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, July 9, 2021

March 19 - 22, 1979 Billie's 48th Birthday

Monday, March 19, 1979

 

Well a pretty good day with some cloudy around. It was quite windy. I did regular work and I did a wash. Called at Fern’s a little while.

 

 

 

Tuesday, March 20, 1979

 

Well it was kind of sunny in a.m. I changed the beds and washed a big wash. Clothes dried good. I did an ironing. This morning Dawn, Joy and Betty came for breakfast. I was down to Betty’s a little while. Bill fixed the truck door. It rained in late PM.

 

 

 

Wednesday, March 21, 1979 50 to 60°, VERY NICE DAY

 

Clear when we got up this morning. It has been a very nice sunny warm day. I washed windows and ironed. Bill worked on the truck body. Walt’s cellar drain froze.

 

 

 

Thursday, March 22, 1979 Billie 48 years

 

This is been another very nice sunny warm day. Up in the 50s to 60s. I went to town. I made bread. Fern came up for a steak supper for Billie’s birthday. Then in evening Betty and family, Joy and girls came, we had cake and ice cream. He got useful gifts and money. Bill down helping Walt with the cellar drain. Ilan let him borrow his pump to use in the cellar.

 

 

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