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, May 18, 2021

August 31 - September 3, 1978

Thursday, August 31, 1978

 

A quite hot day. I went to town with Susan and Delores to shop. Then in PM Bill and I took Kim down to Dorothea’s to get some clothes fixed for school and to get her hair fixed. Donny came over, he and Carmen. Went to town to shop and just fooling around having a good time.

 

 

 

Friday, September 1, 1978 HOT $106.30 $242.30

Well I haven’t been anywhere today. That is I haven’t expected to go. But the checks came and we went to cash them. Carmen working all day to prepare the supper. Zenya helped and then Laurie after work. It was very nice and went off good. Zak was up here all day. In PM Bill and I went to get Kim. She had a bad asthma spell at Dorothea’s last night. She and Dorothea were up all night. She was better though when she came home. Her hair looks very very good, looks more like her. Looks younger. I hope she will be able to keep it looking like that as long as it is long. Walt came home sick. 

 

Joy and Mabel at 'A band of gypsy's dinner'


Dawn and Buddy



Carmen, Zenya and Laurie served Wine, Beef Jerky, Cow Punchers Stew and Stack Cake



 

 

 

 

Saturday, September 2, 1978

 

Busy all day, done regular work and washed floors. Ironed, made bed etc. Zak here all day. Buddy left for 8 weeks of school in Florida. Walt better today and Kimmy and Zak.

 

 

 

Sunday, September 3, 1978

 

A very nice day, sunny. On the quite hot side. I done regular work. Carmen helped. She went home about 10:30. She done her chores then went to play tennis with Donny Levine, David Levine and Lisa Osgood. Betty and Walt called this morning. Hortons all went for a ride and out to supper. Bill and Billie worked down in the pasture on the wood. Also cut the hay. Billie and I called at Fern’s for a little while this evening.

 

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