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!

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

March 19 - 22, 1974 Billie's 43rd Birthday


Tuesday, March 19, 1974

It started out cloudy and cold. It soon cleared away and a very nice sunny day. I was down to Betty’s in a.m. I did a dite of cooking and ironed. Esther over here tonight.




Wednesday, March 20, 1974

A nice day. I went down to Betty’s. We went over to Norway. She got grain and groceries. I washed in PM and ironed.



Thursday, March 21, 1974 SNOW

A nice cloudy and snowy day. Travel was bad. Betty to the dentist. I stayed at her house and done up work. Zak at school. A man called to see Betty on business, that is why I was there.



Friday, March 22, 1974 Billie 43

A little on the cool windy side. I got my work done up early. Got ready and went with Betty to Westbrook and Portland. We went to the Kmart at Scarborough. Betty bought Easter dresses for the girls and a suit for Zak. I didn’t do much shopping. Dorothea went with us. Also Esther. I came home, got a birthday supper for Billie. I made a butter crunch pie and a cake before I went away. We had tenderloin steak, squash, baked potatoes and rolls and pie. Later in evening Betty, Walt and family came up and we had ice cream and cake and Billie had his gifts. I babysat at Betty’s while she and Walt visited at Freddie will will and Connie’s.
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