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 16, 2021

November 9 -12, 1980

 

Sunday, November 9, 1980

 

Mostly cloudy, some sun but just a dite. I done up the work. Then I went down in the woods where Bill and Billie was cutting wood. Kimmy, Tara and Bonnie came. Kim and I with all 3 dogs took a walk down through the woods looking for Christmas trees. We went a long long way down. It was a good walk. I hope I can do it again sometime. Maybe next spring. Dorothea, Carmen, David and Kim all called. Joy and Kathy over in evening.

 

Bonnie - we kept her while her mother as in a Nursing Home for a short time. 

Gladys Kilgore's dog Bonnie

 

 

 

 

Monday, November 10, 1980

 

Foggy and cloudy when we got up this morning. Carmen put the horses in last night. I did my refrigerator. I done the washing. David called. Betty, Dorothea and I went over to Mrs. Douglass and done some Christmas shopping. I went down to Betty’s for a little while. I made a beef stew for supper, it was very good. Bill and Billie worked in the woods. They got a lot hauled out.

 

 

 

Tuesday, November 11, 1980

 

It is cold and has been all day. Some clouds and some sun. I done up my regular work. I did the curtains. My living room and some bedroom curtains. I washed living room and bathroom windows and done some cleaning etc.

 

 

 

Wednesday, November 12, 1980

 

Another cloudy cold day and windy. Some sunshine. Dorothea, Betty and I went Christmas shopping up to New Hampshire. I’m very pleased with the new stores. We didn’t get home until about 5:30.

 

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