The reveal.....drum roll !!!!!!

It is liquid laundry soap. Thanks for playing along on my guessing game. Some of you were right on.

I have been wanting to do this ever since I saw the recipe on Michele's blog last March. I asked her at camp how she liked it and she gave a positive report.

Here is the recipe she used. It is from the Duggar family website

Homemade Liquid Laundry Soap- Front or top load machine- best value
4 Cups hot tap water1 Fels-Naptha soap bar1 Cup Washing Soda½ Cup Borax
- Grate bar of soap and add to saucepan with water. Stir continually over medium-low heat until soap dissolves and is melted.
-Fill a 5 gallon bucket half full of hot tap water. Add melted soap, washing soda and Borax. Stir well until all powder is dissolved. Fill bucket to top with more hot water. Stir, cover and let sit overnight to thicken.
-Stir and fill a used, clean, laundry soap dispenser half full with soap and then fill rest of way with water. Shake before each use. (will gel)
-Optional: You can add 10-15 drops of essential oil per 2 gallons. Add once soap has cooled. Ideas: lavender, rosemary, tea tree oil.
-Yield: Liquid soap recipe makes 10 gallons.
-Top Load Machine- 5/8 Cup per load (Approx. 180 loads)
-Front Load Machines- ¼ Cup per load (Approx. 640 loads)

As you can tell I have extra supply of the powder ingredients so anybody in the Indy area can purchase a cup from me if they are wanting to give this a try.

What in the world am I doing?

Can you guess what this is going to be?

I can't wait to share with you!

Cameron turns double digits--10

Can it be that I am old enough to have a 10 yr. old? I guess so.

Cameron's b-day 2009

It all started with Cameron---I made his first birthday cake (#1 mini cake)and the party theme was of course babys first birthday. The next year it was Veggie tales (cake had veggie figures), then Clifford (bone shaped cake), Thomas the Tank(train track with Thomas and friends), Batman (borrowed batman cake pan), Dinosaurs (borrowed another pan), Hot wheels (basic round cake with hot wheels on top), Patriotic (You are a star written in the middle of the star w/ 8's all over it) and last year was Army (we broke tradition and had ice cream cones). This year I cheated and per his request I ordered a cookie.

Cameron did not require much sleep as a baby and he is still an early riser. One time David wanted to see just how long he would stay awake and at 1 a.m. we finally put him to bed. Since then he has stayed up with his friend Corey until 6a.m. He grows about 2 1/2 in. each year and is almost as tall as me. For the first 18 mo. of his life he had a bath everyday now I have to make him. ha I still comb his hair and I cut his hair every 2 mo. or so(to him it feels like we just did it). He cut his nails by himself for the first time the other day. He can clean his room into what I call "company ready" but it doesn't bother him for it to go messy for several days. Then he gets enough of his slobbiness and works on it again.

He is a delightful boy and becoming rather funny. I wonder where that comes from. He has a heart for God and that makes me the happiest. 10 years have gone and before I know it he will be another 10 yrs. older. Does anyone know how to freeze time?