Martha's 30 Things Everyone Should Know
1. Create a Home Safety Kit
2. Paint a Room
3. Arrange Flowers
4. Design a Fruit Centerpiece
5. Make a Bed
6. Set the Table
7. Prepare a Green Salad
8. Mix a Margarita
9. Make a Bolognese Sauce
10. Eat a Lobster
11. Make Chocolate Chip Cookies
12. Carve a Turkey
13. Prepare a Roast Turkey
14. Make a Grilled Cheese Sandwich
15. Make French Toast
16. Make the Perfect Omelet
17. Cook Fluffy Rice
18. Bake a Chocolate Cake
19. Assemble a BLT
20. Prepare Pancakes
21. Make Crudites
22. Tie a bow and necktie
23. Load a dishwasher
24. Do the laundry
25. Remove stains on linens and clothes
26. Iron a shirt
27. Open a Champagne Bottle
28. Brew a cup of tea
29. Take a good photograph
30. Pack a Suitcase
I love Martha as much as the next homemaker but on some level, I would have to disagree. I feel that Martha's list is WAY too advanced for the average person and that in order to prepare for her HOW-TO's you should first be able to perform all the basics with great ease. That is why I created my own list - It is the basics. I personally have not graduated to Martha's list yet.
30 Things Everyone Should ABSOLUTELY Know
1-10 FOR THE HOME 11-20 FOR THE COOK 21-30 FOR EVERY DAY
- How to put cigarette butts and litter in a trash can
- How to pick up dirty clothes off the floor
- How to get all the pee in the toilet
- How to clean the hair from the shower wall
- How to use a broom effectively
- How to hold a baby
- How to change a tire
- How to detect and resolve body odor issues
- How to throw away junk
- How to read Nutritional Information labels
- How to not get hair in food you are preparing for others
- How to cover your mouth while coughing and sneezing
- How to chew with your mouth closed
- How to compliment the cook
- How to not contaminate food with salmonella
- How to wash your hands
- How to perform the Heimlech Maneuver
- How to order from the drive-thru
- How to use the microwave
- How to say Thank you
- How to wipe after going #2
- How to wake someone from a nap
- How to read signs in the checkout lane
- How to hang up your cell phone while driving
- How to have a good attitude at little league games
- How to be quiet in the movie theatre
- How to swim
- How to perform CPR
- How to google
- How to say please
Marc and Angel Hack's blog also lists some really good info that everyone should know how to do. They are big into lists so go explore - it's really informative!
1 comment:
I love your list, it's hysterical and so much more practical than Martha's! Stuff Martha and her lobster, the world would be a much better place if everyone said thank you and didn't speak on the phone while driving!
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