She may not have the longest term in the Food Network, but there is no doubt that fans will love Ree Drummond, better known as The Pioneer Woman. Ree Drummond is the ‘casual country girl’ who eventually lived near Pawhuska, Oklahoma, after her marriage to her cowboy husband, Ladd. They have a cute love story that fans love. And although Ree Drummond may never have expected that she lives in the middle of nowhere, it is clear that she could never imagine herself anywhere else.
Drummond has it all – a loving husband, four wonderful children and her own empire of successful business ventures. Unfortunately, a recent blog post from her suggests that she could stretch too thinly. Has it burned out completely? This is what she wrote.
Ree Drummond is a busy mother of four with multiple businesses beyond her show
She may seem humble and like the rest of us, but we must not forget that Ree Drummond is in charge of a billion-dollar company. She first achieved fame through the blog The Pioneer Woman, which is still being performed. And while the blog was originally all about life on the farm, she proved her cooking talent with her delicious recipes that she had included on the site. After starting her blog, she was noticed by the Food Network and offered her show with the same name.
Now Drummond has its own product line, and she and Ladd seem to keep the small town of Pawhuska in bloom with their tourist attractions. They own The Mercantile, a multi-storey shop with a restaurant and a bakery, and they also run their “cowboy luxury” hotel, called The Boarding House. Aside from her businesses,Ree Drummond has previously said that she is home schooling her children, and two of them are still living under her roof.
She just explained that she lets herself run on empty quite often
Through her food show we get a glimpse of the life of Drummond, but on her blog she dares to become truly personal. And she recently made a confession about the way she goes through life. “I’ll tell you what else does everything well, at least for me: uninterrupted time at home,” she wrote. And then she explained that her ‘uninterrupted’ time is up to herself how they refuel.
Unfortunately, Drummond’s go-getter and the constant need to work on projects seems to have prevailed in the past. She further explained in her blog that Ladd is teasing her because she never completely filled her car with gas – and she realized that this was symbolic of the way she goes through life. “I drive until I run out of gas, then stop quickly and add just enough fuel to get me through the next day or two,” she began. “Not to be everything symbolic – and actually, scratch that; this is completely symbolic: I recently realized that I often take the same approach with myself.”
Drummond is allowing herself uninterrupted time to refuel
While Drummond noted how she often smoked fumes, the blog post had another uplifting information – and that is that she is learning how to take a long break for herself. She even said that she is currently in a break of seven to eight weeks, which she has specifically marked on her calendar. “Not that I didn’t work during this period (hello, cookbook!) But it was a (somewhat aggressive) reminder of myself not to fill these calendar days – filming, traveling, events – that would take me home so that I could enjoy the things that I knew would go on at this time, “she explained.
This ‘long pit stop’, as she calls it, seems to be a new basis that she builds into her life as a memory to refuel. “Funny correlation, but the analogy between vehicle and fuel really helps me to see the value of this long pit stop this summer,” she wrote. It seems that this time at home also gave her ample time to make her new cookbook. She noted that “she is so grateful that I have had this time to dig in and give everything” – and we certainly can’t wait to see what Drummond is cooking.
