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!

Saturday, August 13, 2022

April 20 - 23, 1983

 

Wednesday, April 20, 1983 RAIN SNOW HAIL AND A DITE OF SUN, cleaned Betty’s dining room cupboards

 

This has been a miserable day weatherwise. Rain, rain hard at times also snow and hail and heavy winds. A tree blue over at Weldon’s. Today went down to Betty’s and Fern. We did all of Betty’s dining room cupboards. She has so many pretty things. Fern stayed for supper and enjoyed that.

 

 


 

Thursday, April 21, 1983 NEW TOYOTA

 

Showers in a.m. A mostly stormy day, but it did clear and the sun came out for all afternoon. I done up work and went to town with Dorothea, Delores, Susan and Kim. I didn’t do any cleaning, just regular work. Watched programs in PM. I have missed them off and on this week. Tonight Walt came home in a new Toyota truck white with silver stripes, very pretty. Betty took me for a ride in it after supper. She likes and I don’t blame her, it is very nice, a good ride.

 

 

 

Friday, April 22, 1983 SUN CAME UP THIS MORNING

 

A very nice sunny day. I was busy all day. I cleaned up the house. I washed windows and cooked all rest of the day. Bread, cookies, pies, cake for Carmen’s care box. I hope it was fit to eat so they could enjoy it. Billie sent her a nice honey of about 5 pounds. Betty sent steak, canned goods and money. Zak up here all day, he helped Bill out back.

 

 

 

Saturday, April 23, 1983

 

A fair day, not as clear sun as yesterday. It was quite mild. I did a lot of work, made bread for supper, ironed, washed floors, swept and dusted. Roger came about 11:30 AM to visit with Kim. He will stay until tomorrow.

 

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