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!

Friday, September 11, 2020

February 11 - 14, 1976 Toes Curl! Nanny Is So Funny!

Wednesday, February 11, 1976 40 above this morning

 

Cloudy and very mild this morning. Betty gone to coffee group. The man came this noon to check Billie’s barn, the extreme moisture conditions. I did a dite of washing, cleaned Bill and Billie’s shoes. Bill and Ilan gone ice fishing again.

 

 

 

Thursday, February 12, 1976

 

Today Betty, Dawn and I went to Portland shopping. It was a nice day. In evening Betty and I went down to the hospital to see Robert. He seemed pretty good.

 

 

 

Friday, February 13, 1976 Kim

 

I cleaned up the house, dusted etc. I went to town shopping, Bill went fishing. I went down to Betty’s while she took Lloyd to town. Betty had company for supper, Berry girls. Today the third winter Carnival began. In evening there was a parade. Kimmy joined in the parade. They went from the school up to the foot of Highland Lake. Kimmy was on the ice and there was an opening and she fell in up to her neck. A Dr. Steiger jumped in and got her out. Dr. Richards brought her home. She got very cold, but hope she doesn’t get a cold from it.

 

 

 

Saturday, February 14, 1976

 

I done up my regular work. Zak watched TV. Betty, Carmen, Zak and I to town. Bill fishing. Billie gone with Lawrence. Zak went home after supper. So far Kim hasn’t had a cold. What a relief she is all right. We are thankful she didn’t slide under that ice. It makes your toes curl up and very upset when you think of what could’ve happened.

 



 

 

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