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!

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

December 3 - 6, 1979

Monday, December 3, 1979 $266.70, $117.20

 

A nice day, but very cold. I did a big wash. It is quite nice not to have to go outside to hang them out. Bill up to David’s a while, he took me to town. I cashed the checks and sent my orders, got stamps. I cooked corned beef and cabbage for supper. Fern came up. The new cow has a bowel problem but it is caused from eating too much salt and drinking too much water.

 

 

 

Tuesday, December 4, 1979

 

Cold again. I did my ironing early. Down to Betty’s a little while, fixed some salt pork. Bill up to David’s a while. Betty and Joy up to Shaw’s today. Cow a dite better.

 

 

 

Wednesday, December 5, 1979

 

Another nice mild day. We went to town shopping. I done a lot of figuring and made out Christmas list etc. Down to Betty’s a little while. Bill up to David’s.

 

 

 

Thursday, December 6, 1979

 

Well it is been a nice mild day. I got up, got my work done early. We went to Portland to do the Christmas shopping. Kim and Zak to the dentist. I got mine most all done. Joy went. Also we picked up Dorothea. What a big day’s work. It has been such a nice mild day. It rained before we got home. Didn’t get home till 11 PM.

 

 

 

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