The Coach meets The Amish Lady part 1

Ree Drummond (aka The Pioneer Woman) was at BookPeople in Austin to promote hew new cookbook "The Pioneer Woman Cooks." Of course, half of central Texas showed up - including me. Yes, I'm a devoted PW fan :)

She started off by taking questions from the crowd - including ME! Of course, I managed to screw it up... I asked a loaded question, given the enviornment, "So, are you a Longhorn or a Sooner?"

The crowd got a kick out of it, but I'm not sure she did. She bowed her head a bit but responded nicely with, "Well, actually I'm a Trojan." DUH - I knew that. She graduated from USC... I should have thought before asking.

Here she is recovering from my rudeness:

And here is Marlboro Man.





Let me tell you, I've always thought MM very nice looking, but he is very smooth too. I have to admit, there is this sexy aura that surrounds him. After I got my books signed, we were organizing Livi, the bags, the books, the coat, etc. he started to talk to me a bit. My toungue was tied - blah blah blah - I sounded like an idiot! He asked me what my blog was and was being nice in general and all I could do was gag on myself. I sounded like I had a mouthful of mashed potatoes. sigh.... I can be such a dork.
Plus, he took several pictures of Livi - I think he thought she was pretty cute. I hope she makes PW's blog!



But here is the sexiest man in the house - The Coach. He already managed to sew up the 'Father of the Year' award with his single-handed victory over the Swine Flu earlier this fall, but now he is vying for 'Husband of the Year' after his show of dedication and love last night.
Pioneer Sister was very impressed that Jeff drove me to Austin and watched Livi in the bookstore for 3+ hours so I could meet PW.
Apparently Jeff made friends with Pioneer Sister and Pioneer Mother in the kids' book section while I was standing in line. He had no clue who they were. Figures.



Here is Livi continuing her World Domination Tour of toy and book stores. I like that the Olivia book is right behind her. The BookPeople store is amazing - I fell in love. Too bad its all the way in downtown Austin or we'd be there every weekend.
The childrens' section employees deserve extra pay after last night - just sayin'.

It was a long wait. I was the 18th person in line from the end. Here is a pic of the end of the line to prove it. My feet hurt - of course I chose to wear my cute black heeled boots rather than comfortable shoes...

Here are my Line-Mates, Lucy and Sarah. They drove in from San Antonio. We had fun visiting whilst waiting our turn.

Up Next: Me and the Pioneer Woman!