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!

Saturday, January 29, 2022

April 18 - 21, 1981 Easter Sunday

 

Saturday, April 18, 1981

 

What a day this is been weatherwise. Fog, rain, cloud, thundershowers and sun. I have been very busy all day. I cooked, got breakfast twice, done dishes, swept, dusted, washed windows, washed floors, took a bath. All done before 1 PM. Carmen call. She brought up her report card and she got A’s and B’s. Honor roll. Betty, Carmen and Kim came up, they got the bikes out. Kim didn’t do as well on her ranks. Dorothea and I down to Fern’s, we went over to Lovell to Irene Dunham. Fern had a nice ride and enjoyed it very much. Billie and David fenced all day. Bill got the mower to going.

 

 

 

Sunday, April 19, 1981 Easter Sunday

 

A nice clear day but awful cold. I had the Easter dinner. Betty’s family and Fern was here. We had the usual ham dinner. Carmen and Kim came up and helped.

 

 

 

Monday, April 20, 1981

 

Well this is been a real old spring day. A miserable one same as we have a lot of in the spring. I did a wash. Billie up to David’s in a.m. They worked on the gate. Bill inside all day and watched the ballgame. Betty cleaned her den and bathroom.

 

 

 

Tuesday, April 21, 1981 29°

 

Very cold and windy all day. It was sunny. I did my bureau draws and Billie and I cleaned the cellar. Betty and Kim cleaned their living room.

 

 

 

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