Perfectly Imperfect Family and Finances

A couples thoughts on faith, family, and finances

How Do You Define Success?

Mr. Imperfect | March 10, 2008

One of the things that became immediately obvious while trying to set our goals, was that we did not have a clear definition of what success meant to us.  Which is probably another reason we ended up in our financial fallout.  We had the usual culprits of fame and fortune raise their heads briefly, but [...]

How Will You Offset the Rising Price of Flour?

Mr. Imperfect | February 27, 2008

It has been in the news since December. Now it seems that it is going to trickle down to all of us. Estimates are that a price increase of up to thirty percent can be expected. Here is an excerpt from a recent article in The Christian Science Monitor: “Why the increase? The prime ingredient [...]

Five Frugal Ways to Have Fun with Your Child

Mr. Imperfect | February 18, 2008

This post is by Mrs. Perfectlyimperfectmusing, an Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education major.   This post is designed specifically for those with kids in mind. (Or…those who are simply kids at heart!) Whether you are looking for something to do on a rainy day or something fun (and frugal) to do with your family this post [...]

Free Software that Makes My Life Easier Part 1

Mr. Imperfect | February 17, 2008

Over the last few years the amount of free, open source software has increased exponentially. Most of these programs work just as good, if not better than, their “name brand” competition. Here is a list of the 100% free software that I use on a daily basis. OpenOffice. This is by far the program that [...]