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 25, 2021

September 26 -29, 1978

 

Tuesday, September 26, 1978 460 pounds

 

Another nice day. No rain. Well, I was down to Betty’s and helped her do washing, washed her kitchen floor, swept the dining room, came home, made 2 pies, did a huge ironing, mine and Betty’s. Bill down and helped Walt this PM. Betty went out to a luncheon meeting. Took Kim to the doctors etc. The heifer dressed out at 460 pounds.

 

 

 

Wednesday, September 27, 1978

 

A beautiful day. I done up my regular work. Went down to Betty’s. Esther was there, we did her applesauce. Betty went away to North Windham. Had to return a drill. In PM Fern came up when Betty got back. Betty brought some Italian sandwiches, we ate those. Betty packaged her applesauce. Fern and Es made up some hamburger patties. I did the wash.

 

 

 

Thursday, September 28, 1978

 

A nice day, I done my stove. To town, defrosted refrigerator and done a lot of other jobs. Washed the windows after I got back. Bill worked in Walt’s cellar cutting out a stove from the wall.

 

 

 

Friday, September 29, 1978

 

A nice sunny day. We done a lot of work. I done a lot of extra jobs, washed, washed windows, cleaned all around. Cleaned the downstairs bedroom getting ready for Milan and Betty. Betty up to Joy’s in PM. Kids home from school at noon. They went out to supper at the Dairy Queen then to the movies.

 

Laurie, Zenya and Carmen as the Baldwin Sisters

 

 

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