I attended college in Los Angeles and wore black pumps to work every day.

My days are spent wrangling children, chipping dried manure from boots, washing jeans, and frying calf nuts.

I hate to play the I-live-in-the-country card, but it really takes all of the 'pack the kids into the car and run from here to there' out of the equation.

I'm a writer and a photographer - I'm totally aware that doesn't always translate to TV.

I had been teaching myself photography.

As The Pioneer Woman has grown and the revenue has grown, the prizes keep getting better, and that certainly feels good.

Ninety-five percent of the time when I run a contest I've purchased the giveaway prizes with advertising money.