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, February 2, 2022

May 2 - 5, 1981PROM

 

Saturday, May 2, 1981 PROM, cleaned LR

 

A quite nice day. Dorothea came early and Betty. They cleaned the living room. Dorothea washed all the walls, they look so nice. She and Betty got it all done. Fern came up, she cleaned all the odds and ends. Then Fern stayed for supper, to see Carmen and friends when they went to the Junior and Senior Prom. Carmen looked very nice. Maureen and Doreen and their dates looked so nice. Also Tom. We are so thankful he took her. She enjoyed it so much.

 



Carmen and Tom

Doreen McHatton and Carroll Buck

Maureen Momm and Mike Fitzgibbons

 

 

 

Sunday, May 3, 1981 cleaned kitchen

 

A very nice day. Dorothea came early, we cleaned the kitchen. Dorothea did a very nice job. It looks very nice. Betty didn’t help today. Bill, Dorothea and I went up to David’s to see the cows in their new pasture. Billie busy all day. Bill did some lawnmowing. Carmen called early this morning. She was very tired. Kim went mountain climbing today. She had a good time. I was glad for her, she and friends.

 

 

 

Monday, May 4, 1981

 

Mixed weather, cloudy and clear. I did a washing. I cleaned my desk, made a pineapple pie. Billie and David put in a new fence for Walt. Dorothea and Joy working at a COTTAGE. Bill painted the swing chair.

 

 

 

Tuesday, May 5, 1981

 

It was cloudy when we got up. Late in forenoon it cleared. I done a lot of odds jobs. Wrote to Esther. Called at Betty’s. Bill working at camp. Billie done a lot of jobs here at home. David came down.

 

 

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