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!

Wednesday, September 2, 2020

January 9 - 11, 1976

Friday, January 9, 1976 BILLIE TO A HOSPITAL DOCTOR, a clear cold day

 

A very nice day but very cold. I done my regular work. Today or this p.m. Billie and Betty went to Portland. Billie went to see a doctor neurologist about his kidneys. He has got to go down there to have some x-rays taken then see what goes on from there. Bill off fishing with Ilan. Then to doctors in p.m. About his mouth. It is very bad the doctors said he has to go again tomorrow. Kimmy up here tonight. Carmen babysitting tonight for the Nataluks. Chet is quite worried and upset about his situation. It is cold in his house, he wants to get a place to board for two months.

 

 

 

Saturday, January 10, 1976 Cold, Bill to NCM Hospital

 

A beautiful day but very cold. I done up the regular work. Kim made some bread (raised). Bill checked the washing machine, couldn’t find out what the trouble was. We had a man come and look at it, but he couldn’t fix it. Said would have to get a Maytag dealer. Bill down and had some x-rays taken. He has sugar diabetes and sugar count was very high so he called him into the hospital for a few days. Betty and Carmen went over and got the desk. She, Walt and Carmen took it downstairs. Jeffrey Dennis Adair called here about suppertime with Billie Deming. First time Jeff has been up here for a long time. Kimberly went skiing a Pleasant Mountain with Mary Ann Weston and her niece today.

 

 

 

Sunday, January 11, 1976 cold, 22 below

 

Well it was a very cold morning. I done up my regular work. Clouded up some during the day, it began to snow in early evening. Keith was here this morning. Billie went up to Chet’s to thaw his pipes out. He was frozen out here also. We are having a winter to offset the extreme hot summer just passed. Billie and Carmen went down to the hospital tonight to see Bill. Dorothea and Dave were there also. They came up here afterwards.

 

 

 

 

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