When is a friend a friend?

What are your expectations of a friend?  How do you define friendship?  Everyone, I am sure, has differing views and opinions on this.  Let me share mine (which have evolved over time and I am sure will continue to do so).

Expectations - I've learned the hard way that having expectations of your friends will only end in disappointment.  However I continue to have them, I guess I'm a slow learner.  Really I have only one expectation - that when I've spent time with a friend I leave in a better "place" than when I arrived and that I leave refreshed rather than drained.

Defining friendship is a difficult thing to do.  I believe that people are brought into our lives at different times for different reasons.  Sometimes friends come back after being gone for awhile and sometimes they stay forever, and still others are here for a short while then gone forever.  But each of our friends has something to give us, insight to share with us and support to give us.

I try very hard to be the type of friend I would want to have.........do you?

FRIDAY ~ FRIDAY ~ IT'S FRIDAY!!!!!!

What a week this one has been, many highs and a few lows.  I have officially been off of my "happy pills" for a couple of weeks now and I think I'm starting to level out.  I do have bad days and times and sad days and times and I do find myself having to talk myself out of  "getting my bitch out" once in awhile but it's getting easier to realize - does it really matter?  and then I laugh at myself.  What a great feeling to be able to really laugh at yourself, you should try it sometime.

I have realized that some people are just entitilistic and egotistical and that I don't have time or space in my life for people like that.  We all have something to contribute to this world and with those egos and attitudes they must miss out on a lot! 

Some of my favorite quotes of this week:

A candle loses nothing when it lights another candle  --Thomas Jefferson  (be the light)

 

In life it's not where you go, it's who you travel with!

 

One out of four people in this country is mentally unbalanced.  Think of your 3 closest friends.....if they seem okay then you're the one 

Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind, feelings and emotions.

 

When you look to yourself and see a blank canvas, don't beat yourself down for being boring.  Be excited that you get to paint whatever you want.  --a VERY wise 17 year old girl 

Today is my official weigh in day (Friday) for my journey on "Fit for Life".  Amazingly I am down another 2 pounds for a total of 17 pounds - that's almost two 10 pound bags of potatoes! 

I had a really difficult week staying on plan. But I guess one bad day won't throw off my whole week!

And how was your week?

Inspiration Corner.....

One month on my "Take Shape for Life" program went by so quickly.  As of last Friday I have lost 15 pounds - WOOHOO.  Don't get me wrong, it's been hard at times, but I supplement with Babybell  light cheese wheel and pickles and sugar-free popcicles! 

Some of the new foods we've tried:

• cauliflower breadsticks
• kale chips (not the hubby's favorite - in fact I think he physically gagged upon trying them)
• fajita's
• steak, steak & more steak (I'm jonesing for one right now!)

My INSPIRATION should arrive today - a new swimsuit to wear in Hawaii - counting down 37 days....hope I can do it.  It's a size smaller than the one I currently have (maybe 2 sizes) and much much cuter - in fact here's a photo of it!  What do you think?  I LOVE the color!

I started a new board on Pintrest - clothes/outfits I'll wear when I'm skinny....LOVE it.  I have found that setting prizes for certain goals doesn't work for me.  I'm more of an immediate gratification person - if I find something I want it NOW!  Anyone who knows me will laugh at that, because it is so very true!