The blog posts below are taken from my grandmother's diaries. Althea Green Smith Crook was lovingly referred to as Nanny to her immediate family ~ thus her diaries are called Nanny's Diaries.

Nanny wrote in her diaries when she remembered to - mostly in the evening. There will be some years in which she didn't keep diaries and there will also be some days/weeks in her yearly diaries in which she skipped or forgot to write in them. For the most part, these are her words - written as she wrote them. There will be typos, forgotten punctuation, and other grammatical errors - but I am rewriting these as my Nanny originally wrote them.

As with all old handwriting, there are some entries that I can't quite make out - and these entries will be followed with a (?) to signify that this may or may not be correct or I can't figure out what she is trying to write.

Thank you Nanny for leaving us 50 years worth of memories! We miss you!

Sunday, November 3, 2019

January 1 - 4, 1973




Monday, January 1, 1973 HAPPY NEW YEAR

Finally the sun appeared. It came in foggy. We done up regular work. Bill down to Jean’s. Carmen and I watched the color parades Tournament of Roses on TV. Very pretty. Billie shoveled. I got lunch. Carmen and Bill went down to Westbrook to get the records. I went down to Betty’s, we worked on the snaps. Came home, got supper and did a dite of washing. Bill liked his records.



Tuesday, January 2, 1973

It cleared and was a nicer day. Things are now settled down for the winter ahead. I went to Portland with Betty and Zak. We stopped and got Dorothea. Did quite a lot of errands. Got a few groceries. Betty got a lot. Came home, got clothes in. Got supper. Walt took Freya over to the vet tonight for her female operation.



Wednesday, January 3, 1973 A Beautiful Day

The sun was shining all day. We see it come up at the rising and set at dusk. We haven’t had that for many many days. A beautiful day. I washed, clothes dried very good. I washed kitchen curtains and windows. I went to town, paid monthly bills. Came home, went down to Betty’s for a little while. TV repair man came and got TV. I ironed after supper and Betty and I called at Ferns.


 

Thursday, January 4, 1973

Snow and rain. Zak up for the day and supper. I made a pie with his help. I didn’t do much for the regular work. He was good all day.




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