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Sky Mall has everything you need and then some

By on March 26, 2013 in Dos Family, Jenny

If you´ve ever traveled on domestic flights in the US you know about the shopping catalog “SkyMall”. It is tucked in every seat. This catalog that let´s you do your shopping in the air is reason enough to travel. Today I want to show you some of it´s ridiculous products.

In the picture above: “The Comfort Mat” You need this because? Standing by the grill too long can cause back pain if you don’t use it. “Giant wine glasses”.  For people who don´t like too ask for a refill but who do love wine. “Tree Log Pillow” For log ladies of course. And the “DIY Log Making-kit” if you “don´t want to wait 20 years to cut down a tree you can make logs from paper for your fireplace”

The people at Sky Mall don´t believe in the expression “Travel light” they want us to travel with lots of stuff. Like The SkyRest pillow  “for a comfortable  sleep in any seat”. Imagine having to ask this person to get up as you need to use the restroom in the plane.  #tricky #awkward
Or the “UpRight Sleeper“. Fantastic. It even comes with a beautiful midnight blue cover, see picture. SkyMall don´t care for germs much. And if you want to “protect yourself and your family from harmful germs” you need this “Disinfection Scanner” 159.99 dollars including the wand.

If you are a pet then listen up! Here are some great products you should ask you keeper for. Use that puppy face of yours and say “Pretty please I need that Wiener Dog-leash and a Porch Potty.”

Why not hide the litter box in a handsome piece of furniture. It is a Skymall classic after all.
Or why not get rid of that old stinky litter box all together and potty train your cat?
Did you know you can potty train your cat faster then some people potty train their kids? Get rid of that stinky litter box and buy “Litter Kwitter“, so your cat can use the toilet just like the rest of the family.

Do you have a very lazy/old/short-legged pet? then you might need the “pet ramp and staircase” so your little friend can get up on the couch.

SkyMall I really do adore you.

 

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Crazy cat ladies – unite!

By on March 25, 2013 in Dos Family, Isabelle, Jenny

Well the title isn’t really fair to Jenny. Me projecting my crazy cat lady feelings on Jenny but anyways. We message each other all the time. Sometimes I’m thinking we should just let the messenger be our blog since it says so much about how our friendship/collaboration is working. This is what happened a while ago but is quite typical:

Jenny: My clothes today. Need to get out more.
Isabelle: Hold on tight. These are my clothes from today. (I just got out of bath)
Isabelle: I can only say: Mirror:
Jenny: Haha

The haha is, I think our most used word. Which I love.

Otherwise todays most important and crazy read – it’s in Swedish tough. I salute you Hanna & Kakan! Thanks for being you

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“I´ll take it from Here, Jim”- Malaika is the winner

By on March 25, 2013 in Dos Family

 

 


Thank you for all you creative suggestions for the title of my “Barbie in Big Jim´s clothes”-post Love them all! However there can only be one winner and that winner is Malaika!

The comment “I´ll take it from here, Jim” is the winner and will get Malaika any print from our shop.
I will contact you by email. Congrats and thank you!

/Jenny

 

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Life At Jenny´s House

By on March 25, 2013 in Dos Family, Jenny

Good Morning.
Another week has come to an end. This is what it looked like at my house.

1. Lots of snow packed along the roads.
2. Left over from breakfast.
3. Animal printed socks out of control
4. Viola and a friend eating and looking out the kitchen window.
5. This is what they had.

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Week 2 Dos Running club

By on March 24, 2013 in Dos Family, Isabelle

It’s Sunday and it’s time for another week of running club.

Have you started?
Was it good? To easy or a good start?

I felt really heavy this week. I blame it on the winter. Like I’m tired – whatever I do. But I hope the running will help.

Thanks to coach Kvitter Javelin here comes the second weeks schedule:

Warm up before all workouts:
5min quick walk

10-20 meters hoppsasteg/high knees: watch it here.

10-20 meters Tripling: 

10-20 meters Skipping(kind of high knees): 

Do it again!

Stretch after every workout:
Calves, hip flexors, hamstrings, quads,

Great tips for stretching after running go here (also good tips about anatomy, injuries and other good to know stuff .
And another good video with 5 stretches.

Week 2 – Dosfamily running club

3 sessions / week

Day 1: 2mins quick walking – 3mins jog – 2mins quick walking – 3mins jog for a total of 30min
TIP: Use clock / mobile and keep track of the time. Or make a playlist of about 2-3min long favorite songs where you go jogging every other song.

Day 2: Quick step walking 10mins + 5mins jog without a break (how slow any time but keep jogging) + Quick step walking 5mins + 5mins jog without a break (doesn’t matter how slow you go but keep on jogging) + Quick step walking 5mins

End with strength exercises, if you do them the running is going to be easier and the risk for injuries are gonna be far less: skater lounge 20-30reps, sumo squats 20-30reps, plank 30-60secs, flutter kicks 20reps
Watch them all here.

 

Day 3: Feel the need for speed-  interval training
5 min quick walking or slow jogging to start with then every 200meters (or if its difficult with meters you can count steps approximately 200steps, or 4 lamp posts) you change tempo by using intervals: walking or slow jogging if you can – fast walking or jog faster or run if you can. Do this for 20mins and then walk and jog down for a few minutes.
Very well done!

How are you feeling? What is the pro’s and con’s? Let me know!

xxx
Isabelle

 

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Life with Instagram At Jenny´s House

By on March 23, 2013 in Dos Family, Jenny

This weekend I will stay away from the computer but not Instagram.
I would love it if you would join me there @jennyfromdosfamily
And @isabellemcallister is there as well!

 

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Friday I’m in love

By on March 22, 2013 in Uncategorized

I have been sitting like this pretty much for a week now.
The thing is that I can’t decide if I should get an office outside of home or just continue to work like I do now. I seems that every time I get an office I get jobs on location and when I quit the office space I have work to do from home. I also enjoy working from home in the sense that I can work, pick up the kids, hang with them and then continue to do stuff if I need. But it also good to have an office to get some space between work and private life. But they are already so much tangled that I can’t separate. Well I have to wait and see.

I haven’t had much time to browse the net this week but here are some cool stuff:

Presentation skillz at it’s finest

Love this desk and room

This NYtimes article made me question my relation to work

I really need a good looking camera backpack. Do you have any tip for me?

A little love story

Dusty deco – love the store and I’m addicted to their scented candles.

And ok – the season finale of Girls. Can we talk about this? What happened? I don’t like the Ocd twist at all. And the sudden love story twists in different directions, to quick or not really genuine. I so love this series but I felt they lost it in a weird way. But I guess it all will make a 360 change next season so.. But What do you think? (I’m trying to write this without to many spoilers- read Manrepellers thoughts here.

And at last part two: How are you doing with the dos running club? I think it was a pretty good start? Love to hear you feedback on it!

I finally took the time to buy a ergonomic laptop stand and a wireless keyboard and wow do my neck thank me for it!

xxx
Isabelle

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Go Mommy It´s your Birthday.

By on March 22, 2013 in Dos Family, Jenny

I share this person with my 3 siblings. She is Doris, our Mom. And today is her birthday.

A few cool facts about this incredible lady:

She is the kindest person I know.
She is so curious about things. All sort of things. Like Jens work or Viola´s school and “this new thing called Instagram?“. Not in a nosy way. She is genuinely interested.
She has worked hard all her life with dad in their Auto Paint Shop. Painting cars and carrying tractor tires. (No not really but my friends at school used to joke about it: “Jenny´s mom is so strong she can carry a tractors tire in one hand and a coffee cup in the other“)
She has always been comfortable. Never cared for clothes nor Make Up or shaving (ok sorry mom, too much info.) And even though I love clothes and Make up I also love how she has taught me that it is totally fine if you don´t.

In the picture she is wearing one of Jens old shirts. She has many of his “hand-me-downs” and I love seeing her feeding the birds in an old Public Enemy tee or doing the dishes in a tee with “SLAYER” written in fake blood on the front.

She has also raised 4 kids to believe in them self.  I know she has had sleepless nights worrying about us, but she has never let it show. She has let us believe that we are capable. And we have all done some pretty adventurous things. Like moving to the US as teenagers. Starting a blog with an equally crazy person (Yes I mean you Isabelle) My little sister even booked a Rock and Roll band from the US to tour Scandinavia and after several booking nightmares it resulted in a successful tour and a record deal! (of course they stayed one night at moms house, playing the guitar all night while eating Swedish meatballs.)

Enough about us already!
Mom I could write a book about how cool you are.

Happy birthday!
/Jenny

 

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Barbie in Big Jim´s clothes and also a giveaway

By on March 21, 2013 in Dos Family, Jenny, Kids stuff

Ever since I made Big Jim some new scuba gear he has refused to put anything else on. This has left his wardrobe and gun cabinet wide open for Barbie. She has been craving the outdoor life for some time now and says she can´t wait to go out on an adventure and live off the land.

 

“These clothes are so comfortable compared to what I´m used to wearing” Barbie says. “Too bad Jim has such a tiny tiny head cause none of the helmets fit me” she continuous

Prepared for danger

 

 

 

I had so much fun playing dress up with Barbie  that I was totally exhausted when it was time for me to name this blog post. (Just like last time)
And I just sat here staring at the screen for hours.

Can you help me come up with more appropriate title for this post about Barbie wearing Big Jim´s gear?
You did such a awesome job last time and it was so much fun reading all your creative suggestions.

The person with the best suggestion gets to choose any print in our shop.
Winner will be picked by Isabelle and I on Monday.

Thank you in advance
/Jenny

 

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The DosFamily Bear and Viola at SciFiWorld in Malmö Part 3 -Some pictures of great people

By on March 20, 2013 in Dos Visits, Jenny

This is the final part from our visit at SciFiWorld in Malmö. Read Part 1 here! and Part 2 here!

Let´s talk a little bit more about the people who got all dressed up and went to the Sci Fi world meet up in Malmö a couple of weeks ago. Viola and I were only there for a few hours and I am sure there were many more showing up later during the meet up.

Many of the people we met had home made costumes, like this girl. She even put a mp3 player in the music box and told us the sad and scary story about her character “Drocell Cainz”

Some guests wore a tail.

Just as we were leaving we saw this kid in the line to the wardrobe. Not only did he check in his winter coat but also his shoes. That is the kind of dedication that impresses me and Viola and we had to ask for a photo. He made the tie and the coat and hat from duct tape. He also had a thermos of coffee with him.

This girl came as Venellope from Wreck It Ralph. Viola wants stickers on her hair all the time now.

We also met some super vixens that clearly had joined the Dark Side. They had ordered some badges from Japan to complete their home made Star Wars costumes.

Mad Moxxi, Viola and “I´m just being myself” to the right.

A Trekkie with his very awesome looking friend and Viola.

Luigi from the world of Mario.

“We are just from Falkenberg” these wicked women told us.

 

WHY? I love people who has an obsession. I headed for the annual SciFiWorld in Malmö hoping to find some of them, to take their picture and be inspired by their “let´s go all out” attitude.
WHAT? The annual SciFiWorld is a meeting place for scifi-folks and gamers and regular movie buffs.
HOW? With the Bear packed in my bag and a autograph note book in Viola´s we drove to Malmö for the SciFiWorld meet up. We hoped for lots of inspiration, some good photo opportunities and a few autographs.

I could not fit everything into these two parts, so there will be a Part 3 later this week.

Click here for Part 1
Click here for Part 2
Click here for Part 3

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DosFamily In Print

By on March 20, 2013 in Dos Family, Jenny

For all you Frenchmen out there. You can read about me in Grazia magazine.
And fellow bloggers Bleubirdvintage , the US and Petit Sparrow , France and Piroette ,Uk and Natthefatrat, NY, US.

I got to meet the very inspiring designer MaxJenny when I did a piece on her for the Swedish paper SvD with writer Sara Högberg. You can read the article here! (In Swedish)
There will be more work by me and Sara in the next issue of SvD Magasinet on Sunday.

 

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my hands are tied by my mind going everywhere

By on March 19, 2013 in Uncategorized

Those of you that follow me onInstagram.com/isabellemcallister have probably seen this image of my son Beppe. His expression somehow defines my mood today. I’m happy but still have a bit too much on my table that I can’t seem to get anything done properly. For you who have send us awesome applications for being assistants and working with us- I’m sorry but I haven’t really had the time to answer them all yet. This doesn’t mean that I don’t care or that I don’t want to work with you – I just haven’t had the time to go through it all. I’m overwhelmed by all the applications- thank you!
This week I really have to get some book projects going and this weekend I’m taking a technical course of photography - yay!

Hopefully the weather is better tomorrow for making some images for the running club!

Big kisses to you all.
Isabelle

Ps,  I have made a book of my Instagram photo’s on Blurb- have you tried it? I’m going to tell you if it was worth it when I get mine in a couple of weeks!

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Life at Jenny´s House

By on March 19, 2013 in Dos Family, Jenny

The weather forecast says there is a storm headed our way. And the kids are staying home from school as a result. Being forced to stay home is the best thing. I love that. People should be snowed in more often. So cozy. The snowing is not too bad now but the wind is hard and cruel. Our house gets really cold when the wind is hard like today. You can feel the wind sneaking in the cracks of the house and around the windows. My feet are as cold as the tip of my nose. And we are all out of firewood. Isabelle you would not like it.

Picture above: Ducks standing still in the hard wind, trying to get away from me and my camera.

1. The storm is coming.
2. Eating pancakes for lunch
3. With my mom´s Lingonberry jam.
4. Viola has been working on some party invitations.
5. In the kitchen.
6. Big Jim in our book shelf.
7. Ask Thing about the skyroom.
8. We hooked up our Wii to the livingroom TV today. Now we can play Just Dance 4 to keep warm. Loving the tape that straps the cords to floor.

 

More Life At Jenny´s House click here!

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Details From Isabelle´s home

By on March 18, 2013 in Dos Family, Isabelle, Jenny

Good Monday Morning to you!
Here are some photos from Isabelle´s apartment that I took last time we hooked up. We really need to to a proper Dos Visit from this home. But until then here are some details. Isabelle´s home is awesome and filled to the bursting point with things. Love it!

Remember when Isabelle customized this lamp? Click here to see it again.

Messy desktop. Just how I like it.

Here is another lamp Isabelle made. Click here to see it again!

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Week 1 Dos Running Club

By on March 17, 2013 in Uncategorized

Ok folks – this is the first week schedule for Dos Running Club.
We start easy to prevent getting injured.
I’m trilled to get this going but my life got a bit in the way so here is the schedule but I will post a video/photos with a how to of the warm up, stretch and core exercises – hopefully tomorrow so it’s gonna be easier to understand. Let me know how this week is working out for you – ok?
I also don’t know all the sports terms in English so if you find something weird – just tell me!
xx
Isabelle

Warm up before all workouts:
5min quick walk,  20-30 toe lifts , 20-30 lunges exercises, 20-30 hoppsasteg / high knees

Stretch after every workout:
Calves, hip flexor, front thighs, rear thighs, outer thighs, buttocks
You can see some more stretch exercises here.

3 sessions / week
Day 1: 3min quick walking – 3min jog – 3min quick walking – 3min jog for a total of 25-30min
TIP: Use clock / mobile and keep track of the time. Or make a playlist of about 3min long favorite songs where you go jogging every other song.

Day 2: Quick step walking 15min + 10min jog without a break (how slow any time but keep jogging) + strength 30 toe lifts, 30 squats, plank 30sec-1 min x3
Day 3: 3min brisk walking – 4min jog – 3min brisk walking – 4min jog for a total of 25-30min
TIP: Use clock / mobile and keep track of the time. Or make a playlist of about 3-4min long favorite songs where you go jogging every other song.

Thanks to coach Kvitter Javelin!

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Jens Grönberg answering questions about his work as a graphic designer for Axtone records

By on March 15, 2013 in Dos Family, Jenny

With me sick all week I really don´t have anything to blog about. My hubby Jens however has been working as usual and one of his tasks has been answering questions about his work as Axwell´s (from Swedish House Mafia) graphic designer.  If you are interested in how vinyl artwork is made , house music, Axwell or simply Jens in general you might find this an interesting read. Click here for full story.

Picture below is Jens latest work on the Rasputin release.

And here is Lego-Axwell that Jens also made.

Click here to see more of his work on DosFamily

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Cold weather running clothes

By on March 15, 2013 in Dos Family, Isabelle

Hello!
I’m thrilled to hear so many of you want to do the running club! Yay!
We will run all over the world! From Island to, Vancouver, to Patagonia, to Melbourne and Sweden of course.

I’ve got some questions about what to wear when running in cold weather.
For me I love running in weird weather like rain, and snow and cold. It’s like I’m more part of the nature in a way. We have been having lots of snow and ice here during winter but I’ve been able to run really well in just normal running shoes. Some use running spikes under the shoes or shoes like the icebugs with built in spikes. Maybe I’m not yet a fast enough runner but I’ve managed without.

I also want to say that I’m all for buying some new running clothes to boost your training. When it’s cold I don’t mind wearing bigger “old” clothes but when I started I loved my new thighs. It felt like a new me and helped me take myself and my training a bit more serious. It could also have something to do with me wearing such old sweatpants that the rubber band was broken and I had to pull my pants up every ten meters…

Another good thing is to look into your shoes. Even if you have an old pair it is a good investment to see if they are good enough.
I also want to say that I’m easily cold but I also sweat ALOT. But I prefer to wear a bit to much clothes wintertime than less. After a while, naturally,  you will find out what works best for you.

First layer
I wear comfy normal underwear, a sports bra and support stockings. I got some nasty varicose veins after my pregnancys and the stockings helps alot plus I heard that it’s good for everyone to use it. If it’s really cold I just go with warm woolen socks. Remember that woolen sock should be used directly on your skin. If you use cotton as an extra layer – they don’t really work.  An intimate tip is to use a tampon if you have a tendency to leak a bit while you run or jump or whatever sports you want to do. Then the body pinches in and help you.

Second Layer:
Here I just use a normal base layer underwear in merino wool. mine comes from Icebreaker and smartwool.

Third layer:
I guess you can do these pantalettes under the base layer but I like it on top. I do HATE the shape and look if these but they work. Both in the slopes and while running. Your tush will love’m.

Fourth layer:
Depending on just how cold weather it is I use different kind of sweat pants. These ones are simple ones from American Apparel. But otherwise I use thinner ones from Under Armour.On top I wear a primaloft jacket from Peak Performance, It’s a light down jacket and I LOVE this material. Now loads of brands carry these kinds of jackets. Like Uniqlo are full of them. They are supposed to be 5 times warmer than a fleece. I love having mine while doing anything outside. Even under a nice normal “dressed” coat.

Top Layer:
If it’s warmer I go without this extra fleece otherwise I stick it on top of the light down. This one is by Houdini and I LOVE it. It has the most perfect shape of the hood. I mostly skip wearing gloves but when it’s -16C you just have to. Then I wear whatever I’ve got at home. I also take whatever cap I’ll find but I love my Yankees one with ear protection. I look kind of funny in it but it’s comfy. Then I prefer wearing big headphones – it’s also warmer.

Sneakers:
I have an old pair from Under Armour which I also love. Before I went more for a classic brand but this pair are the best one I’ve had so far. I do need to buy a new pair. I heard you should change about once a year at least.

If I was better at spending I would totally go for all the runners clothes from Nike Gyakusou found in Sweden at Sneakersnstuff or the stella things for adidas.

Ok – is this enough?

We can talk about his more when spring is here for real!
Can’t wait to start this!

xx
Isabelle


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Details from Jenny´s Mother In Law´s House

By on March 14, 2013 in Dos Family, Jenny

My mother in law lives in a beautiful big old house in Landskrona, Sweden. I am going to photograph the whole thing soon but until then I want to show you some details. I took these in the month of May when the house was flooded with light and the magnolia was blooming in the garden. Yes it sound ridiculously cozy but you know what- some days are like that!

You can tell that this women is a rebel just by looking at the way she keeps her glasses. All throw in in a bunch.

Lots of flowers..

and art and books.

I even like the  rags.

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Fishing for litter Exhibition

By on March 14, 2013 in Dos Family, Isabelle, Jenny

On the image above you can see that a normal bird at sea is found with an average of 33 plastic parts in their stomach. If we would have the same amount it would be as much as a lunch box full of plastic in our tummies. Terrible. A million birds died last year around Swedish shores after eating plastic or after getting stuck in it.

I have been doing a exhibition for the project Fishing For litter. It’s Kimo Baltic Sea that helps fishermen get the trash out of the baltic sea. Each Fisherman get a big bag to collect garbage and with this they can recycle the trash in the harbor for free. Lots of fishermen collects trash the get in their nets anyway but with this project the garbage is measured, counted and it’ll cost them nothing to recycle. Otherwise there is normally a fee for it. There is loads of trash at sea. Big islands of it. An estimate is that only 15% comes back up on shores and on the surface the rest is lost at the bottom or simply drifting around.


I made a box with info about the project, all the trash and the fishermen that now is traveling around Sweden. It’s gonna be in museums,  libraries and on festivals. On one of the sides you can fish by pulling on the orange tabs. Then you can see things that fishermen have found in sea for real.
It’s the foundation Håll Sverige Rent (Keep Sweden Tidy) that organize this. And I’m happy to say that this year I’m their ambassador.

There are loads of  plastic in the sea, and other strange stuff like computer stuff, old washing machines, oil barrels and cans.

Old clothes, shoes, Hoovers, metal and even more plastic.

I also made small aquariums out of trash.

These fishermen works out of the Simrishamn harbor and it’s Jenny who has taken the images. The waves on the boxes are filled with photo’s of trash.

About 100 000 marine mammals die each year after eating trash or gotten stuck in it.

More info about Fishing for litter in English.

All the graphic design is made by Åsa Hammarström.

Read more on Håll Sverige Rents Homepage.

xx
Isabelle

We also made this peep fisherman.

 

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Thursday Timberlake Dance

By on March 14, 2013 in Dos Family, Isabelle

Another morning another dance. I’m totally hooked on this tune. You need to listen at least three times and then you are sold. PRomise!
Enjoy your day!

xx
Isabelle

Some of you have problems watching the embedded videos – go here for this video.

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Dosfamily Running Club

By on March 13, 2013 in Dos Family, Isabelle


-18 C and early in the morning I passed this view in Stockholm while running!

I run a couple of times a week when I’m not too tired. But I have been doing so without a goal. First I started out using the runkeeper app on my iphone. And I tracked how far and fast I was going but after a while I realized I just needed to get out there. Just to run without any goal or pressure and so I’ve been doing for a while. But now  I need to see some changes in my training.
I want to feel I get better and I hope you will start with me? Let’s do a Dosfamily Running Club!

My goal is set on running 10km (10k) and I have asked my neighbor Kvitter Javelin for some help. (Yes, her name is really Chirping in Swedish -beautiful isn’t it!)
Kvitter makes sporty spice go and hide. She is always out and about. Running in the woods, doing the Vasaloppet, hanging upside down in some sort of pole dance training or just accidentally running a Marathon. So you get the picture. Kvitter is THE sporty gal to ask for help.

So the thing is are you – the lovely Dosfamily readers with me?
Kvitter will makes us a program that makes us run 10 km in 10 weeks. If you just want to do the 5k or less it’s also good. But it is fun if we do it together! The aim is to work out 3 times a week. We start really slow and then build it up. This is that everyone can be with us from the start, all kind of you from rookies to you that have been running before! This will also help to prevent us from getting injured which is a pretty good thing! In the weeks Kvitter will also give us tips of good strengthening exercises and stretch exercises that are good for runners. Hopefully we will also get into food, clothes and other fun stuff!

Goals:
It’s important to set them. It’s easier to start end to continue if you know your Why’s. Why are you doing this?
A goal can be
- to run 10 k before the end of June (with or without a time limit)
- Do a race- it doesn’t have to be a marathon. In Sweden there are loads of them. Vår Ruset (5km), Midnattsloppet in August (10k), If you live in the us I would go for a Color run (in many different cities.)
- Do a 10k under 1 hour
- Be able to run/jog/sprint during 30 minutes.
- Run at a speed of 5min/km during 5 km
-Loose some weight for Beach 2013
-Or jog for 3km and be able to talk to a running buddy at the same time.

The goals are for you to decide!
If you want to do a race- a tip from coach Kvitter is to sign up for a race way in advance. Racing is popular- they sell out pretty quick and it’s a fun and good gaol to set!
Like for all the Swedish races, sign up now already  you can find them all on this link.


Image from the color run

Partner in crime?
For some of you it’s easier to do it with a buddy. It’s not that easy staying at home eating chocolate instead of working out if you have a partner. But on the other hand some of you maybe prefer doing it alone. Just think about whats suits you best.

When do we start/how does this work?
Kvitter will give us a weekly program every Sunday here on Dosfamily. She has made a schedule for working out 3 times a week for 10 weeks. First the workouts are about 30 minutes long but they will get longer when we start running longer.
Make plans for this and be realistic. It’s better to do some than none. Also if you miss one time – just do it later. All the workouts will still be here on the blog to get back to. Don’t be to hard on yourselves!

Here on the blog we can give each other some help, advice and playlists!

So we start Sunday! – ok?!

xx
Isabelle

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Let’s talk about modern toys & what they do to us

By on March 13, 2013 in Dos Family, Isabelle, Kids stuff

My daughter has been dying about getting a Monster High doll. She’s been craving it for over a year. I don’t know where she got to know about it in the first place since it doesn’t run on Swedish TV but like all trends they find a way to the brain in one way or another. We hadn’t bought it since she pretty much stopped playing with dolls or never really started- she has simply been collecting them. Anyway after being away for a weekend. Me and hubby bought this Create a Monster High – doll set. Or at least that’s what I thought. But the thing was that it had everything except upper arms, thighs and “hair”. So we bought a doll for about 300 kronor/ 40 dollares and she couldn’t do anything with it. It was just parts. And yes, if I knew the deal about these dolls I would know about reading the fine print that said it was an add on pack. So since it ws a gift I couldn’t or wouldn’t just leave her with a worth nothing doll so I had to go to another toy store and buy the first real create a monster set for another 400 kronor/50 dollars. I have never bought a toy this expensive. But the thing with this original pack is that it also comes incomplete. There are two dolls but only one pair of shoes and one set of hair – or in another only one dress etc. So now she has 4 incomplete dolls and loads of hoover friendly parts. And this is when I start to get angry.

I know it is my choice as a parent and a woman to buy this kind of toys but I till think it’s a scam. And I will mos def think harder the next time. But not only do I rip my hair out about the way it’s sold. How more I think about it I think these dolls are awful in so many ways.
At first, also as a fantasy fan, I liked the concept of Monster High. Odd monsters with all kinds of attributes and superhuman features. They are a bit weird and “clumsy” with their powers. But if you really look at them they are like dead Barbies what of course is the meaning. If Barbie is making us look strange at our own bodies, I mean these dolls will be the end of us. Yeah, they are monsters – they can look weird but why do they have to take the female bodies into the next extreme stage of fantasy?
You also get different body parts so you can play with them – create monsters, so how come they still all look the same? The same sick ideal. Why isn’t it different sizes on the body parts and different main bodies? How come you can’t build a guy – No let’s just change how a girl look – again.

I think it’s easy to dismiss this and say oh they are just monsters, just simple toys. But the thing is all small input, all the dolls, images and photo’s about how we look and how we dress all the time matters. We store them inside. I don’t want it anymore.

xx
isabelle

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The real Harlem Shake

By on March 13, 2013 in Dos Family, Isabelle

Just when we thought we had enough of this dance – the real one comes back with a vengeance! Get ready to move!
And read all about the origin of the dance in NYTimes -here.

Have a great day
xx
Isabelle

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Message board DIY

By on March 12, 2013 in DOS DIY's, Dos Family, Isabelle

Last Saturday It was time for me to join Nyhetsmorgon once again. And I made all kinds of message boards and pimped some pins. This one above is a simple little thing.

1. I spray painted the Ikea frame Ung Drill with Montana Gold paint.
2. Then I used a cork message board Väggis  and cut it out in an oval shape. After it I used some spray glue and covered the cork with some fabric. and I stapled it to the back.
3. Use some Ribbons across the board. It looks nice but also works as a holder for stuff to just tuck in.
4. You can make good looking thumbtacks by either paint on them with some nail polish or just glue a button to it or whatever you want to be a pin.
5 Hang it on your wall!

To see more message boards that I made just watch the embedded clip above or on this link.

I also made some magnets out of caps and photo’s of the singer Danny and his sixpack.

xx
Isabelle

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