I am a Charming Imperfection

DIY projects are great and I love writing about them, but every once and a while I like to share a bit of my personal life and struggles and hope that you can benefit from them. Charming Imperfections is not just the name of my business; it has become an ideal or motto for my life. It applies to my… Read More

The “Get Through” Days

Today I want to share a bit of wisdom learned from my Mom. I have the tendency to expect a lot of myself. I would commit to many things and expect to exceed at all of them. If a job isn’t done perfect, it’s not ready to be finished, was always my line of thinking. Well, there were certain days… Read More

Remembering Romania #13

That winter we lived in Romania was harsh. Similar to last winter in the north eastern states, we experienced snow piling upon itself day after day. The only difference from the U.S. was, that in a bad snow storm, it was only a matter of time before the snow plows came through. Not in Romania, and definitely not where we… Read More

Remembering Romania #12

TUESDAY, JANUARY 06, 2004 Well the dust has cleared. The company has all gone home and we are back to school. Csilla and family (4 people) and her neighbor and family (4 more people) stayed for Fri-Sat. & Sun., to ski. It was actually quite nice. We had so much food left over from New Years and we had paper… Read More