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, April 27, 2022

March 11 - 14, 1982 Carmen Home, Fire at Swanson's

 

Thursday, March 11, 1982

 

Well up again this morning, in the clouds. Foggy. I need it so. I do wish we could see some sun. I done up the work, went to town. Came home. Got things started for supper. Watched TV in PM.

 

 

 

Friday, March 12, 1982 Carmen came about 11 PM

 

A miserable day, foggy and cloudy. One good thing, it was milder and all night it is taking the snow down. I did regular work. I washed some windows, put a rinse on my hair. Bill up to Dorothea’s in a.m., down to Betty’s in PM. Billie in and out. Kim gone babysitting. Well tonight about 11 PM Carmen came from school. She came with Becky and her father. She has come for a two weeks break. Debbie, Jay, Natasha, Zenya, Laurie also. Kim didn’t get home from work very early. Carmen called last night, she looks so good and I was so glad to see her.


Not  sure what is going on here!

 

 

 

 

Saturday, March 13, 1982

 

Well another miserable cloudy foggy rainy day. I done my work. Washed rest of the windows. I made bread and rolls. I washed floors and took a bath. Kim called a little while then went up to Dawn’s. Tara idolizes Kim. She is Kim’s dog. She misses are so much when she is away.

 

 

Sunday, March 14, 1982 Swanson store burned

 

Windy. Well this is been a better day than usual. A lot of sun today, some clouds. It was on the windy side. David called. I done up my work. Then went up to Dorothea’s to see the floors. They are beautiful and look very nice. I’m very glad for her that she has got that done. We called at Betty and Walt’s. Tom and Charlene called. Had a nice visit. Came home then called at Fern’s. She was very pleased. Also we went and saw David’s cows and Billie’s. Bill, Carmen, Zak and I went to see the fire at Swanson store all burned up.

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