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, September 28, 2021

January 20 - 23, 1980

 

Sunday, January 20, 1980

 

A very nice sunny day but on the windy side. I didn’t get up very early. I got breakfast. Done up the work. Billie held the ladder and I washed the living room and kitchen windows on the outside, also all of them inside and washed the kitchen curtains. Bill went down to see Myron Ward. No results though. Billie cleaned his truck. Carmen called, she and Kim to the doctors. Carmen has acute tonsillitis, ear infection. Better than yesterday. Betty’s finger is better.

 

 

 

Monday, January 21, 1980

 

A beautiful day. I did the wash. I hung the clothes, most of them, that is, outside. It was very windy. Bill sick with a cold. Carmen didn’t go to school. Billie over to Oxford to see about a job. He called at Fern’s.

 

 

 

Tuesday, January 22, 1980

 

Sunny part of the day. Bill better. I done up the regular work. First thing I done the ironing, had it all done before 6:30 AM. In forenoon Betty and I went down to Fern’s. We talked. She is quite upset and depressed about different things.

 

 

 

Wednesday, January 23, 1980 Plowed Snow for First Time

 

Cloudy in a.m., cleared in PM. I done my regular work. I worked on the scraps. Billie Deming came for milk. Robin and baby here in PM. Bill plowed snow for first time this winter. We got about 4-5 inches, up further north in the state they got less. Joy came in evening and got milk. Billie down to Fern’s.

 

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