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!

Saturday, September 25, 2021

January 8 - 11, 1980 I think she meant SUBARU

Tuesday, January 8, 1980 mild temp

 

A very nice sunny day. I did a big ironing. Billie up early and away. Came home and went again. Bill went to the dump and home rest of the day. Betty and Walt looking for a new car.

 

 

 

Wednesday, January 9, 1980

 

We are having some beautiful weather. I have been busy, made a mac & cheese for supper. I done a dite of washing. Bill up to Dorothea’s. Billie gone off and on all day.

 

 

 

Thursday, January 10, 1980

 

A very nice day. I done up my work, we went to town. I came home, had porkchops for supper. Watched TV shows. Worked on puzzle. Bill worked up to Dorothea’s again today.

 

 

 

Friday, January 11, 1980 BETTY A BAD FINGER, NEW CAR

 

It started out clear but it clouded up, about midafternoon it began to rain. I did a wash. I cleaned the house up. I went down to Betty’s and helped her to clean her house up. She has a bad infected finger, swollen and dark. At suppertime she went to the doctors with her finger. They gave her penicillin shots and took her ring off. It relieved her a lot. Walt brought Bill’s new exhaust for the car. Bill finished the chimney at David’s. Also he bought a brand-new superua car, a very pretty blue. Billie gone all day.

 

 

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