Feb/March 2013 From The Editor

It is said that the way you spend your New Year's Eve is indicative of what the New Year will bring.  If that is true I may require an intervention this year.  I spent my New Year's watching hours on end of Rehab Addict on DIY TV.  The star of the show, Nicole Curtis, is my idol.  I want to grow up to be just like her.

You're probably thinking "what a loser...nothing better to do on New Year's Eve."  I would have gone out.  I had opportunities.  What I didn't have was  a car.  A teenage son with a driver's license, a far-away girlfriend and no car of his own translated to being housebound.  It's his fault.  He's an enabler.

Deep breath... I am ready to confess.  "I am a rehab addict."  There, I said it.

And as a rehab addict this is the creed I live by.  Repeat after me if you, too, are ready to admit your compulsions.

The Twelve Steps of Rehab Addicts Everywhere
1. We are powerless over our desire to rehab.
2. We know a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity, but why?
3. We have decided to devote our lives to Lake and Home Magazine, DIY, HGTV and other media sources of similar nature.
4. We will commit to taking inventory to find what needs t be fixed or remodeled.
5. We will admit to ourselves and the staff of Home Depot the exact nature of our shortcomings in do-it-yourself.
6. We are entirely ready to educate ourselves on such things as grouting, taping, and tiling.
7. We will humbly review our budgets to accomplish it.
8. We will create a list of changes we hope to make.
9. We will make plans to improve wherever possible, except when doing so threatens to put us in the poor house.
10. We will continue to review said list and amend as necessary.
11. Through intense study we will improve our knowledge and strive for the courage to carry those plans out.
12. Having had an awakening of sorts as the result of the above steps, I personally will do my best to carry this message to readers everywhere.

That last one was for me.

My New Year's resolution is to find a rustic cabin on a lake.  "Rustic" is a code word for falling apart and within my budget.  With Lake and Home Magazine at my side, I will make it a showplace!

Contributing editor Sheri Davich lives in Pequot Lakes, MN.