pioneer woman

I did something so ridiculous last night. You’ve probably noticed below that I have a link to the Pioneer Woman’s blog. My friend Carrie pointed me in her direction a while back and now I’m hooked! I love looking at her photography, her children and her food! I also love reading her hilarious stories! She’s just a top blogger in my book. Well, she’s written a cookbook that just came out this week! She’s doing a book signing tour and her second stop was Oklahoma City last night at Full Circle Bookstore! My friend Liz really wanted to go with me but in the end, couldn’t go so my sister-in-law, Jackie, was going to go with me…she ended up not being able to come either! I decided that it was worth going alone, just to get the opportunity to meet Ree (AKA Pioneer Woman), snap a quick picture and get her to sign my copy of the book. Well, about 800 people had the same idea that I did! I arrived at 6:40 and did not leave until midnight…yes, MIDNIGHT!!!

I made great friends while standing in line for 5 hours! My main circle of new friends included:

• Blythe had her 5 year-old daughter, Beatrice, there with her. Beatrice had a pink carnation to give “Miss Pioneer Woman” when they got to meet her. Poor little thing didn’t last very long so her daddy came to pick her up. She did get escorted to the front of the line my Marlboro Man himself so she could give her flower to Ree though!

• Jessica from Tuttle was there getting a book signed for her mom’s birthday as a surprise! What a great daughter! She has a two year old little girl named Landry. She's darling (I saw pics)!

• Bob stood in line the whole time with us to get the book signed for his daughter who lives in Florida. His daughter, Mary, went to 3rd grade with Ann Marie (Ree) and he had some funny stories to keep us entertained.

• Courtney was in town for a wedding and was just going to run by to get her copy signed. Five hours later, she left a happy customer!

Everyone had their own story about why there were there and where they came from. It was so interesting and fun getting to meet such great people. To pass the time, many read the cookbook cover to cover, but I was ravenous because I didn’t eat dinner, so looking at the beautiful and yummy pictures were just too painful for me! I know standing in line that long is an insane thing to do, but I reached a point in the evening, where I had been there SO long, I wasn’t about to leave without talking to PW! As we inched closer and closer we all got so excited. In the end, I got to meet Ree and she is even more beautiful in person and equally as personable! I had such a great time chatting with her for a few minutes while she signed my book. Her family was also just delightful! The kiddos were there and were so well behaved!

Liz even emailed me a pic of herself and Ree and I took a picture with her! By midnight I didn’t care how much of a dork I looked like...oh what a night!

Here's Marlboro Man and two of her punks! I didn't get a pic of the two boys, but Bryce was sweet enough to sign my book!




I had a blast! Thanks PW and line buddies for such a great time!