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!

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

January 1 - 4, 1978

 


 

Sunday, January 1, 1978

 

A very nice sunny mild day for the first day of the new year. Bill and Ilan up to the lake today. Kim up here all night and today. She was busy and quiet all day. Billie went with Butch today getting cattle. Zak up here tonight.

 

 

 

Monday, January 2, 1978

 

Today it snowed a dite. The sun was out most of the day. Bill and Ilan up to the Lake fishing. Kimmy went and done some skating. Zak here all day. He has been very good. We watched the parade on TV. Billie put up his new thermometer. I made sloppy Joe’s tonight.

 

 

 

Tuesday, January 3, 1978 $99.70 $227.40 SCHOOL BEGAN

 

A nice sunny day. I did a very big wash. Washed kitchen floor, down to Betty’s. Bill gone fishing all day. Billie back to work and school began. I went to town after Bill got home. Also up to the hospital to see Dorothy Prescott. She is having problems with her bowels. Will have an operation Thursday. She has been there for two weeks. Also was in the Portland hospital.

 

 

 

Wednesday, January 4, 1978

 

A very nice day. Sunny and not too cold, a real nice winter day. I done my work. Susan, Delores and I went to town. I came home, got lunch and then I made out checks for the bills. Bill took them down and paid them. Kim called in on her way home from dentist. Betty and all the kids went to the dentist this PM. Dawn got Betty supper. Bill and Ilan didn’t fish today. Bill worked on boat. I did my ironing after supper.

 


 

 

Sunday, January 1, 1978

 

A very nice sunny mild day for the first day of the new year. Bill and Ilan up to the lake today. Kim up here all night and today. She was busy and quiet all day. Billie went with Butch today getting cattle. Zak up here tonight.

 

 

 

Monday, January 2, 1978

 

Today it snowed a dite. The sun was out most of the day. Bill and Ilan up to the Lake fishing. Kimmy went and done some skating. Zak here all day. He has been very good. We watched the parade on TV. Billie put up his new thermometer. I made sloppy Joe’s tonight.

 

 

 

Tuesday, January 3, 1978 $99.70 $227.40 SCHOOL BEGAN

 

A nice sunny day. I did a very big wash. Washed kitchen floor, down to Betty’s. Bill gone fishing all day. Billie back to work and school began. I went to town after Bill got home. Also up to the hospital to see Dorothy Prescott. She is having problems with her bowels. Will have an operation Thursday. She has been there for two weeks. Also was in the Portland hospital.

 

 

 

Wednesday, January 4, 1978

 

A very nice day. Sunny and not too cold, a real nice winter day. I done my work. Susan, Delores and I went to town. I came home, got lunch and then I made out checks for the bills. Bill took them down and paid them. Kim called in on her way home from dentist. Betty and all the kids went to the dentist this PM. Dawn got Betty supper. Bill and Ilan didn’t fish today. Bill worked on boat. I did my ironing after supper.

 

 

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