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, December 23, 2021

December 5 - 8, 1980 Carmen's School Play

Friday, December 5, 1980 hair set, SENIOR PLAY

 

A quite nice day, I had my hair set in a.m. Came home, finished washing the windows and cleaned up the house. Got a early supper and went to the play. It was very very good. We took Fern. Butch Ball had a fire at his house last night. Heavy winds.





 

 

 

 

Saturday, December 6, 1980

 

A beautiful day. I done my regular work. Defrosted the porch refrigerator and cleaned it all out for the winter. Made some cookies. Washed floors, took a bath etc. Bill over and fixed Susan’s water pipes in the bathroom. Billie in and out, at Fern’s. David called.

 

 

 

Sunday, December 7, 1980

 

It has been a mostly sunny day. In PM it got cloudy. I done up my work. Then Bill and I called at Dorothea’s. Then we went over to see the fire at Butch Ball’s. Came home, I did some cards etc. David came, he and Bill cleaned the chimney.

 

 

 

Monday, December 8, 1980

 

A pretty good day, on the cloudy side. Not very bad temperature today, mild. I done up regular work and did the washing. Made 3 pies. Betty got cabinet for Kim’s dolls today. Billie and Dorothea went shopping today. The New Hope Farm shelter opened up again today, for a brief time anyway.

 

 

 

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