has it come to this?

Years ago when I was still living in Muskkoka, I had a cartoon pinned to my bulletin board to remind me of what lay ahead. 

An old woman is sitting in a chair viciously stitching a sampler. Just to remind you or don't know if you are young:

sampler,  noun: 1 a piece of embroidery worked in various stitches as a specimen of skill, typically containing the alphabet and some mottoes. 2 a representative collection or example of something: a sampler of rock plants. 3 a person or device that takes and analyses samples. 4 an electronic device for sampling music and sound.ORIGIN Middle English (denoting an example to be imitated): from Old French essamplaire ‘exemplar’.

On the wall behind her are samplers she has already stitched, framed and hung.  Each of them bears a message: 

THE FOOD IS TERRIBLE

MY FEET HURT

THE KIDS DON'T CALL

Yesterday was my Sampler Day. I kvetched in my blog. 

Sorry.  

I'm still cold.