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, January 3, 2021

April 5 - 8, 1977 Esther and Cliff return from Florida

 

Tuesday, April 5, 1977 SNOW

 

A miserable day. Snow all day. Also heavy rain at times. I got a lot of the book Roots read. I didn’t do only my regular work. Susan got a call from Esther, they are at Brud’s. Esther said they would come at about noon Thursday.  Billie down to Betty’s for supper, an Italian spaghetti supper.

 

 

 

Wednesday, April 6, 1977 COLD, BILLIE TO DR., CALF

 

Billie got ready and went to Portland to see the doctor. He has to go back again for test etc. Dorothea drove him in from her house. Betty and I up to Shaw’s. We haven’t been up there for a long time. We did a lot of shopping. Tonight Billie had the vet come. He had to take the calf, a nice little heifer. Carmen and Betty came up.

 

 

 

Thursday, April 7, 1977 Es and Cliff came home

 

A nice day. I done some washing. Went down to Fern’s a minute. I done some of my windows. I was busy all day. Today Esther and Cliff came from Florida. They called over here in evening. They look very good, both of them. They had a nice winter. Billie second day at the new shop in Naples.

 


 

 

Friday, April 8, 1977 hair set, NEW CAR

 

What a mess when we got up this morning. Ground was all white and snowing hard. It tapered off during the forenoon and later in p.m. it was sunny. It is clear, cold and windy tonight. Billie had Lawrence come and give the calf penicillin and capsules. Calf has cold and diarrhea. I got my hair set. Tonight Betty and Walt came home with a brand-new Volkswagen Rabbit. It is a very nice little car. Betty, Esther, Zak and I went down to David’s after supper and got the cupcake in the new car. It is great. Bill, Delores and I went to town shopping in a.m. Busy all day, made a cake for the bake sale tomorrow.

 

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