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!

Friday, January 7, 2022

January 29 - February 1, 1981 Carmen's 18th Birthday Party

 

Thursday, January 29, 1981

 

A nice day, not too warm. We went to town. Betty working on the photo albums.

 

 

 

Friday, January 30, 1981

 

A beautiful day, warm day. I washed windows, did a washing and other jobs. Made 2 mince pies, a layer cake (choc) and a blueberry pie. Betty called. Bill took Zak to school this morning, the bus came early.

 

 

 

Saturday, January 31, 1981 mild temps

 

A very nice sunny day. I done my work and sat work. Made bread and rolls. Cleaned up, took a bath, worked on the puzzle. Bill sitting here all day. We are buying milk, not at all good. Hope we get a cow before long. I done some cleaning, washed floors.

 

 

 

February 1, 1981 Carmen had her birthday party, 5th is the birthday

 

A nice sunny day. I done up my work, worked on the puzzle. Then about one we went down to Walt’s for Carmen’s 18th birthday. She a lot of nice gifts, had a beautiful cake made by Dorothea, her aunt. She was pleased with her new records and books. Dorothea went down to see Jeff, he lost his money and a lot of his valuables. Someone stole it all while he was in a store. They broke into his van. I feel very sorry for him and Dorothea and Paula too. I feel awful bad for him. He has bad luck, an awful lot it seems. Dorothea got a early phone call from him, he is very upset. I so hope he gets it all back. But very doubtful.

 




 

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