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, October 25, 2020

July 13 - 16, 1976

 

Tuesday, July 13, 1976

 

Cloudy all day, got rain showers. I done my regular work. I got the clothes on the line and dried. Got them all in. Bill finished Mr. Saltman’s doorsteps. Fern came up in a.m. to stay for rest of the day and supper. We looked over some old papers, letters etc. I had in a can. They are some things Mama had, also Aunt Ava. Kimmy up here today and for supper. Carmen over to Laurie’s today and last night. Billie to the hospital to see Lloyd and Robert. They are quite good. Kimmy here for supper.

 

 

 

Wednesday, July 14, 1976 CLOUDY, a little sun at times

 

Cloudy and some sunshine, same as yesterday. I done my regular work. I did that ironing, defrosted refrigerator. Zak here most all day. Kimmy and Carmen’s name markers came. Bill working at Camp Encore Coda today all day. The coffee group met at Betty’s this morning. I began looking those papers over. Went to the hospital last night and saw Pat. Dr. don’t give a very good report on Robert. His heart is bad. Lloyd just about the same. He began to walk with his walker.

 

 

 

Thursday, July 15, 1976 cloudy again we got up

 

Mostly cloudy and some showers. I done my regular work. Bill worked at camp. Betty down to Dawn’s. Billie down in the dumps about his work at M & M. We had string beans tonight. Phyllis and Amy came today. Esther, Susan and children met them at the airport.

 

 

 

Friday, July 16, 1976

 

I done up my work. Did some washing. In p.m. I went to town with Fern and Esther. Betty and kids down to Dawn’s except Kimmy, she was here. Betty’s company left about one. I’m glad I had a chance to get to town with them. Bill was working, Betty was gone. Phyllis and Amy called in evening.

 

 

Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)