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

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

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

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 want people to see how hard my husband and kids work on the ranch.

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

Knowing what I'll write about and what I won't has never really been a problem. I won't write about things that bore me.