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, January 6, 2021

April 17 - 20, 1977

 

Sunday, April 17, 1977

 

A very nice day. Less wind. I washed a few things. Billie cleaned up outside. Bill puttered around, dabbing paint on places. Zak up. Hortons done some cleaning up outside. Billie to see Lloyd, got milk and down to see Chet.

 

A gift from Nanny and Poppa


 

 

 

 

Monday, April 18, 1977 KIM HAIR CUT

 

Another very nice day, it was sunny and mild or hot. I did a dite of washing. I made a pie and cleaned the bedroom down cellar. Bill got the tractor out today. Lloyd better. Chet not too good. Kim got her hair cut over to June’s. Betty and kids all to the dentist in late p.m. Fern and Esther over to South Paris. Walt didn’t have to work. President Carter made a speech about the fuel shortage. It is serious.

 

 

 

Tuesday, April 19, 1977

 

A nice and sunny day. I washed, cleaned the bathrooms, walls, ceilings and tile. I did the bedroom closets. Zak up here. Kimmy home alone cooking their supper. Carmen up to North Bridgton playing tennis. Betty gone all day shopping for wallpaper, curtains etc. Fern to South Paris, Lloyd is the same.

 

 

 

Wednesday, April 20, 1977

 

Frost when we got up this morning, but it got warmed up except there was a cool south damp wind all day. Anyway I done a big extra wash and they dried quite well and got it all put away. Betty came up and we got all the upper kitchen cupboards done. Kim up here in p.m. and for supper. She made a delicious meatloaf and very good brownies. She is a smart girl. Heidi got into Betty’s hens.

 

 

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