot cup of Jeds No. 3 coffee and read a few pages of whatever is on the go."
@angelanz86

"Let my doggies out - they're always so happy to see me. Sets me up for the day."
@miroyarns

"Get up and enjoy the peace and quiet - it's a really special time of day for me. Have a coffee and read the digital Otago Daily Times."
@kathrynwrightcounsellor

"Pee."
@chris.seawilson

"Tiptoe to the kitchen to pop the kettle on for the first and only blissfully silent coffee of the day and gaze out upon the morning sky."
@dewes_farm_life

"I put my fluffy bathrobe and woolly socks on and then make coffee (after changing two nappies and putting socks and jumpers on three kids of course)."
@mrs.rowie

"Open the bathroom window and take a deep cleansing breath, then splash my face with cold water."
@shonaaddison

"All thoughts are weather and coffee. Stagger out of bed, pull the curtain and assess the weather, ask Google to tell me the news. Dressing gown on and down to the kitchen to turn the coffee machine on. Open all the curtains and hopefully see a glorious sunrise. Then coffee, it's all about the coffee; the rest is a precursor to the day but nothing has started until the flat white is sliding down the throat. If I'm lucky it's drunk tucked back up in bed for a precious few moments."
@karen.schulz.nz

"Glass of water, wash face, loo, get the coffee brewing while I get the animals sorted."
@appletreeflat_nz

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