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 2, 2021

September 15 -18, 1980

Monday, September 15, 1980 Walter Ambrose Horton IV 11 years today

 

Today we started Betty’s housecleaning. Got Carmen and Kim’s rooms done. I came home about 1 PM. Betty done some other work. I came home, watched soaps. Then I got a good steak supper for Zak. He was here for his birthday. He enjoyed it very much. Tonight Carmen and Zak rode their horses. Flicka acted out and that made the pony act. Kim rode the pony too. Bill didn’t do much today. Billie busy all day. The steer not so good tonight. We’ll have to have the vet tomorrow.

 


New saddle

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, September 16, 1980

 

A very nice day, sunny, on the cool side. Betty and I finished cleaning her upstairs. Also got her bed cleaned. Billie worked in the garden all forenoon. Bill called at Dorothea’s in a.m. Our beef weighed 475 dressed, Walt’s beef weighed 435 dressed.

 

 

 

Wednesday, September 17, 1980

 

Well it has rained all day. We cleaned Betty’s bedroom, the den, bathroom and I helped to do some of the living room. Betty finished after I came home. Bill worked up to Dorothea’s part of the day. Billie cleaned up some of the garden. I went up to Dorothea’s with Thena so Thena could see her home. She thought it was very nice. We called in to see the Bracketts too.

 

 

 

Thursday, September 18, 1980

 

It cleared off today. I done up my work and went down to Betty’s. We done the dining room, back porch and she got most of the kitchen done. Tomorrow will finish. Billie done my shopping. Dorothea got me some things is PM at the F.N. Bill up to Dorothea’s in a.m. He went back in PM.

 

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