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Live Edge Chess Board brings a new meaning to this classic "Game of Thrones"

In education, we often times refer to students who dislike reading as the "One Chapter Club." They tend to only read one chapter and put...

In the past month, Scott and I have been thinking about what we want to add to our business in 2022. We stand firm in our belief that we...

A year ago, we wrote our mission statement for Iler Meadows. . . this is what we branded. There's an emotion that is created when someone...

“When the power of Love, overcomes the love of Power. The world will know peace.” -JIMI HENDRIX Last week was a bit of a rough week with...

Over the holiday season, Scott and I had a chance to meet many new customers, form new collaborations, and begin friendships with...

My younger daughter recently asked if there was a way to send her idea to a movie company. She said she had a great idea and wanted...

Are you living your best life? Two months ago. . . I will be completely transparent, I wasn’t living my best life. I was spinning my...

My daughter recently had the spelling word “awestruck.” She asked me the meaning of the word and I tried to explain it to the best of my...

Inspiring you to live in the Moment BE thankful for the struggles you go through. They make you stronger, wiser and humble. Don’t let...

I have been feeling it in my gut for quite some time, that I needed some solitude. I didn’t know when or how I was going to achieve it,...

I remember every Saturday and Sunday as a kid the sights and sounds of my home. Autumn was a busy time of year for my family. My dad was...

Mornings are a bit of a controversial topic in the Iler home. Two of us love them, two of us would choose to start the day in the...

I prefer rough drafts. I love the crossing out, the additions, the edits, the sloppy handwriting, the scratched out misspelled words, and...

I was the last one to be picked at PE growing up. There were always the two top athletes that were the “Team Captains” and then they...

J.R.R. Tolkien said “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” One day, one week, one month, one year. .. not...

16 years ago, Scott proposed to me on the dock at our favorite family summer vacation spot, Bass Lake, California. It was a place I went...

A Do it Yourself Post I was scrolling through the different posts I have written in the past year. Yes, I have been writing for almost a...

So, as you know Scott surprises me with every animal that we have in our home. If it was up to me, we would have a cat and maybe Boris,...

I was known as a kid as a bit of a doubting Thomas. The meaning of the idiom is – a person who refuses to believe anything until they...