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!

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

April 8 - 11, 1981

Wednesday, April 8, 1981

 

A beautiful day, sunny and warm. I got my work done up early. Got ready, went down to Betty’s. Fern also. We cleaned all of her dining room dishes, draws and cupboards. I came home, got supper. Joy and Kathy came over for milk.

 

 

 

Thursday, April 9, 1981 JERSEY COW CAME, JERSEY COW WENT

 

Another mix of weather day. I got up early as usual. I defrosted my refrigerator. I did some washing, to town, did the shopping. Came home, did rest of the washing. Made two apple pies, did the ironing, a big one. Got supper. I had a casserole for supper. David called this morning. Today Billie traded cows, the old Jersey for a young Jersey cow. She is a beauty. A beautiful shape and color. I hope she will be okay. This one he traded gave too much milk and it occasionally had an odd taste.

 

 

 

Friday, April 10, 1981

 

A fair day, cloudy and sunny. I done up my work and down to Betty’s. She, Fern and I cleaned her kitchen cupboards, draws etc. in the kitchen. I came home, got supper etc. Bill down to Betty’s, up to Dorothea’s and home. Billie up helping David to fence.

 

 

 

Saturday, April 11, 1981

 

Some sun, rain and cloudy today. It was a miserable day. I been busy all day. Cooked, washed windows etc. etc. Bill up to Dorothea’s, they started putting her paneling on her shop. Bill was helping her. Billie helping David to do the fencing. David bought a new gate to use. Zak and Kim called. Charlene and Tom called, also Betty came up.

 

 

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