Positively (Im)perfect

I feel like I must say up front that this is not any sort of sponsored post, and I'm a good two years behind the rest of the blogosphere for any sort of Five Favorites link-up or another. But I had a truly beautiful experience with fave #1 not too long ago, and I felt it would be a disservice to the rest of the world if I didn't share it. But a post all about just one thing seemed like it would be sort of short and awkward-ish, so I figured why not pretend I'm like the other cool blogesses and throw in four other things that make me extremely happy? Happy is always good, yes? Indeed. #1 - Chuao Honeycomb Chocolate My husband brought me this nugget of perfection on a night when I had a work call that we both knew would be a total steamroller. I was totally stoked by the idea of a new dairy-free* chocolate bar since my options are so limited--though I admit, when I first saw the honeycomb part, I was like "ehhh...I don't know about this..." But o

We sat idly in the stifling plane as the sky darkened and the minutes ticked by...ten, twenty, an hour delay. Finally the engines whirred to life. I prayed the kids would fall asleep quickly and painlessly as we made our way through the night toward home, but I dared not close my own eyes for fear I would stir and wake the blond little towhead that had eventually come to rest in my lap. It had been a wonderful but physically exhausting trip to see my family--which started with our daughter missing the last two days of school so we could fly across the country for her aunt's graduation--and my brain had been close to implosion as I'd tried to get everything in order for the end of another school year while packing up for the trip out. Now, our return trip was already taking its toll. I'd started out the day feeling awful, but thankfully made it through some sightseeing before our delayed red eye flight, which finally landed in Denver at midnight--or 2am, according t