Irene's Inspirations!

As a Business owner, more than ever we are under stress.  We juggle and experience stress in a variety of ways.  Usually we ignore ourselves and may not know what kinds of things we can do to take better care of ourselves.  I would like to invite any Women Business Owner in my local area of Boise...

I continue to see how others market their business.  I want to see what makes a business stand out from the rest.  I will be a "Life Long Learner."  I thought I would share my experience of a recent vendor that stood out from the rest with some simple marketing strategies that caught my attention...

Our family just got back from "Star Mule Days."  It's an annual fair and carnival in the town of Star, thirteen miles west of Boise. One of my recent Dewey Color Consultant graduates, Marilyn Perkins, invited us.  We were surprised to see her singing on the stage!  She is very talented! I also ra...

We went on an early morning walk today.  The beatuiful Boise, Idaho skies were clear and it looked it was too good of an opportunity to exercise inside today.  As we were walking in our beautiful neighborhood, I was amazed to see the beauty and colors of nature.  The spectacular flowers are in bl...

We were honored to attend the International Contest for the Toastmasters Conference, Region 15 in Boise, ID last weekend.  Although we were not able to go to the entire Conference we were told that if you could at least get into one of the sessions, this final contest was the best of the best.  E...

We are excited about our upcoming 2008 IRIS Conference in beautiful San Diego, CA on October 8-10, 2008.  San Diego was one of our favorite get away places while growing up in Sunny Southern California.  Oh, unique Horton Plaza, Seacliff Village and the unique boutiques just to name a few special...

We had one of the most active and influential citizens of Idaho die this week, J.R. Simplot.  They had a wonderful memorial service for him at the Qwest Arena and on KTVB yesterday.  He was probably one of the richest men in Idaho History that had very humble beginnings as a farm boy.  He is prob...

I received a gift this week that totally suprised me!  It had been a challenging week, but I received a small but powerful surprise!  I received a beautiful white rose bouquet that was totally unexpected.  My husband has been great on giving me flowers throughout our almost 29 year marriage.  It ...

"I absolutely loved my Dewey We Make Color Easy Consultant Course, it was worth every penny!  I am so excited to be using the Dewey Color System.  It just solidifies all else that I had learned and gave me much better insight to everything!" Pebbie Comer, Amarillo, TX Irene Woodworth, Dewey Color...

I have to share this story with you.  On the last day of our trip to Evergreen, CO, we were getting ready and my son noticed out the window some Majestic and beautiful Elk.  At first, it was only one, then then two and finally five elk were playing in the stream!  I could have almost missed it. I...