This post is to inspire all those daughters who would love to be doing something useful and productive in their unoccupied time that they might have while at home after they have fulfilled they pressing responsibilities. It is just a spring board for further ideas that will be unique to you in your family situation. Here goes:
- Grocery Shopping
- Cleaning
- Cooking and Baking - 10 meals & 10 desserts
- Organisation
- Laundry - washing, drying & folding
- Ironing
- Time Management
- Sewing - basic
- Mending
- Home Decoration
- Hospitality - also how to cook for a large group
- Gardening
- Using what you've grown - canning, preserving & dehydration
- Nutrition and Healthy Eating
- Basic Medical Knowledge - perhaps midwifery
- Effective Researching
- Budgeting
- Efficient Op Shopping - Thrift Shopping for US readers
- Teaching Skills
- Cake Decorations
- Crocheting
- Bookkeeping
- Computer and Word-processing Skills - including typing
- Tax Forms and Rules
- Natural Health and Herbal Remedies
- Change a Tyre
- Rag Craft
- Bread Making - also whole wheat & sourdough
- Chop & Stack Wood
- Raise Animals - chickens, cows, rabbits, goats, etc,.
- Colour Coordination
- Photography
- How to Butcher a Chicken - or a rabbit
- Using Leftovers
- Fermenting Food and Drinks
- Making Your Own Dairy Products - yogurt, soft cheese, butter, kefir, etc,.
- Cooking on a Wood Stove
- Soap Making
- Candle Making
- Discerning Good Books
- Drawing
- Painting
- Playing a Musical Instrument
- How to Host a Party
- Writing Skills - Creative & Official
Well, there's a start. It's up to you now to go and do something with it.
Your sister in Christ,
Wow, so many ideas. I shall have to get started. Who said being at home is boring. There is so little time and so much to do!
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