I have been trying to find work, and a place to hang my heart and hat for what seems like an eternity, and as it was getting right down to the wire, I found something! I love how things happen for a reason, and if you just listen, the RIGHT stuff happens!

I have been able to "hang out" at a friends house for a while as I was looking all over and exploring all kinds of options for a nice spot to be in for awhile. The house is full of love, wonderful ladies and creative energy, I only wished I could find my own place like this one. I had to make a decision, and quick, where, oh where would Melissa live? Then IT happened. One of the wonderful creatures that dwells here came home to announce her departure for the next month, AND she needed somebody to sublette her room, she came to me and asked what my plan was and since I sorta had a plan but I didn't LOVE it that much... it was just natural that I would be the one to sublette her room for the next month, thus giving me a whole month to find a proper place for me to live when she gets back! I am in heaven knowing that I am in a safe and happy place, even if it's for only a month!

I now have a few ideas going through my head as to what I am wanting when it's time to get into something more permanent.

I love that I live and play in such an amazing community of people. I needed help and someone else needed help. So we got together and helped one another! It's so great knowing such wonderful people. I am lucky! Lucky! Lucky!

I am glad I could help her even though I think I got the better part of the deal....

This gave me a whole new sense of seeing things and being open to feeling the "right" things. I have yet again been blessed, and can't wait to make this happen again and again!

I had wrote on my Facebook how I was in the need for housing and a job an a few people wrote to me with suggestions or well-wishes. But there was ONE, that a friend of mine wrote that truly opened myself up to the Earth and how I could get what I wanted and NEEDED if I was just patient and ASKED for it. She told me to "get in my hoop and get with asking the Universe for whatever my little (BIG)heart desired! I did just that! I played, I wrote, I asked and soon after that I got (for now) what my HUGE heart desired!

Now I am in phase 2 of "what Melissa's heart desires". It will begin with me being safe and happy! That is accomplished! Yay! Next on the list is to get more hours at the place I am working so I can afford to find my next cozy 'lil spot. I wish I could make another room in this house, man, why can't I be a magician? If so I would make another room appear and I would rent it for as long as these fabulous ladies would let me! But since that is just not possible,I have to make it happen elsewhere. So the new search will begin in the next few days.

**I want to be close to good grocery stores. I am a foodie that LOVES to cook. If I can cook everyday I am happy! If I find someone who loves to eat well and doesn't have time to cook, that would be splendid! We would both win! A kitchen that I can move in, with space for me to work my magic is a must.

**I want to be close to or near by a bus stop. I am a bus-riding-walking fool. I bike some, BUT have always loved to walk more. Winter is coming and I don't like to ride in the soggy, wetness that is Portland in the Dark Winter! Close to me is like 5 blocks to the bus stop, I don't mind walking in the rain....

** I want to live with people who share my passion for being creative. I love to craft, draw, write, make things out of other things, and re-make clothes. I love to make cards, for every occasion. I make cards that you pick daily! You pull a card and that is your daily dose of inspiration! your daily dose of goodness, and magic!

** I hope to live with people who are way into music, going to shows, and dancing spontaneously around the room when your favorite song comes on! I want to be able to pull out my hoop and spin when I fancy the need! If I could hoop in the yard fine, even in the rain, but it would be even better to have a big enough space in the living room, basement, etc to just be able to "get my hoop on"!

**I can't have too many dogs or even more than 1 cat around. I get sneezy if there is too much cat energy (and hair) around. I love animals though. I used to be a dog-walker at a B&B in California, I loved to walk the dogs and be the "dog sitter" for folks that were on vacation. So, don't get me wrong, pets are great, just too many kitties don't seem to mix well with my nose.

** I am also a low income (what does that mean anymore?) gal. I am paying off some bills and want to be able to LIVE instead of WORK and live after I get off work....I am looking for another part-time job to help me even more. I am able to help the perfect household out by doing any small projects around the home, in the garden or by babysitting, house sitting or even pet sitting. I have done all those things before, it's just been awhile... Just because it has been a while doesn't mean I have forgotten how to take care of things like these. I am a Cancer, so I am a great guest or house mate! You can ask anyone I have lived with, I DO DISHES! I clean up as I GO in the kitchen! I make sure my stuff is out of the way and am very in tune with what needs to happen in a house to make it run smoother.

**I love being more conscious of what I eat, throw away or use. I re-use everything. I conserve water. I try to buy local food whenever possible and you'll never see me with a plastic bag when I come back from the store. I prefer not to have to use a microwave either. A house with a toaster oven is essential or I will buy and bring my own into the kitchen for all to use! Have a compost? That's even cooler! I am a vegetarian, so I tend to be able to help fill one up quite easily.

Writing these needs out for all of the world to see is a great way for me to see and FEEL what I need. I need to grow and create an even bigger circle of loved ones. This is a way for me to do that. I know there are like minded souls out there who need a loving soul like me to dwell with them in their amazing home!

The way I have started writing down the things I need in my life has made me feel more powerful. To me writing it here, on my blog has opened up a whole new version of me becoming "more powerful". I am not afraid of who reads this. Or how they feel about it. Or if they think it's odd that I am writing my needs for a house on my blog. It's not just about my housing needs, it's about a different approach to life, and the way I live it. I am using this housing thing as a starting point for how I approach things in the future. My needs and wants will continue to be met because I am asking for them. I am speaking out to the World, to the Universe, and this is a way for me to do that. If only I could figure out a way to hoop AND write at the same time. Everyone keeps telling me I need a little hand held recorder, since I have a million ideas about writing, blog ideas, stories and card making. Now I know why! I could record the things I want to say WHILE I am hooping and write them or relay them on a computer after I am done hooping! I should start listening to my friends more often.....

I feel really confident that this is a way for me to communicate with the universe at large. I don't mean that tons of folks will read this (maybe TONS will). I feel like the Universe is listening to me while I write. It's just another way for me to feel powerFULL and in charge of my glorious life that I lead!

I suggest to everyone to write down their desires. To shout it out on paper! It's easy and fun and if it ends up being or sounding silly you can rip it up, burn it (my favorite!) or throw it away(recycle please!)

I have read a few times the book "the Artist's Way" by Julia Cameron. Her book is amazing and has been very popular for many years. She teaches you to write, JUST WRITE anything you want every morning before you "get up". It's a way to clear your head or to put out there the things that need to be said. This is essentially the same thing but I think, for me anyway, that it can be done during any time of the day. When you have time, or if you must, create time to do it!  Her book has helped me over the years, and writing all this stuff down made me remember her (and her book) yet again! The Artist's Way is also online. I would check out her website, if this is something that sounds good to you. It teaches all kinds of things. She gives you ideas and there are great quotes on the site too. My favorite is "The support of our friends is often pivotal in our creative unfolding. Nurturing friends become our "believing mirrors", reflecting back to us our potential."  Isn't that nice and SO TRUE!!

I am feeling the need to cook now. I wonder what I will end up with this evening? Something creative I suppose!

A few more words of advice, not all coming from me either, these are things I keep "hearing and feeling" in my heart!

~Follow your BLISS!

~Get Creative!

~Fall in love, with someTHING or someONE!

~ Eat mindfully!

~PLAY MORE OFTEN!

~ Stop and smell the "roses"!!

~Love yourself!

~Spontaneous stuff happens, love it and cherish it!

That's all for now as the kitchen is calling me!!

Love and blissFULL light!

Melissa Magic