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The Alzheimer's Association Walk to End Alzheimer's is the world's largest event to fight Alzheimer's disease, with over 600 Walks nationwide. Join our Walk and help raise awareness and funds for vital Alzheimer's care, support and research.

Hi Tumblr friends! I just signed up as a member on the Sat, Sept 27 walk to end Alzheimer's on TEAM ELDA MAE! I am doing this in honor of my good friend Pamela Brand's mother Elda Mae, who recently passed away due to ALZ. She was a bright spirit & naturalist & teacher & will be dearly missed. My goal is to raise at least $100. Would you be able to sponsor my walk? I would sure appreciate it. Every little bit helps to find a cure for this terrible disease. I've never done a charity walk before, and I'm excited to not only get some excercise, but to raise $ for a worthy charity. If you're able to donate, just click the link to go to my page. Together, we can make a difference! :-)

#Team Elda Mae #Twin Cities Walk to End ALZ #Alzheimer's

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Weekly Weight Watchers Meeting Update

I just got home from another terrific Weight Watchers meeting!  I was very excited to have a loss of 2.4 lbs last week! YES!!! :-) The theme for this week is: "The Power of Produce".  Our always fun & inspiring leader Judy got us talking about the ways we already are incorporating fruits & veggies into our meals, and challenged us all to do our best to have fruits & veggies in every meal. She also challenged us to try one NEW fruit or veggie this week! That sounds fun! I always enjoy when the nice folks in my WW meeting share their food & recipe tips, and today there was lots of talk about how easy & fun it can be to make homemade dressings...and how they can be a healthier alternative to lots of the bottled stuff. 

Today's a busy day here...so It's time for a bite of breakfast then lots to do. Wishing you all a happy, healthy week! :-)

#weight watchers #weightwatchers #WW #WW weigh-in #diet #healthy eating #healthy lifestyle

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2,500 likes!

#2500 likes #tumblr milestone

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#fitness #motivation #fitness motivation #It's never too late

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I'm on week 13 of Weight Watchers' "Stay and Succeed" promo, and after last Saturday morning's meeting, I used up the "attend 12 weeks & choose any $4.95 WW bar or snack" promo and I chose the Chili Lime Multigrain Crisps. They're crispy & great! I really like the zesty seasoning on them & they're only 2 points per bag. (6 bags per box).

#weight watchers #weightwatchers #WW #food recommendation #chili lime multigrain crisps #WW food #Points Plus

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Weight Watchers Weekly Update

Hi! Sorry this post is a few days late! We were really busy all weekend with 4th of July things & I needed all day yesterday to get house & errand stuff done.  I went to my Saturday 7am WW meeting & it was great! I was happy to see that I had a loss...It was a small loss of only 0.6 lb, but I'll happily take it, because I've been stressed & out of sorts due to the car accident I was in ever since June 23. Today, I'm feeling emotionally all back to normal, but won't rest easy till the old lady who hit me's insurance company finally finishes the darn claim so we can get the car fixed. Stress is very hard on me & my willpower was weaker than usual & I made some poor food choices. :-( Our Weight Watchers meeting theme was all about "BOUNCING BACK" and how to deal with those times when you slip off of your healthy eating plan...PERFECT TIMING for me, no? As usual, I left the meeting re-inspired & learned a few new helpful things. :-) Wishing you a happy, healthy week! :-)

#Weight Watchers #weightwatchers #WW #WW weigh-in #bouncing back

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STILL waiting for the old lady who rear-ended me on June 23 to finish working with her insurance company (Allstate) to finish processing my claim. I just want to get our car's rear bumper fixed. It wasn't my fault...I was just sitting at a red light in line waiting for the light to change! UGH! This is taking forever! 

#frustrated

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The only weird thing that happened to me over the 4th of July weekend was, I had a gold crown just pop off my back tooth unexpectedly! It wasn't giving me any problems or anything before & it didn't hurt. I just ate carefully on the other side of my mouth & kept it really clean. Called my dentist office first thing this morning, & they squeezed me in. It didn't take long, & my tooth under the crown is fine (thank goodness!), so they just used some new concrete stuff & popped it back into place. I've had that gold crown for almost 20 years, and he said that the "concrete" they use nowdays is far superior to the old stuff, so hopefully, this won't happen again! (I still have 3 other gold crowns in the back....almost as old. Hope it won't happen to them also!)

Have you ever had a gold crown pop off?

#gold crown #dentist #dental work

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Hi! Hope you all had a terrific 4th of July holiday weekend! I had so much fun...My husband & I did a day trip on the 4th where we took a long drive down a scenic highway along the Mississippi river and stopped along the way wherever we felt like. We went with his brother & his wife. It was a rare treat to be able to spend the entire day with them. We saw lots of pretty small Minnesota towns & some historic spots & places where the river was still very flooded from the awful storms our state has had last month. Ate at great places & one of my favorite parts was where we discovered the fantastic Elmaro Vineyard in Trempealeau, Wi as we were driving home on the Wisconsin side of the river. We did a wine tasting outdoors in view of their gorgeous vineyard. So much fun, yet so relaxing! We brought back 3 bottles of delicious wine to enjoy later. Here's a couple photos of the Elmaro vineyard...

#vineyard #Elmaro vineyard #wine

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We're watching a movie tonight...I haven't had time yet to figure out the Weight Watcher Points for the potato leek soup I make. Will do tomorrow & post the points along with the recipe. :-)

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Cooking a batch of homemade potato leek soup for our dinner. My hubby asked for it specially & I was in the mood for it. It’s a real “comfort food” kind of soup. I make it every few months, because we love it so much, even though there’s butter & cream in it. There's a lot of chopping & prep for it, but it's not hard to make. I use lots of chopped leeks & diced potatoes, low sodium chicken stock, some diced ham & lots of dill. This soup tastes even better the next day or 2!  

#potato leek soup #soup #homemade soup

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Hello folks! Well today we finally got the estimate for the damages to our car from when the old lady rear-ended me last Monday night when I was waiting for a red light. Sounds like we'll keep our old (but still great) car & use the $ they'll pay us to get the bumper fixed & hopefully have some $ left over. Car repairs are SO expensive! This last week has been honestly very stressful for me & I haven't been exercising or eating well. Gulp! I'll just have to face the music next Saturday at Weight Watchers. The good news is, I have this week to try & be back on plan & offset any damage the last week did to my diet when I was an emotional & physical wreck after my car accident! Very happy to say that the neck & arm pain I got from the crash are almost all gone now!  

Feeling positive again & there's a light at the end of the tunnel!  :-)

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via Fooducate

#Steve Maraboli quote #self acceptance #positive attitude

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Strawberry Lime Water Looks so refreshing! We almost always have healthy & fruit-flavored waters in our fridge lately. I'm going to try this...I like the idea of thinly slicing the limes.   Found on backtoherroots.com

#water #flavored water #fruit #healthy beverages #recipe

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Here's a yummy-sounding frozen treat like they serve at Disneyland! HEALTHY PINEAPPLE WHIP (Only has 3 ingredients:)  Frozen pineapple chunks Almond Milk Honey Blend all & enjoy! I saw this on Pinterest & thought I'd share it with my Tumblr friends. There weren't exact measurements, so we'll just have to experiment.  Sounds worth trying...

#pineapple #fruit #smoothie #recipe

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I've been off Tumblr the last few days dealing with the aftermath of being rear-ended by an old lady last Monday night. I'm happy to say I'm feeling 99% better! Spent SO much time dealing with both insurance companies & getting our car inspected twice for the damages....and just resting up.  LOW AND BEHOLD...I logged onto Tumblr & saw that I have 1,019 followers! How exciting to have over 1,000 followers! It made me so happy & really lifted my spirits today! You folks are the BEST! I love how fun & inspiring your posts are to me.Thanks for following my journey to improve my health, fitness & lose weight the healthy way. Thank you for following my blog.

SENDING YOU ALL A BIG HUG TODAY! :-) 

#1000 followers #thank you followers

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Sorry I haven’t been on the last 2 days. I still can’t believe it happened, but I got rear-ended when I was waiting at a red light!! It was around 7:30pm 2 nights ago. I was on my way home from grocery shopping & about 2 1/2 blocks from home. There were lots of people waiting for the light to change at a busy intersection. There were about 10 cars waiting ahead of me.

I glanced in my rear-view mirror & saw a silver car coming at me - fast! I only had about 2 seconds to think “Oh my God! That car’s not slowing down! It’s going to hit me!” I braced HARD for impact & she slammed into me & the force made me hit the car ahead of me! This 3-car crash was sure scary! I was sandwiched between the 2 cars but amazingly, our car was still driveable after.

The lady who hit me was a nice but confused old lady & her 2 airbags went off & she was hurt from that & her car had a lot of damage, but my car wasn’t too bad - the bumper & a rear panel need to be repaced & there’s some minor damage to the front, but the older car we have really saved me! It’s not those mostly plastic, like the newer cars seem to be. She apologized for not seeing that everyone was stopped. The police came pretty quickly.

I’ve never been in an accident before. I’ve been dealing with the insurance companies & that’s been a lot of frustration, but hopefully, should be over with soon. Now = car inspections & healing. My neck & right arm were very sore after being hit. Went to my dr. the next morning & she gave me a good exam & did xrays. I’m just taking Alieve & icing the sore areas & resting. Dr. thinks I’m sore from bracing for impact.Feeling a bit better today. We’re carefully watching how I do. I just want to be back to normal fast & also get our car fixed fast!

#personal #car accident