Manitouwadge receives funding and support from provincial government by Karina Hunter Township dignitaries and constituents from Manitouwadge gathered over lunch Tuesday during Algoma-Manitoulin MPP, Mike Brown’s visit to Manitouwadge to share ideas and concerns for their community which [Read more]
Emeraude is resting for 1/2 hour to give me a chance to build up a little energy… It’s a really bad day, more fatigue than I have dealt with in a long time, I think there may be stress factors contributing to this situation, hopefully some fresh air fun with my girl will help with [Read more]
Still having fatigue issues (living with 7 hour days at best) and needing too many trips to the ER for pain meds to be able to use what little time I do have living. I was so happy to make it out sliding with Emeraude yesterday (thanks to supper @ Mom’s that I didn’t need [Read more]
I was dissapointed this morning when I looked through the Chronicle Journal realizing they did not print any photos or the article I sent yesterday. I worked my butt off to make the submission in plenty of time for it to be added to the paper feeling that there had been such planning and effort [Read more]
Frosty Days wound up Sunday with box races at the Kiwissa Ski Centre and snowmobile drag races on Manitouwadge Lake. Both events were very well attend and helped work up some big appetites for the bean supper held as a fundraiser by Manitouwadge’s Cancer Assistance Group. An enthusiastic crowd [Read more]
Congratulations once again to Ab Doyle who was presented with Citizen of the Year 2008! Here is the article which the Chronicle ran Sunday about the opening ceremonies (if you’re looking for it, it ran Sunday, Feb 22 under the title, Fun had at Frosty Days: Manitouwadge Celebrates Frosty Days [Read more]
Emeraude is often asking to eat snow so I thought this was a good experiment to let her see for herself why I prefer that she doesn’t. She picked up these ‘ice balls’ from the side of the road and we intend to do the experiment again with some snow from the backyard. [Read more]
Emeraude & I joined Lloyd for night skiing at the Kiwissa Ski Club tonight for the first time this year and WOW! it was beyond words… We had gone once last year but Emeraude had not enjoyed skiing in the dark as we had gone down the Bunny (our regular run) which was actually off [Read more]
Last year, 2008, Ontario had it’s first official Family Day which was put in place fufilling an election promise from Premier Dalton McGuinty. It is great to see that, in Manitouwage, this is being taken to heart with the majority of businesses/services (including all the schools, the OEYC [Read more]
Dignitaries & snowmobile club members from the Township of Manitouwadge were thrilled Tuesday as they welcomed representatives of the ISMC (International Snowmobile Media Council) ... [Read more]
Mom wanted it to be a ‘family’ day and I had been looking forward to plans we had for sledding with the guys at Sand Lake. I can’t say I was too thrilled about her and Emeraude spending the day with us out there… and to my disapointment i had to drive the Skandic to [Read more]
A Toddler, Teens and a Trail “On Track” for some New Year’s fun… by Karina Hunter Every parent faces the challenge as their children grow, especially into the sometimes trying teen years, of wanting to give them the freedom and space to find themselves while staying involved in their [Read more]
"...a dilaudid injection (I had had a standing order that included toredol but when it was brought to my doctor's attention that I had been receiving it for more than 5 days he..." [Read more]
Well, I’ve finally taken the leap. I’ve been meaning to get a blog up and running for some time now and feel genuine relief and finally having it underway. I hope to share with you some of the challenges our family faces as we go travel through life together. I believe that in [Read more]
