I'm not a chef, and I'm not an expert at anything. I'm just a mom and a wife. — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
I'm a thirty-something ranch wife, mother of four, moderately agoraphobic middle child who grew up on a golf course in the city. — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“I love you,” he whispered as I died right there on the spot. It wasn’t convenient, my dying the night before my… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“The week of a girl’s wedding was supposed to be a happy time. I should have been leaping gleefully around my parents’… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“I have to give you your wedding present,” Marlboro Man said before I could ask where we were going. “I can’t wait… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“ I now pronounce you husband and wife. I hadn’t considered the kiss. Not once. I suppose I’d assumed it would be… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“When we arrived at the wedding at Marlboro Man’s grandparents’ house, I gasped. People were absolutely everywhere: scurrying and mingling and sipping… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t about me anymore. I had a child. A husband who needed me to be there for him in the midst… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
In many ways, our marriage is anything but traditional. When I started my blog in 2006, Ladd was the only one that… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“Marlboro Man picked me up the next evening, exactly one month before our wedding day. Our evening apart had made the heart… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“ Come on, Ree, get a grip , I told myself. Something was going on…this was more than simply a reaction to… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“I excused myself to the bathroom to freshen up and put on a champagne satin negligee in an effort to thwart the… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“I walked proudly out of the church, the new wife of Marlboro Man. When we exited the same doors through which my… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“Two days before our wedding, we were making out in a dark, hazy movie theater. It was one of the most romantic… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“One morning, after I choked down a bowl of cereal, I looked outside the window and saw a mountain lion siting on… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“That night, Marlboro Man and I had a date. It was the Thursday night before our wedding, and the rehearsal dinner was… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“ Will you have this man to be your husband; to live together in the covenant of marriage? Will you love him,… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“When I exited the bathroom this time, Marlboro Man was standing right outside the door--just as he’d been at his grandmother’s house… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t about me anymore. I had a child. A husband who needed me to be there for him in the midst… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“ Dearly beloved: We have come together in the presence of God to witness and bless the joining together of this man… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“The wedding rehearsal itself was uneventful until Father Johnson decided it was time to show Marlboro Man and me the proper way… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“I turned my focus to clothes, immediately endeavoring to find just the right dress for the occasion. This was huge--my debut as… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“ I now pronounce you husband and wife. I hadn’t considered the kiss. Not once. I suppose I’d assumed it would be… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“When we arrived at the wedding at Marlboro Man’s grandparents’ house, I gasped. People were absolutely everywhere: scurrying and mingling and sipping… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“ I now pronounce you husband and wife. I hadn’t considered the kiss. Not once. I suppose I’d assumed it would be… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“Of course, no china--however intricate and inviting--was as seductive as my fiancé, my future husband, who continued to eat me alive with… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“While I was deep in my fantasy, in yet another episode of perfect timing, Marlboro Man called from the road. “Hey,” he… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
Oats are great - you can make meatloaf and use oats instead of bread as the binder, or you can make oatmeal… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“Of course, no china--however intricate and inviting--was as seductive as my fiancé, my future husband, who continued to eat me alive with… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“In the coming year, real life would come crashing in around us. Within days of our wedding, we would receive unexpected, startling… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“Once the wedding gift was out of the way, Marlboro Man and I had to check one last item off our list… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“I looked around and realized we were headed down a different road than Marlboro Man would normally take. “I have to give… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“ I now pronounce you husband and wife. I hadn’t considered the kiss. Not once. I suppose I’d assumed it would be… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“What else haven’t you told me?” I thought for a minute. “Actually, yes…there is,” I replied, pausing to consider my words carefully, “I eat… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
Butter, cream, and bacon. That's such a great foundation right there. — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“More and more, I began helping around the homestead. I learned to operate my John Deere mower so I could keep the yard around… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“I walked proudly out of the church, the new wife of Marlboro Man. When we exited the same doors through which my dad and… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“When we arrived at the wedding at Marlboro Man’s grandparents’ house, I gasped. People were absolutely everywhere: scurrying and mingling and sipping champagne and… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“What is it?” I asked, pasting a magazine photo of a football--found in an old Seventeen magazine spread--on my beloved’s collage. “Well, a bunch… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“When I arrived, I immediately saw the mother of an ex-boyfriend, the kind of ex-boyfriend that would make you want to look as good… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“At times the differences concerned me. Could I ever be with a man who’d never, in his entire life, eaten sushi? Could I, a… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“You did not do my homework assignment for me,” he said, grabbing the collage again and looking it over. “I had insomnia,” I said.… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“I couldn’t bear the thought of a ham sandwich. Imagining milk trickling down my esophagus almost sent me over the edge. Even the saltines… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“Marlboro Man picked me up the next evening, exactly one month before our wedding day. Our evening apart had made the heart grow fonder,… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“I’ll send the nurse in here in a minute, okay?” Waste of time , I thought. “Okay, but…do you think there’s anything we can… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
