Nanny's Diaries: September 4 - 7, 1980 Trip to Vermont

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!

Monday, November 29, 2021

September 4 - 7, 1980 Trip to Vermont

Thursday, September 4, 1980

A nice day, got my work done up, went to town. Came home, done a few odd and end jobs. Watched soaps, got supper, went down to Fern’s in evening. Carlton, Phyllis, Brud and Verna were down there also Phyllis’s mother and father. Betty, Walt, Dorothea, Susan, Monica, Joy and me.

Friday, September 5, 1980

I began my pickles. I got some made, finished them tomorrow. I’ve been very busy all day. Billie up helping David. Bill down to cottages.

Saturday, September 6, 1980

A very nice day. I been busy all day. I finished the pickles. Did a lot of other work. I dite of cooking. Washed floors etc. Dorothea and David called. Billie worked up to David’s most of the day. Betty and family went for a long ride, Vermont and around. Vince went with them.