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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 loaded Compass and a bone stock Wrangler, and I fell in love with the Wrangler! I found charm in the simplicity, no frills, or fluffy extras and the fact that it could take me anywhere that I wanted to go, and probably some places I didn't want to. Chris was skeptical that his plush loving and mildly spoiled wife was choosing something so rugged and basic. After talking to some Jeep owning friends, joining some Jeep FB groups, and selling my plush car, I finally talked him into diving into this "ride" together. Chris and I are best friends--we do everything together, so I needed him on the same page as I was. It didn't take long after we started talking about mods and trips we could take, before he was as sure as I was that this is going to be a fun new chapter in our life.
If you're just reading this blog "just because", you're not going to understand the lifestyle that comes with owning a Jeep--a Wrangler to be specific. If you're a Jeeper, you know what I'm talking about. You owe it to your Jeep to take it off-road, to flex it, and to get it dirty. It's like taking your dog for a walk....you just understand that it's part of the deal.
I'm a pretty independent and fairly smart person, and I'm willing to try almost anything once. With that said, all "mods" that have been done thus far to the Jeep have been my project. Chris has been a great help when I've needed it, as well as my dad when I've needed some over-the-phone support for some wiring difficulties I was having, but I want this to be my hobby and I want it to be something we do as a family.
If you continue to follow this blog, you'll see all of my projects, fails, travels, and victories. You'll see my journey in getting my "jeep off the street".

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