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!

Friday, April 29, 2022

March 19 - 21, 1982

 

Friday, March 19, 1982

 

A quite nice day. Sunny, snow melted. Billie and Heidi and Carmen took a walk down into the pasture. The crust is softening up. Carmen came up for breakfast. She and Betty cleaned up their house. Carmen is expecting guests this weekend. I washed windows, swept and cleaned the house etc. Betty, Walt, all three kids and Fern went out for supper tonight. Fish and chips at Pumpkin Valley Inn. Kim got off from work to go.

 

 

 

Saturday, March 20, 1982

 

A big surprise as we expected nice sunny weather, now we got a very nice sunny mild day. Temps up to 45 – 55°. I done my work, swept, dusted, washed floors, made bread etc. Took a bath and before one, we all done. Kim came up for breakfast this morning. David called and had coffee. Kim talked and seemed very happy. She used to be so quiet and shy. She gets over that as she gets older. Bill set all day. I think he would go crazy. Billie in and out. Billie and Heidi didn’t get down very far, the snow is soft.

 

 

 

Sunday, March 21, 1982

 

We had all kinds of weather today. It was clear then it got cloudy, it snowed, it rained and also we got some thunder showers. Carmen is expecting company. I hope it won’t turn to bad weather. I done up my regular work. Got all cleaning done. Carmen called in PM. It began to snow in late PM. Betty and Walt up to camp. Bill and I called at David and Dorothea’s. Joy, Cindy, Debbie, Jay, Jessica called in evening. Tonight Carmen got a call, one of her friends can’t make it. One car came, Becky.

 

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