Nanny's Diaries: July 17

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, August 10, 2021

July 17 - 20, 1979

Tuesday, July 17, 1979

A quite nice day except for the showers we got. I washed, I got most things back in before it rained. Milan and Jim gone fishing. I watched TV in PM. I made a lemon pie and a cinnamon roll. In evening I went down to Fern’s with Betty and company.

Wednesday, July 18, 1979

Another bad day. Rained last night and today. I washed again today. Carmen took them home to dry in the dryer. I did an ironing. Milan out riding around, looking up places he wanted to see. They left to go home about 1 PM. This is been a miserable rainy day. I watched my programs in PM.

Thursday, July 19, 1979

Went to town with Betty. It was a nice day. Delores went too. After I got home I went down to Betty’s. Fern was there, we froze Swiss chard greens.

Friday, July 20, 1979

Very hot. Bill mowed Joy’s hay. He got very hot. It has got quite humid. I cleaned up the house, dusted, washed some windows. I did some ironing.