Jeep off the street

I love fall, like every other young mom here in Utah. Yes, I do like the pumpkin spice....everything, but I refrain. I limit myself to 1 pumpkin shake, and 1-2 pieces of pumpkin pie. Along with all things pumpkin, I love the crisp fall air, wearing hoodies, beautiful leaves, and just PUMPKINS. Now, understand me when I say I love pumpkins and NOT carving pumpkins. Pumpkins come in such unique colors, shapes, and sizes, and are just great for decorating. They also make for fantastic shooting targets--they explode so nicely. I hate everything about carving pumpkins..... Gutting the pumpkin is cold, slimy, and sticky--not to mention messy (I HATE unnecessary messes--I probably could use some therapy). The actual act of carving never turns out how the picture tells me it will, all the little tiny parts break off, and unless I slather the thing in Vaseline (again, unnecessary mess), it shrivels up and rots in a matter of hours. The work to reward ratio is waaaay off. I need balance. Carv

So you've heard me talk about  the gambler 500 .... well preparations are in full swing. For those of you that don't know what the gambler is, here is the long and short of it. It's a 500 mile off-road "navigational challenge" in a vehicle worth less than $500. It's a 2-day challenge, driving 250 miles each day, and camping overnight. Each day you are given gps coordinates that you must reach in your very incapable vehicle, take a selfie, and proceed. It's not considered a race, and in order to "win" you must have evidence of helping another gambler along the way. With the primary rule being "don't be a dick." Which is basically my life motto, however I prefer "tool", "jack-wang", "dingleberry", or "buttmunch"....but it all translates the same.  I now present to you, Patty the Plymouth--our $300 pirate themed gambling car. We purchased the car from one of Chris's co-workers, with th

This was our weekend project....but if I'm being honest, it was mostly Chris' project. He really wanted the lights, so he ordered them and started the install without me. That's ok, I can't do EVERYTHING....someone needs to make dinner. Stay tuned, we have a lot of stuff coming up to get ready for the gambler 500 .

We've had our jeep for almost 2 months now, and this weekend was it's first off-roading trip. I say "it's" because I haven't been able to figure out it's vehicle gender yet. YES, vehicles have gender assignments, they just aren't as obvious as human ones (however, these days that can be difficult too--but we wont untangle that ball of hair today). We started out the trip the way every good adventure starts, by hitting up Maverik for some beverages. Then, we started driving west and just kept going....and going....and going. One minor pit-stop for everyone to pee by a tire and let the dog run around for a minute, and then more heading west. We found some skeletons hanging in a tree, an LDS ward building literally in the middle of nowhere (seriously, not a house within 25 miles....If they build it, they will come???), and a really big rock mountain in the middle of the desert--Utah is weird like that. After spotting strange rock mountain, w

This is me....my husband Chris (he is a pretty cool guy), my puppy Fozzie, and my Jeep. There are others that I'll introduce later, but these will be the stars of this blog. At 33, I started having what I like to call a "mommy mid-life crisis". I was in a rut, working, running the kids to their activities, cooking dinner, doing laundry, and repeating. I needed something new, fun, and I needed a hobby.  It started with trying to talk my husband into buying me a sports car, cuz that's what everyone does when they've lost their identity right???? If you just go fast enough, you'll find yourself. All the while, he was trying to get me into a minivan. Not because he was trying to keep me in the "mommy role", but because minivans are freakin' sweet these days....they have more luxuries and gadgets than most houses. I test drove everything from Camaros to Caravans.... nothing was working. Then it happened! We test drove some Jeeps. I drove a load