While I find Martha Stewart formal and seemingly strict, you gotta admit she is a domestic genius. Never mind if she seems like the type who’d scream at you if your souffle falls. In 2006 she released her list of 30 Things Everyone Should Know. After surfing the net, I finally found the list and am sharing it with you:
1. Create a home safety kit.
2. Tie a bow and necktie.
3. Prepare a green salad.
4. Mix a margarita
5. Paint a room.
6. Do the laundry.
7. Load a dishwasher.
8. Make a bologuese sauce.
9. Open a champange bottle.
10. Eat a lobster.
11. Make chocolate chip cookies.
12. Arrange flowers.
13. Take a good photograph.
14. Remove stains from linens and clothes.
15. Carve a turkey.
16. Prepare a turkey.
17. Iron a shirt.
18. Design a centerpiece.
19. Brew a cup of tea.
20. Make a grilled cheese sandwich.
21. Make a bed.
22. Set a table (formal).
23. Make french toast.
24. The perfect omelette.
25. Cook fluffy rice.
26. Bake a chocolate cake.
27. Assemble a BLT.
28. Pack a suitcase.
29. Prepare pancakes.
30. Make crudites (fresh crispy vegetables).
If you’d like to learn how to go about a particular item in detail, you can search for it on her site. She recently released an additional 20 Things Everyone Should Know. If anyone has that list, send them this way!
How do you measure up to Martha Stewart’s list? 😉 I only know how to do 6 things here with confidence. I’m not telling you which ones!
Hi! I'm Toni Tiu,
and I've been blogging at
at Wifely Steps since 2003. This started as a blog to help newly weds adjust to married life. It has evolved into a home and parenting blog. I write about things close to my heart -- good eats, good reads, family, marriage, and the little things that make everyday happy.
lady cess
March 15, 2007 at 12:33 pm (17 years ago)haha! 6 lang din alam ko… pero secret na lang din 😀
Toni
March 15, 2007 at 2:09 pm (17 years ago)should we start gunning for the rest of the 24, cess? hahaha! pressure!
rach
March 15, 2007 at 4:32 pm (17 years ago)So far, I’ve done 11. But some out of those eleven things still need plenty of practice. Thanks for sharing!
mare
March 15, 2007 at 10:55 pm (17 years ago)I remember when her episodes focused on the 30 Things. While most are helpful (emergency kit, crudites, cleaning, etc) the rest are detail-oriented and time-consuming!
barbara
March 16, 2007 at 2:35 pm (17 years ago)can’t do this.. YET
will eventually do them and will keep these in mind:
1. Create a home safety kit. (what the heck is a home safety kit? i’ve got bandaids and alcohol.. is that enough?)
2. Tie a bow and necktie. (for the life of me, can’t do this!!!)
9. Open a champange bottle. (i love wine, i love alcoholic stuff, but i’m so afraid of opening champagnes.. i fear about abnormal bottle breaking or popping!)
23. Make french toast. (doesn’ appeal to me yet eh)
24. The perfect omelette. (i like scrambbled eggs that’s why)
Lani
March 25, 2007 at 3:19 pm (17 years ago)I got 7, secret din, hehehe.