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, April 20, 2021

May 17 - 20, 1978

Wednesday, May 17, 1978

 

Another miserable day. I cleaned the refrigerator and electric stove. Done draws and cupboards etc. I was busy all day. Down to Betty’s a little while.

 

 

 

Thursday, May 18, 1978

 

Well another mean day. No sun. Cloudy, and drizzly all day. I went to town early in a.m. Susan took us. Came home. Betty was here, we done the kitchen cupboards. Fern, Esther and Cliff called in evening. Cliff went to scout meeting tonight. Keith hauled his bulldozer up to Walt’s tonight.

 

 

 

Friday, May 19, 1978

 

I done my work, went down to Betty’s. Helped her get the house ready for the coffee group. They worked up to Dawn’s house today. I done a lot of work today, had some greens tonight. Es came up and got some.

 

 

 

Saturday, May 20, 1978

 

A nice day. Billie went with Lawrence. I made beans, rolls, cake. Done up all the work, washed floors etc. Keith worked at Walt’s.

 

 

 

Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)