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!

Thursday, August 4, 2022

March 16 - 19, 1983

 

Wednesday, March 16, 1983

 

I didn’t do too much today. Regular work. I went down to Betty’s for a little while. Billie came down on his walk. The guy, Phil Douglas, came and looked at the truck. He is very interested. He will take it if he can borrow the money.

 

 

 

Thursday, March 17, 1983

 

Cloudy, dreary day. I done up the work. Got ready to go to town. Carmen took us today. Betty and Walt gone to Portland. Billie took his walk and Heidi. Then he got ready, he and Carmen went to Portland. Billie to the doctors. His sugar is okay. Carmen stayed down. Kim came up and had supper here, she was going to Portland but she missed Billie and Carmen.

 

 

 

Friday, March 18, 1983

 

Another one of those awful cloudy days. I made pies. Washed windows, washed the clothes. Changed some of the beds. I done up the work. Took my bath. Bill read papers and magazines, walked down to Betty’s. Billie out walking and walked down to Betty’s. Carmen in Portland today, coming here for supper. She and Kimmy went to the game at school tonight.

 

 

 

Saturday, March 19, 1983 RAIN

 

What a bad rainy day this is. It has rained so hard all day. I done up regular work, swept, dusted beds etc., washed the kitchen floor. Made bread. Dorothea and David called. David emptied Billie’s grain. Dorothea called about Social Security for Billie. Betty Smith called. Milan came home from the hospital Thursday.

 

 

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