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!

Thursday, March 10, 2022

September 10 - 13, 1981

Thursday, September 10, 1981

 

To town, Betty took us. Came home, done some washing. Done some cooking, watched soaps in PM.

 

 

 

Friday, September 11, 1981

 

I been busy all day. I took a walk down to Betty’s. She showed me Kimmy’s trunk, all the furniture she has done over and her antiques.

 

 

 

Saturday, September 12, 1981

 

I done odd and end jobs. I made fudge for Carmen. Natasha is going to take it back to Carmen tomorrow. I baked white beans. David here tonight. Bill worked at camp.

 

 

 

Sunday, September 13, 1981 Celebrated today for Zak’s 12th birthday which is Tuesday.

 

A nice sunny day. I made or got another batch of green tomato mincemeat ready to cook. I done a few other jobs. We went down to Betty’s for Zak’s 12th birthday party. He will be 12 on Tuesday. Bill worked at camp.

 


 

 

 

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