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, April 3, 2022

December 11 - 14, 1981

Friday, December 11, 1981

 

Another cloudy day. I’ve been busy all day. I washed the windows. I made a beef hash for supper. I vacuumed the whole house.

 

 

 

Saturday, December 12, 1981

 

At last it cleared off and it was a beautiful day. I done a lot of work. Made rolls, bread, baked some nice white beans. Zak up early for breakfast and watched his TV shows. I got my work done quite early. David called. Bill and Billie in and out.

 

 

 

Sunday, December 13, 1981

 

Well we had another very nice day. I got up about 7:30. Got the breakfast, done up the work. I wrote three letters, and written and some of the cards done. I’ll be glad to get them off. No one here today. Billie down to Fern’s. Bill down to town early to get cigarettes. Kim gone to a Christmas party at Debbie Woodbury’s house tonight.

 

 

 

Monday, December 14, 1981

 

A nice sunny day. It was on the cool side, not too bad though. Billie and I over to Norway to Christmas shop. He got rest of his done. I came home and cooked a steak supper. Clouded up in the PM, to start snowing tonight.

 

 

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