Another addition to the CLAN.
She finally arrived late Saturday night. She is a doll........
My mom (Granny) and I went to see her and her mamma and daddy today. Hopefully they will get to bring her home tomorrow.
Ritzy and I have been trying to get back in the routine of being a family. It's been interesting. While he was gone, I never got any sleep and now that he is home, he isn't sleeping and I am getting a little more sleep. I told him it could be that he is concerned about his parents.....
Don't know what the heck got into me this week, but I have my Christmas decorations up and the daughter and her boyfriend put up the tree tonite. I already have everyone's gifts and all I have to do is wrap, wrap, wrap.............
I only put up old-fashioned or handmade decorations this year. I also spread the decorating out over 3 days instead of trying to do it all at once. All we have to do now is put up the outside lights.
I love Christmastime, especially this year since Ritzy is back from this deployment!!!!!!!
Gee, it isn't even Thanksgiving and I am already talking Christmas!!!!!
This Thanksgiving is very special to me....., I remember how it was last year without Ritzy and it makes me realize how grateful I am for his safe return from the war.
If we all really think about it we have so much to be thankful for........
Our church had the Thanksgiving Dinner today, so we did not have church tonite. We won't have it Wednesday nite either because of members travelling or trying to get thier own thanksgiving dinner prepared.
We will go to Mom & Dad's for Thanksgiving dinner, then go back for leftovers that nite, that is if anyone is hungry, hahaha!!!!!!!
I love spending time with family, especially the little ones. They are so funny to watch........
I recon that is enough thinking for this evening, better not overwork the poor little brain.......
Ritzywife is out for tonite.......

It has been one thing after another since Ritzy's return. He stayed home a couple of days before he had to report to his unit. After reporting that morning, we left for Wisconsin to visit his parents and the rest of his family. We found them in fair health. Mom was ok I guess, but Dad had hurt his toe and it was not healing so they were looking at the possibility of surgery. Dad had to spend all his time sitting or getting around in a wheelchair. It is so hard watching your parents get older. Anyways it came time for Ritzy and I to leave. After leaving we find out Dad has to have his foot amputated. We come home and stay for a week, after finding out Ritzy had more time off than we thought, we headed back to Wisconsin last Saturday and after arriving Sunday we go straight to the hospital to visit Dad. All during the week Ritzy spent time at the hospital with Dad while I stayed home with Mom......later in the week we find out the surgery wound is not healing so they are going to have to go above the knee with Dad's amputation. I stayed home with Mom ( who can't get out) during the surgery while Ritzy and his brother's and one of his sister's were at the hospital with Dad. Friday Ritzy and I visited Dad before we were to leave Saturday and as we were leaving Dad asked that we come by and see him Saturday as we are leaving. So we went by to see Dad yesterday morning, he seemed to be doing ok as we said our good-byes. Today as we are going thru Springfield, Missouri we get a call from Ritzy's brother who told us that Dad had a stroke about midnight Saturday/Sunday.....he is not able to speak or move his right side, which is the side of the amputated leg........I turned to Ritzy and said "what do we do?" ----- We want to be there for his parents, but we also have responsibility here. It has just been a roller coaster of emotions for Ritzy and I since he returned. Like I stated before, it is HARD watching your parents get older.
We are just going to keep in close touch with his brother and if needed we will head back to Wisconsin. Ritzy has been back in Oklahoma from this deployment for a month now but actually home for only 9 days. He starts work this coming Tuesday. He loves his parents very much and I know it is hard being away from them at this point in time. Ritzywife loves Ritzy very much and is going to support whatever decision he makes.
Ritzywife is out for now.........to get some much needed rest............

Ritzy is still at the hospital waiting for his father's surgery to be over. You see last week his dad had to have part of his leg amputated. It seems that it was not healing so they are back in surgery tonight amputating above his knee. Ritzy has been spending all his time at the hospital with his dad this week. We have to be leaving in a couple of days so he is spending that "quality time" with his dad. Hopefully the surgery and healing will go as expected.
The weather is supposed to be kind of "iffy" here in Wisconsin Saturday (snow possible). We could possibly stay til Sunday. All depends on Ritzy. I have spent the day here at the parent's home with his mom. She is not able to get out.
I miss Ritzy but I understand that he needs to spend this time with his dad.
Things have been kind of busy around here. We went to the store this afternoon and I bought some curlers and fixed mom's hair for her. It looked good.
Just checking in to let everyone know what is going on.
Ritzywife is out for now!

Ritzy and I made it back to Wisconsin yesterday afternoon. I am at his parent's house and he is at the hospital spending time with his Dad.
It sure is "cool-cold" here, but what do you expect in Wisconsin in November???????
Having a look back home it looks like it is pouring down rain there...
We will be here only a week this time. Ritzy has to return to work "for real" on November 18th.
Had a good night's sleep last nite. Traveling always makes a person tired, I guess.......
The daughter called this morning and we had a good long talk about how things are going in her life. Had a few laughs too.
The son called yesterday while we were on our way up here and informed me he was "cleaning" out a cabinet in the kitchen.....YIKES!!!!!!!!!! I just told him to throw away whatever he wanted and to NOT tell me about it ;-)
Ritzywife sure is enjoying having Ritzy home!!!!!!!!!
That's about all I have for now, I will catch you later.

After being home only a week, Ritzy and I are headed back to Wisconsin in the morning (11-8-08). His dad had an amputation surgery and we are headed back up there to see how he is doing and to give his family some support. He really wants to be up there anyways. I was just getting used to being home. Oh well, that's ok. I still have to put clothes in dryer and take care of dishwasher.
It has been a while since I have posted, but I have been really busy, so I figured it was time to "think out loud" ;-)
I am feelin pretty tired now and I guess it's time to rest up for that trip, so Ritzywife is out of here for the night.
See you in Wisconsin.............................

Ritzy and I finally made it back to Oklahoma......we are glad to be back home. Although we found out tonight that Ritzy's dad had to be taken to the hospital at 3:30 this morning. He will probably be there for a while. His mom will need someone to stay with her because of her own health reasons. It seems we could have stayed longer, but oh well if needed we will go right back up there. Ritzy has been busy piddling around the house. He went into work for a little while today. He cannot start til next week because of active duty orders. They are having something for him tomorrow so we will go back. We have to buy groceries (OH JOY)..........i hate doing that......I spent today getting my house back in order. I still have to fix the church report before Wednesday. Looks like I am gonna be busy the next couple of days .......
We are having really beautiful weather right now, but something tells me we better enjoy it while it lasts.
Finally!!!!!!..................the election is tomorrow. NO MORE POLITICAL ADS !!!!!!!!!! (for a little while anyways)
Ritzywife is gonna go try and get rested up for another busy day .........catch you later.........