I think deerskin work gloves are the answer to everything. You can give them to someone who gardens or someone who works… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“I was naked and alone, enduring the flop sweat attack of my life. It figured. It was usually the times I felt… — 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
“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
“If Marlboro Man was wrong, I didn’t want to be right. Where would all of this lead? At times I asked myself… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“When I woke up an hour later, something had changed. Maybe it was the sleep…maybe it was the tender moment with Marlboro… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“By the time we returned to the hotel room, we were laughing again. Marlboro Man was teasing me about how many clothes… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“By the time Marlboro Man walked in the door, I was stirring in the canned kidney beans and minutes away from throwing… — 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… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“Next, it was time for me to tell my family, who’d started wondering what was going on. I started with my mom.… — 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… — 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
“Unintentionally, each time a new cow would pass through the chute, I’d instinctively bear down. I was just as pregnant as many… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“That’s when my savior called. He called as he always did after we’d spent a day or evening together. He called to… — 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,… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“Hey…you okay?” Marlboro Man repeated. My heart fluttered in horror. I wanted to jump out of the bathroom window, scale down the… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“As for me, I went inside, walked up to my bedroom, and fell on the floor. What…just happened? Staring at the ceiling,… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“Soon it was time for us to leave; the clock had struck midnight, and we had miles to go before we slept.… — 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
“We ate dinner and talked, and I sipped chilled wine slowly, savoring every single swallow, even as I savored every single moment… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“It was time for me to go that Thursday night. We’d just watched Citizen Kane --a throwback to my Cinema 190 class… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“I didn’t answer right away; I was too busy savoring the moment. The delicious night air, the music of mama cows in… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
Ninety-five percent of the time when I run a contest I've purchased the giveaway prizes with advertising money. — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“We went to a movie, Marlboro Man and me, longing for the quiet time in the dark. We couldn’t find it anywhere… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“It was so dark outside, I forgot where I was. I had no sense of geography or time or space, not even… — 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
“Next, it was time to tell my brother Mike. “Hey, Mike!” I announced. “Guess what?” “Wh-wh-wh-what?” he asked. “I’m staying here! I’m… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“He walked me to the door--the same one to which I’d been escorted many times before by pimply high school boys and… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“I looked at him, giggled like a schoolgirl, and asked, “What have you been doing all this time?” “Oh, I was headed… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“After dinner, as we had so many times during our months and months together, Marlboro Man and I adjourned to his porch.… — 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
