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!

Thursday, October 7, 2021

February 24 - 27, 1980 Thomas Westbrook House Sold!

 

Sunday, February 24, 1980

 

Well it has been a cloudy dreary miserable day. Light snow and some rain. I finished the puzzle. Dorothea and David moved a lot more today. They were here. Betty, Walt, Carmen, Joy and Dawn called also.

 

 

 

Monday, February 25, 1980

 

A nice sunny mild day. I wrote to Esther. I sent Billie’s LOTTERY ticket. I done a big wash. TODAY DOROTHEA AND DAVID got the pay for their home. They don’t own it anymore. Zak came home sick from school. Kim called in evening.

 

 

 

Tuesday, February 26, 1980

 

A beautiful day. I done up my work. Zak still sick. Betty had an appointment for her eyes in Portland. I went down to stay with Zak. He had quite a fever all day, slept a lot. His temp up to 104 last night, when Betty got home, she took it, it was 102. I cleaned up the house and made a beef stew. They had a frozen water piping Carmen’s room. Milt Allen fixed that today.

 

 

 

Wednesday, February 27, 1980

 

Quite a good day. Betty went to Portland to take Holly down to see George. I stayed with Zak. I was busy all day down there. Zak a lot better today yet he stayed bed.

 

 

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