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, November 25, 2021

August 19 - 22, 1980

 

Tuesday, August 19, 1980

 

A very heavy rainy day. I did my ironing, made 2 squash pies. I cleaned the meat chopper and my aluminum frypan. Done up the housework. Bill didn’t do much, he got new TIRES and battery for the car. Billie gone all day. Dorothea had Es and Fern up for the day. Too bad it rained.

 

 

 

Wednesday, August 20, 1980

 

Well it has been a cloudy showery day. I didn’t do much. I worked on my scraps. Zak up here in PM. He watched the TV shows. Bill and Billie didn’t do much. Billie gone most of the day.

 

 

 

Thursday, August 21, 1980

 

Well it cleared off today. A dite warmer. I got my work done up, went to town. Betty took Delores, Susan, Esther and me. I came home and done some odds and end jobs. Watched programs. I got a batch of pickles ready. It evening I called at Fern and Esther’s. Zak called.

 

 

 

Friday, August 22, 1980 very warm in midday in PM

 

A very nice day after some cloudiness in early morning. I done up my work. I dusted the whole house and vacuumed the breezeway. I made a batch of ripe cuke pickles. I got some things from the garden. I got 2 papers read. I watched TV soaps in PM. Bill worked at Dorothea’s. Billie fixed a fence. Carmen’s last day of work. Kim babysitting this evening. Betty and Walt had company, last night.

 

 

 

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