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!

Friday, June 4, 2021

November 4 - 7, 1978

Saturday, November 4, 1978

 

A very nice day. I done my work. Got my floor washed and house all cleaned up. Went to the high school parade with Betty and Fern. It was very good. Carmen to the dance tonight.




 

 

 

 

Sunday, November 5, 1978

 

A nice sunny day, but very dry wells and all. I done my regular work. Down to Betty’s in PM. We washed storm windows and the outside. She and Walt put the storm windows on. We went over to greet Ilan on his birthday. Billie down to Fern’s and then away in PM. Kimmy went to see Ilan’s with us.

 

 

 

Monday, November 6, 1978

 

Foggy for a few hours in the morning, but it cleared away. I did a big wash. Bill worked on the boat. I was down to Betty’s after I got my wash done. We cleaned up out back some. Bill went down and cleaned up the gravel and raked up.

 

 

 

Tuesday, November 7, 1978 Walt to hospital Kidney Stones

 

It was cloudy today and it began to rain late in PM. Walt went to the hospital this morning. He was in terrible pain. They said he had kidney stones. He came home at night. Joy and I went to Shaw’s shopping all alone. We got Betty’s groceries. Today Dorothea came up and she cleaned her living room rug. She done a good job. She was here for supper

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