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, May 27, 2022

June 30 - July 2, 1982

Wednesday, June 30, 1982 No Rain, DOROTHEA $900

 

Well the sun came up this morning. It kind of got a little cloudy. It was fair weather clouds. I done regular work and did a dite of washing. Bill and Betty up to camp and Zak. Kim was up today. She was sick yesterday. Billie did a dite of mowing. He trimmed lawns. It seemed so good to see such a nice day after the awful weather of yesterday. Dorothea sold a big lot today. Over $900. She and everyone was so pleased. I hope she keeps it up.

 

 

 

Thursday, July 1, 1982 NICE DAY, picked strawberries

 

Quite a nice day, it was windy but the sun made it quite warm. Toward late PM the wind made it quite cool. Billie trimmed lawns. Bill mowed after supper. Bill and Betty and Zak up to camp. Kim up middle forenoon, she looked more rested and acted better. She worked tonight. Carmen worked about three hours overtime tonight. Billie got awful lame very bad today. Betty took us to town. Fern went and got her hair done.

 

 

 

Friday, July 2, 1982 picked a few berries, NO RAIN $488.50 old amount $522 new amount

 

Clear when we got up this morning but it got hazy. Bill, Betty and Zak up to camp. I done regular work and worked at desk. I went to town in late PM. It was a quite nice day, on the windy side which made it a dite cool. Billie and I up to the camp, and it looks very good. They did a good job. Carmen called this PM. Kim home sick today. Joy up to Betty’s camp. She had Ronald so they couldn’t talk things over.

 

 

 

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