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, March 31, 2021

March 1 - 4, 1978

 

Wednesday, March 1, 1978

 

March came in like a lamb. A very nice day. I done my regular work and cleaned the stove and scoured up some cans. Betty and I went down to Fern’s, we picked over, with her, many of her personal things. She has many interesting things and very old. Came home, cooked a roast beef supper. Bill don’t feel very good. Billie worked only a half day.

 

 

 

Thursday, March 2, 1978 Cold

 

Another very nice clear day. I done up my work, went to town. Susan took Delores and me. Bill not as good today. It has been a very nice sunny day, but very cold and windy all day.

 

 

 

Friday, March 3, 1978 $99.70, $227.40

 

A quite nice day. I done up the work. I washed and did the figuring, went to town in PM. Cashed the checks. Billie worked most all day. Betty took me to town. Delores went with us. Susan has a cold. Bill still sick.

 

 

 

Saturday, March 4, 1978

 

It was snowing in the morning and most of the forenoon when it began to break away and the sun came out at times. Not a bad day. Bill plowed. Billie went fishing with Lawrence and Wes. I done work and washed floors etc. etc. The TV man came, he says the TV tube is the cause of the poor pictures. Betty and Walt came for a little while. Kimmy went skating at the skating rink. Zak had company. I made POOR bread and rolls again today. My breadmaking is awful bad. Bill looks very bad. This evening Ronald, his daughter Jill and son Scott called. They are nice-looking kids.

 

Dennis - aka Fifi

Fifi with Gimpy



Dennis, Special K and Whippet

Special K

Mr and Mrs. Fifi


Carmen and Fifi


 

 

 

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