Hello darlings!

Redecorating your home often entails a process of painting walls, varnishing woodwork, or using sealant to protect surfaces. Even when taking meticulous care, this type of work can result in spills, drips, and leaks that can damage your flooring. While tape can be used to protect the edges closest to the walls, it's wise to use something to protect the rest of your floor as well.

This is where Flooring Paper comes in. Laying down large sheets of paper, which are specifically manufactured for this purpose, can help ensure your floors are protected from damage. There are several different types of paper and each type can be utilized to protect flooring in various situations.

The most common types of flooring paper are:

There are companies that specialize in providing these various types of paper and can answer any questions you may have about these important products. Businesses, like Trimaco, employ professional customer service personnel, who can provide you with information about the ideal type of paper to use in your situation. This will ensure you're providing the best possible protection for the flooring on a job site or in your own home.

Selecting the right type of paper can protect most types of flooring, including:

Builder's Construction Paper

Builder's paper comes in large rolls, making it a more cost-effective perspective. Rolls are large enough to provide enough paper to complete several jobs and the paper itself is thicker and more durable than other options. It can be used to cover the flooring for construction or painting jobs, but some customers also use it as a resource for craft projects.

50 Lb Protective Paper

For lighter jobs, 50 lb protective flooring paper may be a better choice. Since this is a thinner paper, it can be sold in larger rolls, making it ideal for bigger jobs. It allows the customer to cover a broader space without overusing the paper.

Rosin Paper

Available in either red or brown, rosin paper is better at handling messier jobs, or those where you may be handling large quantities of liquid supplies. This is because it has a moisture barrier that will protect your flooring from damage, due to seepage, leaks, or spills.

White Top Construction Paper

White top construction paper is best for jobs that may take a considerable time to complete. The paper is laminated with a fiber coating that makes it especially durable and resistant to tears, spills, and punctures. It should be used in areas with heavy foot traffic.

Making use of protective paper can save you a great deal of money in terms of damages to your flooring. Whether at home or on a job site, using the right type of paper can ensure your floors and other surfaces remain unmarred by damage. When it comes to accomplishing any type of construction or painting job, this is a must-have resource.

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This may come as a surprise because it's not my usual thing, but it's an obsession of mine. I used to love to play with blocks as a kid and when I got the first two bags of these mini blocks, a piece of my childhood rejoiced!

I was so moved by the feeling of nostalgia and love these brought back to me I was tempted to buy the whole shop. Right now they are offering a 10% discount to all their newsletter subscribers and with $8 per figurine, this is a sweet deal!


That's not all I've had my eyes on but I don't want to bore you! What are you shopping this summer? Any good deals to share?

Hello darlings, 

As the world becomes more aware of the damages we are causing our planet, many people have taken a pledge to become more environmentally-conscious.

The good news? You can do this too! 

Being eco-friendly can not only allow for you, personally, to contribute to a better, sustainable world, but it can also, in the long run, save you money. Through different approaches, such as looking at mechanical engineering or electronic use or waste production, you can increase your 

awareness of how to become eco-friendly. 

Better yet? There are easy steps to take to make your home eco-friendly, which allows you to contribute more directly to a stronger environment for our future! 

1. Invest in Solar Panels 

Energy efficiency is key to sustainable environments, meaning the popularity of solar energy is on the rise. Solar panels offer clean energy, and although many are hesitant because this is a long-term-investment, the panels will eventually save you money in addition to helping your home be easily eco-friendly. For more information on solar panels and their instillation you can visit: solareo.it. 

2. Use Efficient Light Bulbs 

Whether solar panels are a viable option for you or not, you can also cut down on your home’s carbon footprint by doing a simple exchange: using energy efficient light bulbs instead of regular ones! These bulbs will use less electricity and they last longer—it is a quick fix for any 

home! 

3. Use Natural Cleaning Products 

Although you may not think about your cleaning products often, many of the household items you use to ensure clean dishes or floors contain harmful chemicals that are bad for the environment. By simply washing them away, these harmful chemicals do not disappear, but they are put into the water supply, which feeds into the soil and into our water supply, and into 

the ocean as well. Once there, it requires more purification to ensure that the water is safe to use again. However, by using natural products such as vinegar or citrus acid, you can keep your home clean and our water supply safe! If you want to do it yourself follow my easy recipe for a natural cleaner. 

4. Purchase Recycled Materials and Recycle Yourself! 

Recycled products use previous ͞waste͟ and make it new again. This way, our landfills don’t overflow past their capacity. By simply purchasing recycled materials such as toilet paper or paper towels, you help decrease your waste footprint. In addition to this, look to see if your neighborhood recycles. By putting cans, bottles, cardboard and newspaper out weekly, you can help create more recycled materials, starting a great pay-it-forward system. 

5. Consider Creating a Compost in Your Kitchen 

More often than not, kitchens are the prime source of waste and energy use. In order to be smarter in the kitchen, you can cook more intelligently. For example, by creating a compost in your kitchen, you can turn any scraps and leftover food into compost! The breakdown of these extra foods can give you ample and viable soil to grow your own foods with, thus creating, once again, an eco-friendly pay-it-forward cycle! 

6. Check Your Home’s Insulation 

Heating your home is one of the most expensive ways in which you use energy. To improve your house’s eco-friendliness, it is important to ensure that the insulation in your walls is helping your home, not hurting it. Good insulation will help hold heat, which will help you use less energy when attempting to warm up your home. You can also consider adding insulation to the roof if you don’t already have it. Some places have even started creating window-designs that will help with home insulation. Consider looking into them. 

7. Look at Where You Waste 

Although it seems as if you can only become eco-friendly with energy saving steps, this is far from the truth. By looking at other approaches, you can save money and keep your home eco-friendly. One way to do this is to start being serious about saving water. You can do this by simply fixing leaks or implementing lifestyle changes, such as taking shorter showers or using low-flow shower heads! 

Overall 

There is not one correct way in which you can go about making your home more eco-friendly. 

Often, this lifestyle change requires a combination of many steps, and while it may take some adjusting, by simply being aware of your energy use and waste production, you can quickly and effectively help create a sustainable environment right in your own home.

That’s what I did for the new book of Faith Martin, Murder never misses. And I am so glad I did since this book became one of my favorites!

What’s the book about
This is the fourteenth book in a crime mystery series written by Faith Martin, featuring the super cool female detective Hillary Greene, taking place in Oxfordshire.

What’s so cool about this detective? First off she’s not a young woman looking to go up the ladder of police ranks and risk everything for a promotion. She’s a fifty year old former DI that’s been around the block a few times. That in itself is a very novel feature for me, since most of the books I’ve read on this genre involve young detectives and usually male ones.

She was forced to early retirement (I don’t know why yet, I am going to be reading the whole series pretty soon though) but she has found a way to come back to the Thames Valley Police Headquarters as a civilian to help the Crime Review Team with the cold cases.

She’s brilliant and shows it even more now after being attacked by her stalker and coming back to work with three cold cases that may or may not be related to the same stalker.

She’s also involved with her younger boss and lives on a boat house. I am not sure it can get any cooler than that!

What I think of the book
If it wasn’t evident on the above paragraph, I have a slight girl-crush on Hillary. I love the fact that even though I haven’t read the previous book in the series, I was able to come together with a picture of Hillary since Faith’s writing – although subtle in the way she’s not overanalyzing every emotion – leaves no question on her character.

I was able to picture her life as a former DI / middle aged woman who has to came to terms with being attacked, being back to work under different circumstances, trying to solve a cold case and to prevent a new one.

This was a nicely paced book and if I had more time I would probably have read it in one sitting, meaning I would have pulled an all nighter. But since I am sleep deprived as it is with Natalia and her waking up to breastfeed all night, I didn’t finish it for a few days. I loved the twist of the story but I can’t tell you more without spoiling it for you.

Another thing I liked has to do with the English slang or expressions if you will. I am used to reading American English and this was a chance of pace for me. I really enjoyed it and the fact that I made some of the characters sound like an English lord was reading the book to me. Yes, yes I am weird, I know.

This book hooked me so bad to the amazing character of Hillary that I have already started reading the first book of the series. I guess now you know what I will be reading during my summer vacation!

Please note this is a revised edition of a book first published as “walk a narrow mile”. 

Author’s bio
Faith Martin has been writing for over 25 years, in four genres and under four different pen names. She was born in Oxford and sets most of her crime novels within sight of the city of dreaming spires. A real nature lover and afficionado of the countryside, descriptions of wildlife and native flora often find their way into her manuscripts. Right now, JOFFE BOOKS are re-issuing the DI Hillary Greene novels in new updated editions! The first 13 books in the series are available now.

Her romance novels, written under the name of Maxine Barry, are now available from Corazon Books. IMPOSTERS In PARADISE, and HEART OF FIRE are both out, and others will very quickly become available in the future.
Her first foray into writing 'spooky' crime, (and written under the pen name of Jessie Daniels) comes out in November 2017. THE LAVENDER LADY CASEFILE is published by Robert Hale, an imprint of Crowood Press.
As Joyce Cato, she writes more classically-inspired 'proper' whodunits. So, if you like an amateur sleuth, plenty of clues and red herrings, plus a baffling murder mystery to solve, these are the books for you.


What are you going to be reading this summer? Any good mysteries you’ve read lately? 

Lots of love

The other though I decided to do a twist on my morning ritual. So I made some almond milk (store bought is cool too, just make sure it’s carrageenan-free), my Indingo Herbs matcha tea, some organic unsweetened cacao and my trusted blender and made a choco-matcha-latte!

Because, really, not all matcha drinks have to be green, right?

Mine had a velvet chocolate color that made me think of drinking liquid chocolate!

You will need:
200ml of almond milk
1 frozen banana
1 full tsp of organic matcha tea
1 full tsp of organic unsweetened cocoa
½ tsp of honey

Put the almond milk and banana in the blender and blend until smooth. Add the matcha tea, the cocoa and the honey and blend for a couple of minutes. 

Serve in a tall glass filled with ice. 

Enjoy your choco-matcha-latte, guilt free since it’s only around 200kcal per serving. The boost you’ll get from the matcha tea and the cocoa will last you the whole day! And talk about that early morning brain fix from the cocoa and the honey! I promise you, this will be your go to drink when you need to wake up fast! 

Some notes:

• Not all matcha teas are created equal. The one I used from Indigo Herbs is of the highest ceremonial grade which means that the Camelia sinensis plant was grown under a shaded reed cover before it was picked and stone ground into powder. Thus the taste is fuller and the antioxidants are intact! It’s high in Vitamins A, C, K, B2 and B6, iron and magnesium too. 
• If you don’t eat anything other organic, please consider drinking organic tea. When it’s not organically grown, the hot water you pour over your tea leafs extracts all the pesticides present in them into your tea infusion. So basically you drink pesticides with a taste of tea! 
• You can leave the honey out altogether or substitute with a plant based sweetener if you are vegan. 

Apart from the liquid sustenance I need something to nibble on though, especially in the evenings where my energy levels sour to the ground after running around with Natalia all day.

During wintertime I like to make my power bites but for summer I needed something raw. We love dates as a natural sweetener and I have been enjoying the benefits of pumpkin seeds too with my yogurt. After some experimenting I came up with this recipe which I feel very strongly will be what will save me from eating store bought chocolates again!

This sugar free, vegan and raw choco bites taste exactly like bounty bars only better! 

You'll need (makes 20 balls):

12 dates pitted

60g almonds

3 tbsp Indigo Herbs organic virgin Coconut oil

3 tbsp of pumpkin seeds

2 tbsp of unsweetened organic shredded coconut

2 tbsp of unsweetened organic cocoa

Cut the dates into quarters and place them in the food processor. Add the almonds, the pumpkin seeds and the coconut oil and blend until you get a paste. Add the cocoa and the shredded coconut and combine.

You will have a somewhat oily paste. With your hands turn it into small balls and roll them on some shredded coconut to decorate.

Place them in the fridge for a couple of hours to set.

Enjoy them! They are also guild free at around 70 kcal each ball, especially if you think that 30g of  dark chocolate is 164kcal!


You will need to exercise some moderation though cause these babies can go down really easy!!! What I like most about them is that they are super healthy, super tastefull and super fast to make!

Some notes:

• Again I urge you to choose organic materials for these bites, they make all the difference! 
• You can substitute the pumpkin seeds with sunflower seeds or use half of each.
• Since I am making my own almond milk, I was left with some almond paste and tried to make these with that paste. Although they didn't taste much different, I should have dried the paste first because it didn't mix well with the oil. But I am pretty sure if you put the paste in the oven for some minutes to take the excess water out, they would work fine!

You can try out the Organic Matcha Tea and the Organic Virgin Coconut Oil from Indigo Herbs, for yourselves! Enter the giveaway below for a chance to win them!
The giveaway is open to all Europe countries and it will run until the 7th of August. The winner will be contacted via email so please use an account you see often.
Best of luck!


Do you like matcha tea? Have you ever tried it with cocoa?

Lots of love

Hello dalrings!

I need to come out and say it: I love eBooks! Literally I adore them! Exactly as much as I adore paper books! Yes, you’ve read that right! I love eBooks just as much as I like regular printed books! 

1. They are books, dah!

It’s common sense really! An eBook, meaning an electronic book is in fact a book! It has pages, it has text, it has heroes and heroines, it has a cover page and a last page. You can loose yourself in an eBook just as well as you can in a regular book. The story in an eBook is not different from the story of the same book in printed form. Shocking I now! 

2. They are cheap(er) 

Usually eBooks are cheaper than the printed book due to lack of printing and material costs. If you read one book per year that will not save you much I know. But if you read 10 books a month, the difference in cost is one to consider. 

Best part? There are A LOT of totally FREE eBooks out there. Granted that’s sometimes a marketing strategy to get you hooked up on a series and make you buy the next book but a) who cares bring me free books and shut up and b) there are also whole series of free books! 

Also there are many great bargains and sales that come as low as $0.99 for a book! 

3. I can take them with me everywhere 

I only need my smart phone and some battery time to read anywhere and everywhere! You can download Amazon Kindle for free and read on your phone without an e-reader or a tablet. There are many apps out there that work great! My favorites apart from Kindle are the Cool reader and the PocketBook Reader which supports Adobe DRM. 

If you use your phone all day like most of us do, you can have a book with you at all times. If you worry about the radiation, take a page of my book (pun intended) and turn your phone to flight mode.