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, March 7, 2021

November 29 - December 2, 1977 Laying the Slab for NHF

Tuesday, November 29, 1977

 

Kind of sunny in a.m., but the clouds came in. I did a small wash. I cooked a pot roast for supper. I worked at my desk all day. They came with the pump and got it back together. Betty and Walt working at the playhouse. Walt hauled wood. Billie picked over his bills. Cow is much better.

 

 

 

Wednesday, November 30, 1977 Rained some, SLAB

 

Well it is another rainy miserable day. Billie and I got ready and went to Norway and done some shopping. We took Fern to see Lloyd. He was so ugly and miserable. He is sick in his mind. I came home and we or I went down to Betty’s and got a load of clothes into washing for her. Today they put the slab in for the shelter. It was not raining in PM.



 

 

 

 

Thursday, December 1, 1977 RAINEY DAY, SHOPPED

 

It was raining when we got up. I done my work. Got ready and went to town shopping was Susan and Delores. Came home, made a meat hash and a squash pie. Then I got ready and Betty and I went to the schools and got Carmen, Kim and Zak. We then went to Dorothea’s and got her. We went Christmas shopping. We did quite well. I got a few more things to get. We didn’t get home until midnight. It wasn’t an easy day’s work.

 

 

 

Friday, December 2, 1977

 

I done my regular work and then went down to Betty’s. We wrapped Christmas gifts all day. Sent an order to Sears.

 

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