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!

Sunday, January 16, 2022

March 6 - 9, 1981

Friday, March 6, 1981

 

Well this has been a nasty day. I done my work up, washed windows, made a tuna fish casserole for supper, a chocolate pudding etc. Carmen called a little while. Billie been out and in. Bill here all day just sitting.

 

 

 

Saturday, March 7, 1981

 

Well what a miserable wet rainy day this has been. I been busy all day doing up the work etc. Made rolls and a cake. We had Dorothea and David down for supper. We gave Dorothea her birthday gift. A nice rebuilt Electrolux vacuum cleaner which she is very pleased with. A man came to see her about getting meals there, she want interested in that. Billie out and then, Bill here all day. Ervin Linscott’s retirement in the daily paper today.

 

 

 

Sunday, March 8, 1981

 

Well, kind of a partly cloudy and clear day. At last it wasn’t raining or snowing. I wrote letters to Dawn and Esther. I didn’t do only regular work. Zak was driving the truck around the field today all alone, he did very well.

 

 

 

Monday, March 9, 1981

 

Well it has been rainy, snowy and cloudy most all day. Not very bad. Bill worked on the boat. Billie in and out. Went down to see about a job. I did the washing and ironing.

 

 

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