Grumpy is not one of the Seven Dwarves

I am Grummpy....I feel weak and wobbly and went to the Craft Fair at the temple anyway. Once I got there, I realized (and I have to realize this anew every year) that these crafts are waaaay to rich for my blood.

The paintings start at $250 and goooo up. The pottery starts at $50 (which was actually a bargain) but that, I think, was the loss leader.

The problem is not just money - but my house is crammed with "things" and I need to divest myself of some of them if I'm going to buy more. Plus, we've had a lot of expenses lately and so spending $250 for a painting I'm not actually insanely in love with doesn't make sense.

But I feel like a piker. It makes me feel like this temple is too rich for my blood - whereas, the truth is that people who can't afford this level of "art" don't come.

I'm also pissed that NONE of my recipes made it into the new cook book.
I had sent in about 4-5 and then got the message that they were looking for more California cuisine, more organic and healthy recipes. OK! But then I looked at some of the recipes and they are, many of them, the old "Sour Cream Coffeecake, Blintzes, Pot Roast" - what happened to the "nouveau
cuisine"? And what happened to my recipes - if this is the type of recipe they printed, why not mine?

I see a lot of the names are "old timers" but I've now been in the temple for 16 years - I think that qualifies me as an old timer. Or maybe they volunteer more, or make bigger donations...........phooey. It's silly really, but there it is - I'm hurt.

I also ran out of steam almost as soon as I got to the temple. I felt tired and
wobbly and had little or no voice - then my hip started hurting, so I was out of there.

Good I have somewhere to complain.

Plus, I started a 600 plus page book recommended by the Book Club (not one of the books to discuss, just recommended). Now I can easily plow through a 600 page book if I like the subject, or am interested in that particular time period, or it's well written, but I'm not finding any of this true of this book. I HATE to give up on a book - so I'll give it the usual 100 pages to "grab" me but so far, while the basic story is interesting, it is very elliptical and flows off into all these poetic side paths - do I have faith that it will all come together at the end? We'll see by page 100.

I have maybe 20-30 books lined up to read, I sure don't want to waste my time and energy on something that doesn't grab me.

So I guess worse things can happen.

I went to a craft show where I couldn't afford anything.
I felt weak and wobbly and left quickly.
I'm annoyed that I didn't make the cookbook finale.

Hmmm! Nothing worse should happen as Mom so often said.

Good to let it all hang out and move on.

Oh, and Morey lost his credit card AGAIN - what is that? 3 times this year?

I worry about where all this is going..................................