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 27, 2022

June 9 - 12, 1983

 

Thursday, June 9, 1983 A NICE DAY, STARTED PORCH

 

This is been a nice day all day, clear all night and nice and sunny all day. It is something we are not used to. It seems so good. There was some breeze which made it quite cool. Before 7 AM Barry Richardson and his father came and started the back porch. It will be very nice out there. They did a very good job as far as they went today. Billie to town with Dorothea, cashed his checks, got his haircut and other things. I went grocery shopping with Betty. Billie called at Fern’s.

 

 

 

Friday, June 10, 1983

 

Cloudy in a.m., on the coolish side with the South wind blowing in a breeze all day. They came again, worked on the porch. Betty came up and cleaned up outside, packed up the junk etc. Bill, Kimmy mowed lawns then Zak mowed his and Kim trimmed down there too. The sun came out late in PM. I didn’t do much today.

 

 

Saturday, June 11, 1983 AT LAST A VERY HOT HOT DAY

 

 

The first time all this spring we have had a hot day. I made a cake, baked beans and cleaned up the house. Kids up, Tom and Charlene called. Billie a little tired after yesterday.

 

 

 

Sunday, June 12, 1983

 

Another very hot hot day. I got up at 7:30, got the breakfast, did up the work. Dorothea and David came. Susan and Monica came. Charlene, Tom, Betty, Walt and Carmen, Kim and Zak called. Hortons up to Twin Oaks for a cookout. Down to Fern’s in evening. Betty got Fern’s little outside building ready to move some furniture into. Woodrow Dobbins called on Bill.

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