I’ll be sharing some Mercantile pics with you in this post, because the truth is that it has been the center of our activity as a family over the past several weeks, and it would be disingenuous . Oh, there’s been plenty of activity on the ol’ ranch—feeding, working calves, manure—but leading up to Christmas, the Merc has been busy…plus, we spent about 4 years planning and renovating, so thank you for loving me through all these Merc updates. 🙂 Things will normalize after the holidays, and Confessions will have cows and Cooking will have recipes again.
I’ve just…gotta…get past…Christmas. Look, kids! Big Ben! Parliament!
(European Vacation reference there. Sorry.)
I haven’t shown you much Merc food lately! This is the Farmer’s Breakfast.
This is the Cattleman’s Breakfast.
The Farmer and the Cowman should be friends.
This doesn’t do our small town’s Christmas decorations any justice. They’re really charming!
Here’s a sweet shopper from last week. What a smile!
Here’s a sweet shopper from this week. What a…well, she wasn’t smiling much. But as someone said on Instagram, why should she smile when her hat is doing the smiling for her?
I loved this cute baby.
I like to show you the various tables around the store. This one makes me happy.
Sheet pans, sheet pans everywhere! They are everything to me.
We’ve got these beads all over the store, too. I’m obsessed with them and want to drape them on and over everything.
This makes me smile…
But this makes me smile more. Someone stuck the Basset Hound mask in our clothing section and it made my day.
My week.
My month.
I hope you’re all having a happy, happy week! Hyacinth and I are trying to find a time to make cinnamon rolls, and I’ll report in on all the buttery explosion that ensues.
Love,
P-Jingle
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.
