Intentionally living...

...hang on tight...

...The Parker's want to accomplish 101 things this year...

Inspired by so many this past few weeks in their goals for the new year, we decided that it was necessary we created a "list" of many things we wanted to accomplish in the next 365 344 days. Staying up the last week thinking, dreaming, and pondering what we would be able to accomplish in the next year while still setting some high goals, we were excited at the future in store this year. As the list grew and grew, we realized we need to be doing something almost every 3 days or so. So we must hurry up and finish the list and let the world know that we are off on an adventure with many twists and turns! Through the year we will do are best to update you on what we learn and experience, and challenge you to make a list of your own and see what you can do!!!


So...here...we...go!


1. Run a 1/2 marathon.
2. Memorize a book of the Bible together. 

3. Plan a surprise party.

4. Take a spontaneous road trip.

5. Camp on the beach.

6. Frame & hang our wedding pictures.

7. Buy my first SLR camera.

8. Re-teach myself how to use an SLR camera.

9. Swim in the pacific ocean.

10. Start & finish a craft in one sitting!

11. Give anonymously to someone in need.

12. Volunteer in the community.

13. Detox my body for 2 weeks.

14. Make a cheesecake.

15. Write love letters to my hubby.

16. Design our prayer wall.

17. Put together & finish the prayer wall.

18. Go to San Diego & have a very special one year anniversary!

19. Run up & back down Mt. Rubidoux

20. Re-create a date with my hubby that we went on before we were married.

21. Make homemade pesto.

22. Make a new friend.

23. Deep clean phone numbers and facebook friends.

24. Have a movie marathon lasting longer than 6 hours.

25. Run on the beach.

26. Start shopping at thrift stores.

27. Leave a (well-deserved) 100% tip at a restaurant.

28. Make my own hair extensions.

29. Pick scalp oranges in the grove near our apartment.

30. Save up and buy an iPad.

31. Go to Disneyland.

32. Set up the surround sound system.

33. Read all the books I (nat) own.

34. Grow a love fern, plant, or flower.

35. Keep it alive.

36. Send postcards from California across the country.

37. Re-bind my "Mere Christianity" book.

38. Get involved in a church.

39. Get better at taping.

40. Go to the farmer's market.

41. Sell something on ebay/craigslist.

42. Get rid of clothes I never wear.

43. Re-arrange the apartment.

44. Have a sleepover with friends.

45. Make an article of clothing...that I would actually wear.

46. Learn spanish better.

47. Find a variety of mason jars and decorate with them.

48. Read a book a month (scottie).

49. Have a "Show-and-Tell" themed party with friends. (think elementary school)

50. Deep fry everything and anything with our neighbors.

((whew, half way))

51. Quit working in retail.

52. Design a meaningful tattoo.

53. Use re-useable shopping bags.

54. Become more educated on an issue/cause in our nation.

55. Advocate for the cause.

56. Have a coffee date with a new friend.

57. Make a fly-able paper plane.

58. Go to a museum for a day.

59. Learn to make soap bars.

60. "Loose" my cell phone for 24 hours.

61. See the sunrise.

62. Put happy, motivational, encouraging notes/verses around the apartment.

63. Remember people's names when first introduced.

64. Eat a fruit & veggie a day.

65. Go without Diet Coke for a significant period of time.
66. Read a whole book at a bookstore 

without buying it. (100+pages).

67. Reach out to a friend I lost touch with.

68. Go to Pismo Beach.

69. Visit Alcatrez.

70. Walk somewhere I would normally drive.

71. Wash my face daily.

72. Be able to dunk the ball again!

73. Study at least 3 times a week outside of class.

74. Prepare and study to take my CSCS (certified strength and conditioning specialist).

75. Pass the test the first time.

76. Go to a concert.

77. Jetski out on the ocean.

78. Be able to bench press 185lbs twelve times.

79. Fly a kite.

80. Go to a drive-in movie.

81. Get up on a surfboard.

82. Go to Magic Mountain.

83. Eat an exotic fruit.

84. Travel to New Orleans for NATA.

85. Have fresh, cheap seafood while there.

86. Create a CD that would be the soundtrack for my life.

87. Have a caricature drawn of us.

88. Take a trip to Vegas.

89. Get our eyebrows threaded! :)

90. Give up fast food for at least one month...aka: pack a lunch.

91. Teach a class somewhere.

92. Drive to the Grand Canyon.

93. Eat at Cafe Habana in Malibu.

94. Make contact (and receive replies) with 5 professional teams/athletic trainers.

95. Go without electricity for a day.

96. Achieve my goal weight of 190lbs.

97. Eat at Roscoe's Chicken & Waffles in Pasadena.

98. Complete a CrossFit workout, and not be painfully sore for days.

99. Drink 64 oz of water a day.

100. TOMS. Give a pair of shoes. Get a pair of shoes. 
101. Share Jesus with someone in our life. 

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So we are off and running...

As I'm sure you noticed a few things were already crossed off the list. As we go I will expound on them, and share what we learned and experienced. The Lord is already opening doors for us to live intentionally this year, so I can't wait to see all that He has planned. 

Also there were a few that were specifically Scottie or my desire to accomplish.... clearly the dunking skills won't get much better for me down here at 5'2"!

Join us this year in this journey, and get out your pen and paper and make a list. 

Let us live with purpose.

Intentionally be in the world, not of the world.

Daily expanding the Kingdom.