My first piece of advice is to high-tail it to Miami, sister! Oh, I suppose there's the question of what to do with your husband and children, huh?  Well, since it's the lack of sunshine and its powerful punch of vitamin D that makes us feel so blah, there's no time like the present to battle winter with a little D-fence.  Yes, Vitamin D is the vitamin du jour—everyone's doing it—for good reasons, including warding of diabetes, cancer, colds and flu protection and more.

According to U.S. News and World Report, although the government recommends 200 IUs a day for people up to age 50, experts contend that the number is way too low. Sunlight packs a whopping 10,000 IUs in just ten minutes, so, weather permitting, bundle up and get your blue butt outside. And for gray days, think salmon (360 IUs per 3 1/2 ounces), milk (100 IUs per 8 ounces) and a daily multi (usually about 1,000 IUs).

You can custom-create your own pack of vitamins, D and all, at the very cool www.vuru.com.

This question jumped out at me because I used to be a chronic sinus infection sufferer. In fact, there was a time in my life when I just about subsisted off of antibiotics. I actually became resistant to them—yuck! Are you ready for what saved us? A neti pot. For years, I had heard of them from some of my hoodoo-guru-yoga-lala friends. Everyone who recommended a neti pot claimed it to be a panacea—and I am here to say that it is indeed a cure-all for your aching and infected sinuses.

A net pot is a genie lamp-looking thing into which you put salt and warm water. Then, over a sink, you tilt your head, put the spout to your one nostril pour in the salt water and watch as it comes out the other nostril. Repeat for the other nostril. At first, it'll freak you a bit, but then you won't go a day–or twice a day—without. If you can get your kids to stand still, you can use it on them, too.