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Tuesday Morning Coffee: 1/19/21

Posted on January 19, 2021by Jnschaefer

Helloooooooo friends! It’s been a while. We are still in the midst of this PCS so I figured it was time for an update over a virtual cup of coffee! For those who don’t know, we are moving from Fort Hood in Texas, to Fort Lewis/JBLM in Washington. I’m from central Washington and my family […]

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Mentally preparing for a pandemic PCS

Posted on December 4, 2020December 14, 2020by Jnschaefer

Oh hi! It’s been a while. I think my goal for this year was consistency…but let’s just go ahead and accept that 2020 had a wildly different plan for the year. Anyways. If you follow along on my Instagram, you probably already know that we are gearing up for a PCS hopefully in the near […]

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Remembering Pregnancy Loss

Posted on October 1, 2020October 15, 2020by Jnschaefer

Most people don’t know that Eloise is our rainbow baby. In April of 2019 I had an early miscarriage/chemical pregnancy. And I never talked about it. Not out of a sense of guilt or shame. But because the situation just made it…weird. I had always admired women who shared about their loss. It’s surprisingly common […]

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Deployment Homecoming: Pandemic Edition

Posted on July 13, 2020by Jnschaefer

My husband is finally home y’all! And it was absolutely nothing like the way I pictured it when he left. Like. At all. That’s 2020 in a nutshell though isn’t it? People who say that the last month of deployment is the longest are clearly not moving cross country with kids and pets, setting up […]

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Tuesday Morning Coffee: 5/26/20

Posted on May 26, 2020by Jnschaefer

Good morning. It’s been another week so I hope you’ll join me for a coffee chat. – Eloise turned 4 months old this week. I can’t believe how fast she’s growing up. She’s getting so close to rolling over and loves to “stand up” with some help of course. Today she has her doctors appointment […]

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Because Memorial Day is freaking hard

Posted on May 25, 2020May 25, 2020by Jnschaefer

This past weekend I’ve seen so many posts reminding people what Memorial Day is all about. And that’s awesome because it’s a super important day. But I mentally can’t spend all of Memorial Day the way it was “intended.” Especially this year. This year is too heavy already. I’ve seen other posts about “observing” vs […]

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Tuesday Morning Coffee: 5/19/20

Posted on May 19, 2020May 19, 2020by Jnschaefer

Good morning friends! How are we holding up? I’ve been a little behind posting these Tuesday morning chats…because honestly life has been a whole lot overwhelming but also not very exciting all at once. But my guess is that most people are feeling that way lately. So if you’ve been stuck in a rut, I […]

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The First Deployment With Kids

Posted on May 18, 2020May 18, 2020by Jnschaefer

The first deployment with kids…because it’s a totally different rodeo! #deployment #milspousemonday

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The Importance of a Future Dream

Posted on May 4, 2020by Jnschaefer

Military life means that a lot of things are out of your control. The biggest thing is that where you move, and how often, is ultimately up to somebody else. Somebody who really doesn’t care what you think. Sounds a lot like life right now during the COVID-19 lockdown too right? Just like people are […]

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Tuesday Morning Coffee: 3/31/20

Posted on March 31, 2020March 31, 2020by Jnschaefer

We’ve officially made it to the end of March!!! I thought January felt forever long….but now I am fully aware that was just a warm up for March. And if I’m being honest, April is starting to look like it might last forever too. I told our pediatrician yesterday that it felt like we should […]

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