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!

Sunday, July 11, 2021

March 27 - 30, 1979

 

Tuesday, March 27, 1979

 

A nice day but very cold and windy. My clothes froze when I bring them out. I washed and ironed. Cooked a fowl for supper. Done many other odd jobs. Getting things ready so as to get to housecleaning.

 

 

 

Wednesday, March 28, 1979

 

A very nice day. Not as cold as yesterday. I changed beds, did my washing. I worked on the scraps, getting them ready for the book. Cleaned up the house. Been busy all day. Bill worked on his car, went to the dump, left the truck down to Walt’s. Keith called in evening.

 

 

 

Thursday, March 29, 1979

 

Well it was cloudy today. I done up my work, went down to Betty’s early to help her to get ready for town. She took us today. In PM Fern got her hair set. I worked on scraps. Betty bought 2 new mattresses for her studios couches she has.

 


 

 

 

 

Friday, March 30, 1979

 

Well we are having some miserable weather now. Rainy, cloudy. I done up my regular work then I worked on the scraps some more. I got to get them done so I can get to the housecleaning. Billie down to Sebago to look at a Jersey cow. Nothing doing.

 

 

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