Slowly, slowly, slo-o-o-owly

 I'm stitching a bit, very slowly and with lots of breaks.

It's making a little bit crazy. But at least I'm stitching.

Here's where we are on Carmen:

That bit at the bottom of the motif on the right is going to have to come out because I can't count. What can I say, it's been a Monday all day.

This band has been a problem for awhile. I stopped on it when I discovered I was a horizontal thread off and couldn't find it. It's one of the bigger bands, and it's one of the least interesting to stitch, IMHO. And now I have to rip.

I'd be tempted to put it in time out, but I'm afraid I might never go back. So I will persevere, painful though it may be, in more ways than one.

The current alternative project is also moving slowly, mainly because it's tent stitch over one and there's a lot of it.

This is the bottom of one of the pockets on No Place Like Home. This isn't the most interesting thing to stitch, either, but it has to be done.

I think I need to just put my head down and get all of this done so I can get back to the more enjoyable bits and pieces of these projects. I have too many UFO's and WIPs because I got bored or frustrated or both, but I still want the finished projects.

So, along with patience, I need to learn perseverance in my old age.