diff --git a/django_cookbook/model/__init__.py b/django_cookbook/model/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..369eb28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django_cookbook/model/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__author__ = 'dbate'
diff --git a/django_cookbook/model/fields.py b/django_cookbook/model/fields.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf3e1c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django_cookbook/model/fields.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import json
+from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
+from django.db.models import TextField
+import re
+
+
+def is_iterable(obj):
+    try:
+        iter(obj)
+        return True
+    except TypeError:
+        return False
+
+
+class IterField(TextField):
+    """
+    Stores the an iterable object in the the database. The data is stored as JSON and so all the values given to the
+    field must be serializable by the "json" module. This includes dict, list, tuple, str, int, float, True, False and
+    None
+    """
+
+    LIST_RE = re.compile(r"\[(.*)\]")
+
+    def to_python(self, value):
+        if isinstance(value, list):
+            return value
+
+        if not isinstance(value, str):
+            raise ValidationError("Invalid input for a IterField instance")
+
+        if not value:
+            return []
+
+        # We could store the data as a string representation of the iterable which we then "eval" but this would allow
+        # for malicious data to be stores in the field so we need to do some sanity checking on the string. We let the
+        # json library handle this.
+        return json.loads(value)
+
+    def get_prep_value(self, value):
+        return json.dumps(value, separators=(',', ':'))
+
+
diff --git a/django_cookbook/test/__init__.py b/django_cookbook/test/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/django_cookbook/test/settings.py b/django_cookbook/test/settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ae39bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django_cookbook/test/settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+"""
+Django settings for quokka project.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/settings/
+
+For the full list of settings and their values, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/
+"""
+
+# Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
+import os
+from django.conf.global_settings import MEDIA_ROOT
+import sys
+
+import socket
+
+try:
+    HOSTNAME = socket.gethostname()
+except:
+    HOSTNAME = 'localhost'
+
+BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+
+
+# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
+# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/deployment/checklist/
+
+# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
+SECRET_KEY = '!j!rcmgm!@*zhjkq)3tl*r&&zug3&4hklo*s)#b*5_-=u0s1iw'
+
+# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
+DEBUG = True
+
+TEMPLATE_DEBUG = True
+
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
+
+
+# Application definition
+
+INSTALLED_APPS = (
+    'django.contrib.admin',
+    'django.contrib.auth',
+    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
+    'django.contrib.sessions',
+    'django.contrib.messages',
+    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
+)
+
+MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
+    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
+)
+
+
+
+DATABASES = {
+    'default': {
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
+        'NAME': ':memory:',
+    }
+}
+
+# Internationalization
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/i18n/
+
+LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
+
+TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
+
+USE_I18N = True
+
+USE_L10N = True
+
+USE_TZ = True
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diff --git a/django_cookbook/test/unit/__init__.py b/django_cookbook/test/unit/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..369eb28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django_cookbook/test/unit/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__author__ = 'dbate'
diff --git a/django_cookbook/test/unit/test_IterField_GetPrepValue.py b/django_cookbook/test/unit/test_IterField_GetPrepValue.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc84074
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django_cookbook/test/unit/test_IterField_GetPrepValue.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import os
+os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "django_cookbook.test.settings")
+
+from django_cookbook.model.fields import IterField
+from django.test import TestCase
+
+
+class IterField_GetPrepValue(TestCase):
+    def test_ValueIsAnEmptyList_StringIsEmptyList(self):
+        field = IterField()
+
+        self.assertEqual("[]", field.get_prep_value([]))
+
+    def test_ValueIsAnEmptyDictionary_StringIsEmptyDict(self):
+        field = IterField()
+
+        self.assertEqual("{}", field.get_prep_value({}))
+
+    def test_ValueIsListOfElements_StringIsJsonRepresentationOfThatListWithNoSpaces(self):
+        field = IterField()
+
+        self.assertEqual("[1,2,3,4,5]", field.get_prep_value([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]))
+
+    def test_ValueIsListOfListsAndDictionaries_StringIsJsonRepresentationOfThatListWithNoSpaces(self):
+        field = IterField()
+
+        self.assertEqual("[[1,2,3],{\"4\":5}]", field.get_prep_value([[1, 2, 3], {4: 5}]))
+
+    def test_ValueIsDictionaryOfElements_StringIsJsonRepresentationOfThatListWithNoSpaces(self):
+        field = IterField()
+
+        self.assertEqual("{\"1\":2,\"3\":4,\"5\":6}", field.get_prep_value({1: 2, 3: 4, 5: 6}))
+
+    def test_ValueIsDictionaryOfListsAndDictionaries_StringIsJsonRepresentationOfThatListWithNoSpaces(self):
+        field = IterField()
+
+        self.assertEqual("{\"1\":{\"2\":3},\"4\":[5,6]}", field.get_prep_value({1: {2: 3}, 4: [5, 6]}))
diff --git a/django_cookbook/test/unit/test_IterField_PrepToPython.py b/django_cookbook/test/unit/test_IterField_PrepToPython.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8e16db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django_cookbook/test/unit/test_IterField_PrepToPython.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+from django.test import TestCase
+from django_cookbook.model.fields import IterField
+
+
+class IterField_PrepToPython(TestCase):
+    def test_ValueIsEmptyList_ResultMatchesInput(self):
+        value = []
+        field = IterField()
+
+        prepped = field.get_prep_value(value)
+        py = field.to_python(prepped)
+
+        self.assertEqual(value, py)
+
+    def test_ValueIsListWithElementsListAndDicts_ResultMatchesInput(self):
+        value = [1, 2, 3, [4, 5, 6], {"foo": 8}]
+        field = IterField()
+
+        prepped = field.get_prep_value(value)
+        py = field.to_python(prepped)
+
+        self.assertEqual(value, py)
+
+    def test_ValueIsEmptyDict_ResultMatchesInput(self):
+        value = {}
+        field = IterField()
+
+        prepped = field.get_prep_value(value)
+        py = field.to_python(prepped)
+
+        self.assertEqual(value, py)
+
+    def test_ValueIsDictWithElementsListAndDicts_ResultMatchesInput(self):
+        value = {"foo": 1, "bar": [2, 3, 4], "boo": {"moo": 5}}
+        field = IterField()
+
+        prepped = field.get_prep_value(value)
+        py = field.to_python(prepped)
+
+        self.assertEqual(value, py)
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diff --git a/django_cookbook/test/unit/test_IterField_ToPython.py b/django_cookbook/test/unit/test_IterField_ToPython.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0c21f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django_cookbook/test/unit/test_IterField_ToPython.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import os
+os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "django_cookbook.test.settings")
+
+from django.test import TestCase
+from django_cookbook.model.fields import IterField
+
+
+class IterField_ToPython(TestCase):
+    def test_StringIsEmpty_ReturnedValueIsEmptyList(self):
+        field = IterField()
+
+        self.assertEqual([], field.to_python(""))
+
+    def test_StringIsEmptyList_ReturnedValueIsEmptyList(self):
+        field = IterField()
+
+        self.assertEqual([], field.to_python("[]"))
+
+    def test_StringIsListWithOneField_ReturnedValueIsListWithThatField(self):
+        field = IterField()
+
+        self.assertEqual(["foo"], field.to_python('["foo"]'))
+
+    def test_StringIsListWithMultipleField_ReturnedValueIsListWithThoseFields(self):
+        field = IterField()
+
+        self.assertEqual(["foo", "bar", "boo"], field.to_python('["foo","bar","boo"]'))
+
+    def test_StringIsListWithMultipleFieldOneOfWhichIsAList_ReturnedValueIsListWithThoseFields(self):
+        field = IterField()
+
+        self.assertEqual(["foo", ["bar", "boo"], "moo"], field.to_python('["foo",["bar","boo"],"moo"]'))
+
+    def test_StringIsDictionary_ReturnedValueIsADictionaryWithTheCorrectFields(self):
+        field = IterField()
+
+        self.assertEqual({"foo": "bar", "boo": ["moo", "maa"]}, field.to_python('{"foo":"bar", "boo":["moo","maa"]}'))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/django_cookbook/users.py b/django_cookbook/users.py
index 8b1ad8f..32a63aa 100644
--- a/django_cookbook/users.py
+++ b/django_cookbook/users.py
@@ -5,11 +5,15 @@
 
 def get_authenticated_users(include=[], exclude=[]):
     """
-    Gets a lit of all the authenticated user who are in the include list and not in the exclude list
+    Gets a lit of all the authenticated user who are in the include list and not in the exclude list.
+    For example, assuming your user profile has a "friends" property to get all authenticated friends you would use:
 
-    :param include:
-    :param exclude:
-    :return:
+    >>> get_authenticated_users(include=user.friends, exclude=[user])
+
+    :param include: A list of users to include, if False no include filter is applied
+    :param exclude: A list of users to exclude
+
+    :return: A query set containing all authenticate uses in
     """
     # get the ids of the authenticated sessions
     sessions = Session.objects.filter(expire_date__gte=datetime.now())
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 57422b1..4b165bd 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 setup(
     name='django_cookbook',
     version='0.0.1',
-    packages=['django_cookbook', 'django_cookbook.templatetags'],
+    packages=['django_cookbook', 'django_cookbook.templatetags', 'django_cookbook.model'],
     url='',
     license='',
     author='',