Me and Martha's Fives

Hive of Fives?  I want something catchier...Busy Bee's Hive of Fives...I dunno            

Anyway, this is coming from me and my need to actually make use of the books I've bought recently, as well as the sewing machine I bought a month or two ago (which sews like a dream and which I've used to sew hems on the living room drapes, and that's it).  So, I'll organize my projects in groups of five, and update as necessary.  I'm thinking this will take me through to the New Year, hence an entire category of cookies.

Oh, and in case that's not enough, I am trying to put together an activity oriented advent calendar for my girls.  We don't do chocolate (I do chocolate, but we're holding off giving the girls candy for the time being; they haven't figured out that they're missing anything yet), so I wanted to have a countdown but different.  I'm thinking stories, crafts, baking, going for a photo with Santa, stuff like that.  There may be some overlap between these 25 items and the advent  24 (or is it 25 on an advent calendar as well?  never actually did an advent calendar before).

Enough 'splainin': here's my list (and, oh my gosh, did it take a long time to do those links!!):

Five Supper Recipes: Pick one from each of the following cookbooks/magazines

1. Nigella Express
2. C is For Cooking (Sesame Street Kids cookbook)
3. Breakfast Lunch Tea Rose Bakery
4. last month's Everyday Food
5. something off my web bookmarks

Five Cookie Recipes

1. White Chocolate Orange Cookies
2. Pecan Bar Cookies
3. Frosted Cranberry Cookies
4. Hazelnut Chocolate Sandwiches 
5. Mississippi Mud Cookies

Five Knitting Projects

1. finish navy cardigan (knitting completed before my three year old was born; zipper needs to go in)
2. finish little "jester hats" for new babies at hospital
3. finish self striping socks
4. "frog" hat (knitspeak for unravel it because I screwed up) to donate to hospital and start over
5. baby hat from One Skein to use the bamboo yarn I bought, probably to donate as my kids have such huge noggins it'll never fit them

Five Sewing Projects

1. Bend the Rules Sewing (BTRS) kid's smock (probably two)
2. dish towel kids' aprons (also two)
3. doorway puppet theater (either from the pattern I bought a couple months ago or BTRS)
4. ear flap hats for the girls and maybe me too
5. corduroy pants for girls

Five Books to Finish Reading

1. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle (Kingsolver)
2. The Finishing School (one down!!)
3. The Peacock Throne
4. The House of the Scorpion
5. The Man Who Ate Everything