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!

Thursday, May 13, 2021

August 15 - 17, 1978 School Shopping

 

Tuesday, August 15, 1978

 

A very hot day. I got my work done up then Bill and I went and took Dorothea’s vegetables down to her. I came home, done a wash and watched my programs. Got supper and Billie and I took some vegetables up to Dawn. She is making progress on her house.

 

 

 

Wednesday, August 16, 1978

 

Another very hot day. I have been busy all day. I made a spice cake, lemon meringue pie, salad, got beans picked and ready. Done my hair, watched my 2 programs. Betty gone all day up to the shelter. Mabel came home today.

 

 

 

Thursday, August 17, 1978 SCHOOL SHOPPING

 

It has been a very hot day. I got the work done up early. I washed. I washed the floor, got ready, we left to go to Portland to school shop. We picked Dorothea up at about 11. We went to Kmart, Zayres, two stores, the mall stores and Bradlees. We had dinner out and supper. The kids all got the clothes for school except Carmen didn’t get a dress, she got to get it later. Bill painted Betty’s kitchen floor.

 

 

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