The Red Baroness

So...it's a long, complicated story, but, I'll try to whittle it down.  Because I don't charge for my midwifery ministry services, I had to save for a long time to buy my first "midwife mobile".  This was back in July of 2000.  It was a 2.5 L manual transmission (I LOVE manual transmissions!) 1985 Jeep Cherokee.  It was 15 yrs old when I bought it, and looked almost brand new.  I loved that silly little car. I loved the conformation...how easy it was to load/unload equipment...the whole shebang.

Well.  In January of 2002, my dd daughter #1, a senior at the time, took my car to take her SAT test...and rolled it.  Totalled it.  The body shop refused to repair it.  I was so sad.

Since then, I have wanted to replace that Jeep: and, my dream was a Jeep Grand Cherokee w/ a manual transmission.  Red, if possible, thank-you-very-much!

Fast forward to April of 2011...we sold our 1995 Dodge Caravan and bought a 2001 Ford Escape...it's almost "perfect", except it has an automatic transmission.  (Darn!).  Oh well.  Beggars can't be choosy!  But, I call it my "Jeep-in-training"...and, it is RED!!  Hence, her name..."The Red Baroness".

I've done a couple of births, and I like it!

So...how about you?  What is your "dream" vehicle?

Love, Karla