Home is where the health is.

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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M5GBEJw4hY

Im not joking when I say, in reference to my videos, that Im the one shot wonder (& I try never to view them either).

This time, however, I made the mistake of watching the video and a GRAMMATICAL ERROR leaped out at me.

did you catch it?

(obviously my home is where the health is & the english major in me resideth elsewhere.)

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  1. Great Motto for the holidays. We could all tune into this throughout the year, and especially during the holiday seasons. I will be in Austin & Houston this holiday season (Yay!) Touch football, park training & long runs in the days to come without access to a gym 🙁 Not to mention chasing lots of kiddos around the house!

  3. Great shirt! It fits “home is where the health is”!

    When at home – I’ll be getting outside as much as I can – even in the cold (well, cold for Wisconsin – oh, wait, Wisconsin is ALWAYS cold!). Sledding yesterday with the kids. (this is the easy one, even in the cold – getting outside). More difficult – eating “right”. So, I’ll put that one out there too – and we’ll see how it goes. When at home – I’ll limit the sweets – choose fruit over cookies. Most of the time…

  4. That is a great mantra! For me and my son, my goal will be getting outside more. He loves to explore and collect sticks and “build” stuff. I’m such a homebody, I have no problem staying inside all day. Not good for my son or me for that matter. So outdoors more, moving more! 🙂

  5. Great idea Miz! Yet again I can’t actually see the facetime video, but the Home/Health motto comes through loud and clear. I’ve been trying to implement that myself, I even took my 4 yr old niece on a 2 hour walk last week… well, it wasn’t my idea to walk as far as the beach.. so I don’t know why she was complaining afterwards! 🙂 I suggested going for a walk this weekend and she shouted “NO LONG WALKS!!” at me! haha 🙂 Might bring her Mum (& a pushchair) next time! 🙂

  6. Been working on making home healthier for quite some time. I workout here now, and I walk on the local bike trail until it converts to a snowmobile trail and doing so means taking my life in my own hands…Yikes!

    Anywaaaays, will be hosting Christmas here again this year, so I can be sort of in charge of the food and treats put out.

    I may make a few cookies, but just so my Hugh can “help” with frosting and decorating, as he is already planning about leaving cookies for Santa.

    Make it a great day.

  7. I will need to rewatch as I missed your grammar error LOL but I did get your message and it CLICKED with me.

    if I stay healthy when I am at home this holiday season I guess I really can indulge more when I fgo out.

    if I am honest so many of my trip ups are not at parties but at home. when I am tired and just mindlessly eating.

  8. what if my home is where the party is?! 🙂

    I really am trying to make this holiday season a healthier one.

    mainly because I feel so down at the new year when it isn’t.

    today I shall make a few little signs that say home is where they health is and put them up.

    can’t hurt.

    thanks Miz.

  9. Great message, Miz! the Bag Lady is hosting Xmas dinner this year…..hmmm, wonder how the family will feel about tofurkey and ch-ch-chia stuffing????

    Methinks Bag Lady would never have to host Xmas dinner again……

    🙂

  10. This home is always where the party is Bea (if by party you mean the ole PARTY IN YOUR TUMMY ala Yo Gabba Gabba which I do).

    we just try and keep it healthy here as when we exit the domicile there’s no telling what will happen.

    especially if the Toddler is rolling with the Ren Man.

    (*waves to Ren Man* whom she is 99.9% sure doesnt read this…)

    and BL would that be a bad thing? having hosted nary ONE Xmas dinner in my life Ive no clue—-here it is the Passover seder which I dread host with glee.

  11. All I have to say is, ANYWAYS, I have to at least sit down and watch my favorite movie classics every holiday season. (Did I catch it?)

    I think you’re a little hard on yourself!

  12. speaking of HOME IS WHERE THE HEALTH IS click on lori l’s name.

    And goodGOSH no.

    That kind of error I’m confident I make all the time 😉

    Perhaps it’s an error which jumps out as me as I was raised by two people with shockingly impeccable grammar.

  13. Well, I certainly missed the error. Then again, I am grammatically (sp) challenged, so it all sounds normal to me. Besides, it is the message that counts!

  14. Hmmm. I have to admit, it’s not the home that’s a problem for me during the holiday season; it’s everywhere else! LOL, unfortunately I spend most of my time away from home during the holidays, so that’s what trips me up (and often when I AM home, I’m entertaining, which is just as bad). I’ll have to think about ways to apply it to my outside life, I think. (Maybe the office? That’s a biggie for me this time of year.)

    Oh!
    ” . . . instead of just plop down in front of the TV, which is both hard and alluring . . . ”
    That’s my guess on the grammar (and TOTALLY something I would say myself)! 😉
    (And because I really AM a 10-year-old-boy inside . . . That looks kind of dirty when I write it down! LOL!)

  15. waves to Meribeth and wonders if she, too, is about to take a Clartin (sp) for all the allergens in the TX air right now.

    And nope Marste 😉

    There IS A PRIZE for the first to get it and share with the Bumbling Band so we can all cringe.

    (Word on the street is cringing burns 7.5432345 calories per hour)

    And now *I* am going to do the NEVER BEFORE DONE second viewing to be sure I didn’t imagine it…..

  16. Well, I heard you say: “AnywaaayS…” which is grammatically incorrect and drives me crazy when my kids do it. If that ain’t it, can I have a nod anyway?

  17. Good morning, MizF. Before I ponder “Home is where the health is,” I want to tell you that I’ve had your “Food is fuel” mantra in my head for two weeks and without going into detail, I wanted to say thanks! It’s really helping me rethink some things (read: carbs).

    My home will be a bastion of health this holiday with the exception of lefse which my parents and sibs are counting on me to make this year. So here’s my mantra for this endeavor: “I need to be needed; I love to be loved.” I figure if I keep telling myself this as I roll out 100 flats of lefse, I’ll stay sane 🙂

    Again, thanks for the “Food is fuel” thang. I’m about to forrage for breakfast…

    Oh, and it’s 14 degrees and snowing. Come on, don’t you miss the old home town? hehe

  19. what if home is where they try to stuff food down my face all the livelong day??
    the best thing i’ve learned is how to say no, thank you… even though i usually receive a serving whether i decline it or not :/

  20. a few thoughts:

    yep, Im rolling on the handheld and not at computer to watch.
    yep, Im now totally questioning if the THANG WHICH LEAPED OUT AT ME was indeed correct?
    all kinds of yep up in herre.

    I’ve had your “Food is fuel” mantra in my head for two weeks and without going into detail, I wanted to say thanks!

    so appreciate your taking the time to share that, Lynn. Immensely.

    and giggle that the ANYWAYS didnt jump out at me Linda. Too much time spent with kids I guess (*cringeandburn7.237429874calories*)

    what if home is where they try to stuff food down my face all the livelong day??

    (your final 4 words now have me singing IVE BEEN WORKING ON THE RAILROAD)
    tough one, Gina. kind of. for me it would all depend on the foods proffered (fresh baked cookies? yes please. freshly made lemon bars? I might be tempted to point at my HOME IS WHERE THE HEALTH IS sign and tell em to hit me up when they have chocolate to offer.).

  21. I like that! It’s a cute mantra. One which I wholeheartedly adopt.

    For me it means more than just the nutrition and fitness aspect, although those are big ones too. But the way I see it, “home is where the health is” also means that home is the place for my mental health and all as well.

    I will be doing all my 100 reps challenge at home and trying to eat nutritiously at home (damn that cake I just made…), and also keep my state of mind healthy by WRITING, cooking, and playing.

    (Exams are done and research papers are handed in- I’m now truly on holidays so I can spend all my time at play. Hurray!!!)

  22. another great mantra!! I’ll keep that in mind. Our xmas will be very low-key, just the three of us (me and the rents), and I’ll be doing the kitchen as mom will be recovering. I’ll do my best to health-ify the treats, but stay active helping out around the house. If it’s not too cold (you know, for upstate ny… ahem, texas cold, yeah right!), I’ll try and get out for a run or five 🙂

  23. I agree with Sagan and think you do too Miz (I am thinking about your post yesterday and the shirt and the link to the Day Without A Gay).

    that it is about mental health too.

    my home is going to be my LOVE MYSELF mental health sanctuary this holiday.

    if it kills me LOL!

  24. Someone said LEFSE in your comments section!!!!!!!!!

    Who was it???

    Bag Lady is going on a hunt – she loves LEFSE!!!!!!!!!

    (she doesn’t make it herself because it’s labour-intensive and she has no-one to help, and she would just eat it all and her recipe makes too much, and and and…….)

  25. Seeing as I have iron-clad self-control in public, my battle really is on the home front to stay healthy! And yes, I realize that this isn’t exactly what you meant. My healthy goal this Dec? Make family dinners a priority every night!

  26. nope that’s entirely what I meant char!
    I was/am curious what the quote meant when to you (plural) when you heard it.

    The goal of family dinners? Totally in alignment…

  27. Like Karyn, for me it is more difficult to be good at home than at parties and especially difficult during the work day when I am stressed. And party cocktails are more tempting than party food – I have a thing about eating food that sits out for long periods of time especially…not tempting.

  28. Excellent advice. I’m trying to get involved in more active play (this morning it was indoor golf — eek!) w/my toddler. It keeps us all sane.

    But, I tend to bake more around the holidays — for others and for my family. I might try cutting back on that because I’m a full fat holiday baker. If I bake fewer cookies, that means I’ll have fewer in the house and then we’ll eat fewer. Got it!

  29. Hey Miz,

    Yes, caught it … but … in a world where playing ‘gotcha’ is such a big part of the workday let’s reframe the message. YOUR home, YOUR kitchen is where we repeatedly turn to hear words of encouragement, advice and wisdom. So don’t sweat the grammar. We got your message and appreciate it.

    Amy

  30. Good idea… we’re hosting this year so I know it is going to be difficult… but actually probably less difficult because I will be BUSY and hustling around making sure everyone else is indulging and I may not have time! Also, I am trying to re-focus for the next couple weeks (after a week long Thanksgiving) and then feel like I’m starting the new year out on track – not all sorts of plumped up.

  31. I had to lay off the allergy medicine. Grogginess. Agreed, it is really bad.

    Bag Lady — what does that mean? This LEFSE that you speak of.

  32. I noticed shifting from 1st person (I and We) to 2nd person (you) a lot, beyond that, I need coffee.

    And I didn’t replace my chocolate when I ran out for the very reason that I’d be indulging elsewhere, and am thinking about taking the 100 rep thing and translating it to 100 minutes of yoga.

    Also, trying to go ice skating more.

  33. Home to me means it starts with you, yourself. Your home is you, your mind and body and soul/self. It’s your base and you have to come from a healthy base.

  35. LOL I’m notorious for breezing through my posts and then looking back and cringing. Can’t be too different in vid posts I guess hehe

  36. deep thoughts later …. now I’m all about the *please to not focus on my grammar* (amy? If you’re back email me what you think it was).

    One word: plethora

    Two words: who knew?

    Final words: I was thinking where an I where there should have been a ME.

    (She thumbtypes not having rewatched it yet)

  37. yesyesyes dragonmamma.
    That’s it.

    I’ll be in touch….like it or regift it you have won a copy of my FAVE Will Ferrell holiday classic. ELF.

  39. I definitely need to get outside more over the holidays. When it’s cold out, I just want to stay in with my blanket, space heater, and tea.

    Another thing that always helps me throughout the holiday season is to eat healthy things at home before going to any kind of party or gathering. If I go famished, I will attack the bowl of mixed nuts, and then go back for more, and then go back to pick out all the almonds, and then go back to eat all the Brazil nuts nobody wanted…well, you get the picture.

  40. Yea, its a difficult thing, especially cause there are SO MANY TEMPTATIONS. The problem is also the fact that if I politely try to decline the Hannukkah doughnut or the Christmas cookie people DO get offended!

  41. I didn’t catch the error. I am a better writer than speaker–both in flow and grammar. I think I must also be a better reader than watcher. I’m sure I would have caught it if I’d read it (another English major here and I used to proofread as part of my job).

    I’m thinking about your “Home is where the health is” and wondering how healthy my chilly musty old house is. I’m also wondering if the Christmas wassail I make every weekend lately is healthy since it has so many fruit juices in it, or if the cup of sugar cancels out the fruitiness. Hmm. It is so very yummy, though.

    Today I’m working on the health by taking sick 3-year old to pediatrician. I wish we had a jollier health task in store for us.

  42. Excellent plan–a great way to balance social and health concerns.

    And I totally didn’t catch the error, but as usual I was too distracted by your awesome arms to use any sort of critical thinking ability. GIRL YOU MAKE ME SMILE. coming soon: a monday STREET CLOTHES FACETIME. Day clothes. No trademark tank. I know. please to alert the media.

  43. I love this concept. In fact I am particularly fond of the emotional/spiritual-ish side to it. One of the things I have decided I NEED as an adult is peace in my home. I don’t mean it in terms of “peace and quiet” obviously, but I think if we can be emotionally healthy at home in terms of treating each other with kindness, respect, and love, we definitely bring it with us when we venture outwards. I never really thought of it in terms of healthy behaviors, but the more I reinforce being healthy in terms of eating/sleeping/etc at home, I do think I’ll cultivate more energy to reinforce these behaviors elsewhere. December is a tough month. Thanks for coming up with this simple statement. It’s going into my mental Survival Strategies!

  44. Meribeth – I think you have to have Scandinavian blood to truly appreciate lefse.

    It’s sort of a flat bread made in various ways, some good, some not so good. It takes a delicate touch, because if you overwork it, you can use it to tile your roof or fix a leaky boat!

    We serve it spread with butter, sugar and cinnamon between two pieces, and it is divine.

  46. Great motto, Miz! I’ll be traveling to Dallas over the holidays, and spending lots of time celebrating with family. This always winds up meaning eating all day long and sitting around – either while doing nothing or while eating.

    I’m going to do my best to keep active, playing with the niece and nephew, feeding the cows (yea!) and hiking around in the woods.

    Also, I need to get in that mindset now, before the traveling starts!

  47. I love this. Have never thought of it this way- but I think it is totally doable for me. AND, I am home a lot, so that is good.

    I guess when I do all that baking, I should stick it on my porch though- or in my car- or entrust a neighbor with it so it isn’t IN my home. Sadly, that is usually my downfall. I love me some holiday baking and diet fudge just doesn’t cut it 🙂 Great tips today.

  48. I love the people who mentioned (char, karyn, debra I think rolling with my homies, err, handheld) that THEIR TOUGH PLACE is the home.

    so intriguing to me as I more tend to get into the spirit (spirits?) of things and chat and nosh *outside* the domicile.

    I hear you amy & youre so right.
    methinks I just wanted an excuse to force give away a movie I love 🙂
    who can say…

    and BL? Scandinavian blood or just raised in Minnesota perhaps?

    I have lottsa family there who love the lefse.

  49. Anyways…;)

    This is my motto all year, really. I’m always healthier when at home and “in charge” over all my food picks, in my own routine, etc. I’m decent at staying healthy when away too, but it’s harder when I’m thrown out of my exercise routine or staying at someone else’s home.

  50. Perhaps it’s “Scandinavian blood OR raised in Minnesota”

    Oh, and your grammatical error – try writing down that sentence to see if you were correct or not…….

    Okay, done obsessing over grammar.

  54. I think of home as the safe place. I have control there to buy what it healthy and not bring unhealthy choices in. Going to someone else’s home, means I could give up that control. Or I could bring something healthier to share with friends.

    Totally ignored the grammar error, as lately I’ve been fascinated with looking at the things behind you. (oops, sorry).

  55. The only way I’ll be able to survive the holidays (and the dark, cold, dreary winter, for that matter) is to stay active. Last year we had the most snow that we’ve had in at least a decade, so I was plenty busy shoveling. This year, we haven’t had snow since October- who knows?

    However, I have decided to do a half-marathon in January, so hopefully that will keep me off the couch (at least a little bit).

    As far as the food temptations, that’s definitely the hard part for me, so if I focus on what I can control (home), then maybe the other stuff (work, parties, family, etc) won’t do as much damage (I’m thinking the 80/20 rule here).

  56. like the GLITTER SKULL Deb?

    and WELCOME BACK ROO. Im excited for your half in January and the plethora of blog posts which shall be an outgrowth of that.

    I nag because I love,

    Miz.

  57. Great mantra! It still flips me out how determind you are even when the holidays is just my lame-o excuse.

    OK watched the video the 2nd time to catch the gramatical error, and I got nuthin’.

    Being that I just typed nuthin’ should be a hint as to why.

  58. I do try to make a better choice at home. Sometimes unable to when out just because of the nature of the choices, but a little indulgence is OK.

    Cold in WI is 26 today, plus 4-8 inches of snow. Do you even know what that looks like?

  59. P.S. @ Geosomin: love the Simpsons quote. That’s one of my absolute favorites! (not sure which is better, that one, or the one about making babies in the closet…)

  60. Love it! I definitely TRY to keep the food healthy inside the home, but it doesn’t always work. This is a great mantra for the holidays. Thanks Miz.

  62. I didn’t catch any error, but that’s not surprising seeing how bad my grammar usually is!

    I love the motto. I’m going to adopt that strategy, which to me is going to mean cooking more healthy meals at home, and making sure I don’t have any unhealthy snacks hanging around the house.

    Speaking of which, some hummus and pita bread are calling my name…

    -Meg

  63. This Monday morning finds me at home (where the health is) sick in bed, watching reruns of WorkOut. I caught a nasty cold on the way home from a holiday party where I did not indulge too much.

    As for your grammar error…I think it’s the word ProTexas.
    as in protect us…
    It sounded fine regardless. Am I a picky grammar person? With you, I cannot be.
    Your ghost was with me all day long on Saturday…whispering “home is where the health is…” I clicked my heels three times, arrived home only slightly worse for wear.

  64. I think it’s a great mantra. I actually try to do this not just on the holidays: we often eat out, we sometimes indulge, but I try to keep home free of junk/ processed foods, sweets and soda as much as possible.

    During the holidays, I do allow myself to gain some weight – not sure how much but my pants ARE a little snug come January so I’m guessing a couple of pounds? But since I keep to my exercise routine, the extra weight melts away by itself once I’m back to eating normally.

  65. Home is my safe haven. It is the one place where I can pretty much control what goes on, and what foods are around (except when DH bakes something!!).

    For the holidays, I have decided on what treats I am going to allow myself, and those include cookies on Christmas eve, an eggnog latte and one other baked good during the month. Since I have these to look forward to, it makes me less likely to indulge in other things.
    I also made a goal to get in an extra cardio session 5 days a week for this month – and focusing on that as a healthy ‘me time’ for myself during a busy season.

    I have also asked for help from DH to keep me on track. I LOVE that you are creating your support system, Lori.

  66. I am with commenters #21 and #23

    for me home is where the health is means home is where i can be me without hesitation.

    the mental health.

  67. and I am going to choose, Kelly, to morph that into HOME IS WHERE YOU CAN LOVE YOURSELF UNCONDITIONALLY.

    which, if Im correct, is pretty damn good as many of us have no where which is that place.

    POD? I that I lived closer to you. Id bring you trashy magazines as well (hello STAR!) and books (hello The American Wife!) and, well, MYSELF.

    because we all know no one wants me to cook for them.

    Miz, who is now thumbtyping rethinking and would bring a tube of cookie dough as well since when HOME IS WHERE THE SICK IS she believes HOME IS THEN WHERE THE COMFORT FOOD SHOULD BE.

  68. ALL my food is comfort food. Unfortunately.
    I made some good soup in spite of my health, yesterday. You would approve. No meat, all vege and beans and peas and lentils. I ate some last night and will have more for lunch and then, everyone I know will be really happy that I am home, sick. haha

  69. Did I hear you say “lives gets” ? (instead of “life gets” or “lives get”). That was the only thing I noted and couldn’t be sure because it happened so fast and I had time to comment or replay but not both..lol.

    I’m sure it was just a slip of the tongue….

  70. Forgot to say–great mantra “home is where the health is”…I always slip the most in the day to day–at home–so that is a good mantra for me.

  73. Hi Miz! I just love this vid/post! I’m going to take your idea of less tv (which has been abused severely while I’ve been sick) in this house to heart! Even though it gets dark earlier, I do love to read! So does Hubs -sometimes we even read aloud to each other – doesn’t that make us sound OLD? (We’re approaching great agedness at this point.) “Home is where the health is” has now been scribbled on a slip of paper and affixed to fridge for time being. Good one! Thanks!

  74. My plan for the holiday season is just to remember how awful I felt after Thanksgiving. Four days of eating slightly more than normal, plus tons of sweets and extra wine while the in-laws were here for the weekend, led to a cranky, exhausted me on Monday. I wasn’t listening to my body.

    I’m also going to shorten my workouts but do more of them. Just something with which I’m experimenting;)

  75. Miche I laughed at your comment…Id say that Im with you on the OLD READING ALOUD but Ive learned over the past 14 years that Ren Man does NOT love the being read to.

    I think Id love it.

    and Ann? I wanna hear more about the workout thing. is it like I do with the cardio every day but only 30 minutes?

  76. Yay, I won, I won! Believe it or not, I just saw ELF for the very first time last week. It was cute; I’ll add it to the annual rituals of watching A Christmas Story and A Christmas Carol. (Alastair Sim version.) I got burned out on It’s A Wonderful Life a few years ago.

  77. I’ve often told people at the gym that what they do away from there is what will really determine their health, so home fits perfectly!

    Flipping ???

  79. Yikes!! Never heard the term before, but yes, I knew of that “jockey behavior.” I love my horse and the riding thing, but that has nothing to do with racing. I’ve never been a serious fan of that.

    I like the “The best thing for the bottom of a person, is the top of a horse.” Will Rodgers (probably)

  80. Mmmmmmmmmm…..lefse. I know how to make it, but lack one important thing – the giant griddle. My grandmother makes (made?) the best lefse, and as I’m currently an aspiring housewife (ha!) I have also learned to make it, just don’t get to practice.

  82. “GRAMMATICAL ERROR” You’ve read my blog and know that “grammatical” is not in my dictionary =). “…our lives is anyways…” Ok, that was an easy one.

    Every time I re-read my post, I find many…many errors and end up editing it. I just recently stopped re-reading them. =)

  83. For my holiday travels, Subway will be where the health is…unfortunately, (or fortunately, I’m not sure which) I’m young enough that I don’t have ANY time at home during the holidays. No kids, I didn’t even put up a tree this year, I have many years left to do those things. So, Subway and Jared, you better be ready for me!

  84. I like that in theory, that being said I’m never home, so for me my purse and gym bag are where I can always find healthy snacks and meal ideas.

  85. Yeah, that’s right. Except scaled down. I work out 3x/week, cardio and full weight circuit, which takes about 2-3 hours depending on how much energy I have. It makes skipping a workout much more tempting because I will gain those 2-3 hours to use for something else, AND it means I’m not in a good habit. I’m all about the habit, so in order to make it an every day thing, I’m reducing my cardio to 20 min and only doing one muscle group each day. Hopefully the weight training will become more intuitive and I can go a little faster, so I can bump my cardio back up (I heart a good sweat). Was that a little bit more than you wanted to know, or a lot more than you wanted to know?

  87. I don’t usually feel a lot of stress around the holidays, but this year there are some land mines lurking. For those (all outside my control), I’m just breathing deeply and trying to remain focused on the things I can control. So far, so good. I’m hoping it’s a trend. 🙂

  88. Hi Mizfit,
    Thanks for visiting my humble blog. It’s such a honor. I just saw your video post and could agree with you more. If you eat clean and healthy for 90% of the time, splurging 10% on holidays is not a big deal. What you eat on a daily basis is what counts in the long run.

  89. i can’t find the grammatical error! haha … oh well. i was not really paying attention to the grammar.

    having not read the rest of the comments (yet), i think that that is a good motto to live by for the holidays. when there is so much stuff going on outside and we’re soaking in a culture of excess, it’s nice to be able to have a healthy home base type place.

  90. I like that! Although sometimes it’s more challenging than being at work, not only because it’s where more of the food is, but because the weekend schedule sometimes throws me off. That said, I think we try hard to make home the healthy place in all respects for our family.

  91. I hear you and Roni talk about setting a good example for your littles, and all I can think is…how selfless/admirable/AWESOME. Seriously.

    On the one hand, I’m jealous that you have a reason to adopt healthy mentalities, but on the other hand, at Thanksgiving I couldn’t bring myself to eat more than a bite of any of the foods my aunt prepared, and my 10 year-old female cousin didn’t eat, either. Totally my fault. Totally selfish on my part to put my desired body type before the health of my cousin.

    So, to you both, I say kudos. The rest of us? We’ll get there someday…

  92. LOVE your shirt, your mantra, and your glitter skull!!! 🙂 As I have Celiac Disease (wheat, barley, oats, & rye are no no’s), my home is where I can safely prepare meals for myself. I totally feel like my home is my “safe haven”. That said, with the inevitable “Dysfunctional Family Holiday Drama” that always seems to occur in December, home will be where the wine is 🙂 PS – I rock out to Yo Gabba Gabba too!!

  95. I loved this… my only question is: What if home is also out? The boyfriend and I are packing up and will be staying with both sets of parents for a week each. Those homes are where I have the most problems…Any advice?

  96. hmmmm. Check back to my thanksgiving post (just do a search for thanksgiving) as there were a buncha tips there and Ill do another survival post before christmas as well.

    for me in that situation it’s all about doing the BEST that I can, being calm happy and focusing on the big picture and NOT letting the stress of the season make my husband and me turn on each other.

    seriously.

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