Top Fives

For those of you who haven't heard, I spent a lot of time in the car this weekend driving up to Bloomer, Wisconsin to get my new puppy, Brooks. From St Louis, Missouri to Necedah, Wisconsin (pronounced Neh-seed-dah... thanks Siri) to Bloomer, Wisconsin, to Columbia, Missouri, I drove over a thousand miles and passed through five states in less that 48 hours... talk about too much time in the car.  Thankfully I had my iPod to keep the music flowing or else I might have gone stir-crazy.

But there's something funny about road trips. Without fail, after about a hundred miles, I'm convinced I can sing as well as Beyonce and Katy Perry. With the music as loud as it will go, I sing at the top of my lungs and let me tell you, I am awesome. If you do the math, I spent at least 900 miles screaming/singing the lyrics of all kinds of music, convinced I was destine to be the next Brittany or Christina. Unfortunately I don't think Brooks was as impressed but he has a long time for my singing to grow on him. 

While I was driving I realized that my music tastes are pretty diverse so I've decided to share some of my top fives with y'all and give you a glimpse of what a road trip with Hannah is like...

Top Fives:

The Power Ballads: These are your Beyonce, Adele, hit high notes that only dogs can hear, soulful songs that make for the best (or worst?) singing.... Make sure you pay attention to the cars next to you because if you get too into it, lots of people start to stare as they drive by.

• Countdown - Beyonce
• Turning Tables - Adele
• Defying Gravity - The Cast of Wicked
• Skyscraper - Demi Lovato
• When I Look at You - Miley Cyrus

The Down-Home Country Music: What's a drive through the flyover states without some twangy country music to listen to? These are my personal favorites; the list originally had like thirteen songs on it but I tried to get it down to just five!

• Anywhere with You - Jake Owen
• Highway Don't Care - Tim McGraw ft. Taylor Swift
• Running out of Moonlight - Randy Houser
• Fearless - Miss Taylor Swift
• Boys Round Here- Blake Shelton

The Dance Songs: These are the songs you'll most likely end up creating a choreographed dance to... Just as long as you keep a hand on the wheel and an eye on the road!

• Holy Grail - Jay Z
• Come and Get It - Selena Gomez
• Get Lucky - Daft Punk ft Pherrell Williams
• She Wolf (Falling to Pieces) - David Guetta ft. Sia
• Take a Walk - Passion Pit

and finally....

The Slow Jams: These are the rainy day, lost your interest in driving, look out the window and pretend you're in a dramatic music video, songs that are bound to either put you to sleep or make you start crying, neither of which are probably good to be doing while driving.... but hey, yolo.

• Skinny Love - Birdy
• Your Song - Ellie Golding
• My Little Girl - Jack Johnson
• Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop - Landon Pigg
• Slow Dancing in a Burning Room - John Mayer

So there's twenty songs to spice up your next drive! I hope y'all enjoy them!

Until next time,

Hannah Rose

A Contradictory Girl

Hi Everyone...

(Okay, so its probably just more like "Hi Mom" since she's the only person I could convince to check this out... embarrassing.) 

None the less, if your eyes have managed to flit across these sentences, you have some how ended up in the middle of super tangled mind... but I don't want to get into all that without a proper introduction so....

Hi you! My name is Hannah and I'm so happy that you have landed here on my blog. It started with a suggestion from one of my good friends from high school who blogs on Five Times the Fun with her sister. (fivetimesfun.blogspot.com) I have always loved to write and try new things, so Wildly Domestic has become my place to explore all of the ideas that run around my head and make me the crazy girl many of you know. 

I guess we can get straight down to business and answer the question thats been nagging you ever since you clicked the link to come here: what the heck is wildly domestic and why did I name my blog that? There's not really a better way to explain it aside from the fact that I'm just a girl full of contradictions. Every day I feel like my heart is pulled in a hundred directions: a preppy sorority girl or a wild child who still likes to play in the mud and swim in the creek, a health nut or a girl who can put away a few brownies, a hard core cross-fitter or someone who likes to color coordinate her gym shoes to her head band, a girl who is outgoing and social or a bookworm who values her education above all else. I guess I've just had a tough time deciding what kind of girl I'm supposed to be 

Up until this year, my solution was to choose one personality type, just fit in my "prescribed" niche of society and not deviate from it. But after living by myself for a summer semester and having time to search my heart and figure out who I was, I realized that picking one... well that's not my style at all! Each aspect of my personality contributes to who I am as a person and how I view the world around me. I am interested and entertained by so many things: crafting, baking, working out, reading, decorating, building things, shopping.... you name it, I probably want to take a class on it. My heart is Wildly Domestic, a little bit of sweet and a little bit of sass, and I'm willing to bet that a lot of you feel the same way.

My greatest hope for this blog is that you will find something on here that inspires you or makes you laugh or maybe just provides a little bit of comfort that you're not the only one who feels out of place sometimes. Expect to find lots of posts about everything from crafting and decorating to my newest health kick or hunting experience. 

I can't say thank you enough for taking the time to read this (if you made it this far) and I hope to see y'all back here soon!

Hannah Rose