Still Stitching on Christmas in my Heart

 About the only thing I've done the past few days is stitch on Christmas in my Heart. This is the first time I've worked diligently on one project at a time for more than a few days and paid attention to the progress shown on Markup and I'm kinda baffled and not sure how it's going to shake out. I'm typing this on the 10th so basically, I should be able to say three times everything I've done and whatever number I get, that should be about where I'll be when January ends. But . . tell me if this makes sense to you:

1. I've stitched 34.26% of the stitches so 3 x 34.26 = 102.78%. That means I would probably finish on January 29, right??
2. I've stitched 7040 stitches so 3 x 7040 = 21,120 stitches and, according to the app, there are 20,549 stitches total so, I should be finished by the end of January - probably on the 29th.
3. BUT, when I look at the "Other Information", it tells me that I have 25 days of stitching remaining and I should finish on February 4. Huh??

I'm not obsessed with finishing by the end of January. Then why am I talking about it so much?  <G> 

I will make a weekly report on Wednesday but here's where I am now.

When I look at this piece, I feel like I'm closer to 50% done . . maybe 40%. Most of the letters are done. A bit more than half of the top border is stitched and almost all of the right side border is done. There are five trees and I have two stitched (the bottom one is the biggest I think). I think I'm more interested to see how it all ends up (numbers from Markup) than I am to actually finish the project.

One thing that has surprised me is how much I like working on one project at a time. Could I become a monogamous stitcher? I think it would be a whole lot easier to work on one piece, start to finish, without putting it down. We'll see . . maybe . . definitely maybe.  :)  I've always jumped from one project to another and rarely did I work on something (quilting, knitting, cross stitching) start to finish. Discipline, Judy! Discipline!

On the days I stitch with my friend, Debbie, I'll probably always have a "Debbie Project" because I use 32 or 36 count linen since I don't take a magnifying lamp with me. It's easier to keep everything in the "Debbie Bag" so I don't have to search for it. If I don't take anything out from one week to the next, all I have to do is just grab it and go and not have to spend time making sure everything I need is in the bag. So, if I decide to try monogamous stitching, for me that would mean a home project for six days and a Debbie Project for one day. Some times after stitching with Debbie, if I'm not too tired or there's not too much to do at home, I will stitch on my other project. I just looked at Markup and last Wednesday after getting home from stitching with Debbie, I made 578 stitches on Christmas in my Heart. Crazy!

Time will tell . .