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, June 5, 2022

August 2 - 5, 1982

 

Monday, August 2, 1982

 

Well a cloudy rainy day. I did my wash. Had to dry them in the dryer. I watched the soaps in PM. Kim didn’t work. Zak called, he is doing a very good job with his chicks. Zak and Kim went over to Pleasant Mountain with the Tomei’s and rode down the slide. Billie did a dite of mowing at David’s and Arthur Andrews. Also at Junior Chadbourne’s. Bill and I called at Betty’s. It looks very nice down there.

 

 

 

Tuesday, August 3, 1982 $363, $159

 

Well not a very good day. I got my work done up early and got ready and went down to Thena’s for the day. Esther, Fern and I. We had a nice day and a very good dinner. It was cloudy and showery then about the time we got ready to come home it cleared off. Billie’s colds still bad.

 

 

 

Wednesday, August 4, 1982

 

A fair day. I done up regular work. Bill to town and put the checks in. I got vegetable from the gardens for supper. I saw Carmen when she went to work this morning. Bill getting bad again. He is bleeding.

 

 

 

Thursday, August 5, 1982 CARMEN

 

An all weather day. It finally cleared and nice and warm. I done up the regular work and went to town. Didn’t start till late and it was late when we got home. I fixed beet greens for supper. Billie finished mowing up to Charlene’s. Bill didn’t do much today. Well tonight Carmen had another date (dinner).

 

 

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