Serenity Now!

I really did relax on vacation in Santa Fe.

I just sat in a chair and did art more than I've done in previous years. Normally, I feel like I have to DO something - go walk, do the galleries, hike, geocache - anything but sit still.

But this year, I sat still.

And it was amazeballs.

Well, I'm not really all that good at sitting still. So while I was sitting still, I started zentangling.

And O. M. G.

I have done this before, but something about being on vacation and away from work and just my normal daily insanity really made it a completely different experience.

I loved it.

I got hooked.

I did a million tangles.

This one is my favorite.

I took my Ziva papers for my purse from Z Becky Brown, and this fun round protractor I got from Artisan Santa Fe, some Faber Castell Pitt Pens and I .... relaxed.

Is that fun or WHAT???? Why didn't anyone tell me that protractors could be used for something besides math? I would have used mine a lot more had I known that!

Now, I have to say - I'm not a tangle nazi. Apparently there are rules you're supposed to follow when you do this. At least, that's what I hear.

As you know - I'm not really big on rules. Especially when it comes to art.

Put me in zentangle D-Hall. I don't mind. I've spent a good portion of my life in D-Hall - all of it earned and not regretted. :)

I have to say - I needed some instruction, though. I bought this book

and this book 

 at my favorite stamp store ever in Santa Fe and that's what inspired me.

This is going to be my new favorite purse and my new favorite TV watching activity.

God forbid a person do one thing at a time, am I right?

Loveyameanitbye.