First, and most vitally and globally important: Thank you to all the ballet-fluent out there who commented on my turnout yesterday! You have no idea how much that small compliment lifted this 45-year-old former dancer who now relies on her FitBit to help her get off her jiggly bottom and move’s spirit.
That sentence is grammatically challenged. But you know what I meant.
I didn’t rock the turnout quite as much in this photo, but here’s the tile my strapping stallion of a husband chose for the boys’ bathroom.
I really like it! It’s dark, charcoalish, and looks a little imperfect. The brick pattern gives it a little interest, but I think it still looks somewhat classic.
Of course, it’s nowhere NEAR as awesome as the tile I picked for the GIRLS’ bathroom (top photo). I remind my stallion of every time we visit the building because we have a battle of the bathrooms going on. It started out as a little difference in option along the lines of “You know I think I like that tile better…” and it has mushroomed into a full-out marital competition that involves both of us being convinced that our bathroom will be superior to the other’s bathroom.
We need to get out more.
The new cabinets were delivered yesterday. We’re going to have them stained before we install them in a week or two.
But look. These are the vanities for both the girls’ (left) and the boys’ (right) bathrooms.
If this doesn’t perfectly sum up the differences between my husband and me…I don’t know what does.
And it also gives me plenty of things to rib him about.
“Oh, honey…look. Your poor legs are unfinished. I guess they forgot to put them in the lathe!”
And other stuff like that.
Look! Here, my beloved has just conceded that yes, the girls’ bathroom is going to be WAY better than the boys’ bathroom.
(In my mind, anyway.)
(Ahem.)
Ree Drummond is the founder of The Pioneer Woman and a lover of butter, basset hounds and life on the ranch! Ree started her blog in 2006, and now millions visit ThePioneerWoman.com every month for her trusted recipes and fun family stories. Here’s what she has been up to since it all began:
New York Times Bestselling Author
Ree has written two memoirs (Black Heels to Tractor Wheels, and Frontier Follies) plus nine bestselling cookbooks:
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes from an Accidental Country Girl (2009)
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier (2012)
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: A Year of Holidays (2013)
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Dinnertime (2015)
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Come and Get It! (2017)
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: The New Frontier (2019)
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Super Easy (2021)
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Dinner’s Ready! (2023)
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: The Essential Recipes (2025)
Food Network Host
Since 2011, Ree has been sharing simple, family-friendly recipes—and the occasional kitchen prank!—on her award-winning show The Pioneer Woman, filmed right on Drummond Ranch. Ree is also a regular judge on Food Network competitions, including Christmas Cookie Challenge.
Founder, The Pioneer Woman Collection
Ree has been creating and selling kitchen and home products at Walmart since 2015 and she’s involved in designing every piece and pattern. The line now includes best-selling appliances (you have to see the floral blender!), plus hundreds of pieces of cookware, tableware, and more. Ree doesn’t like to play favorites but the Agatha print has a special place in her heart.
Restaurant and Hotel Owner
Together with her husband Ladd, Ree has opened several bustling businesses in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, including The Pioneer Woman Mercantile—a bakery, restaurant, and general store that draws visitors from across the country (many come for the biscuits alone!), P-Town Pizza, Charlie’s Ice Cream Shop, and The Boarding House, a charming hotel with eight different rooms decorated by Ree and Ladd.
Media Personality
Ree appears regularly on national TV shows like Today, Good Morning America and more—all while managing to keep flour off her shirt.
Wife, Mom and…Grandma!
Ree’s kids (daughters Alex and Paige and sons Bryce and Todd) are all grown up, and as of December 2024, Ree is the proud grandma of the cutest baby ever, Sofia Scott, born to Alex and her husband Mauricio. Ree still cooks for Ladd (and the kids when they’re home), and she also looks after a few mischievous ranch dogs.
