Joellen Hodge is a broadcast journalist, radio personality and author. She reports for examiner.com on two subjects, Extreme Rural Family Life and Budget Meals. Her newspaper column "Out of the Box" appears in the Texas newspaper, "The Countyline." Her cookbook series "BBox Lady Cooks Southern Style Texan" will be released the summer of 2010. A self-employed nutritionist, Joellen lives in rural Texas with her husband, and operates her website bboxlady.com.