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, August 5, 2022

March 20 - 22, 1983 Billie's Birthday

 

Sunday, March 20, 1983

 

Well it was very cloudy and dreary all day until about three in the PM then the sun appeared with a lot of black clouds around. It was so good to see the sun. Kim called in a.m. Susan and Monica called and Joy came in PM then in evening before’s dark Zak dropped in. Later in evening Betty and Walt came and brought the paper up. I done rest of the regular work. Wrote to Esther, got a card ready to go for Dot’s birthday.

 

 

 

Monday, March 21, 1983 Balloon, Sun this morning

 

It was clear when I got up this morning. No clouds around. It sure looked good when the sun came up this morning. It hasn’t done that in just one week. I washed and did the ironing. Carmen called. Betty, Kim and Zak. Betty saw a balloon land out here in the field. Kim came home and brought it into the house. A note in it. Kim is going to answer the note.

 

 

 

Tuesday, March 22, 1983 BILLIE’S 52ND BIRTHDAY

 

Today is Billie’s 52nd birthday. I made the birthday cake, done up the work to get ready for the birthday dinner and the party after supper. 52 years ago today the mud was about a foot deep. I cooked a bake smoked shoulder for Billie’s birthday supper. Fern and Carmen here for supper than the Hortons came also Dorothea got back in time. Billie got gifts and $105 in money. He got some very pretty cards too. Dorothea went down to help Jeff move today again.

 

 

 





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