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 18, 2022

May 8 - 11, 1983

 

Sunday, May 8, 1983

 

A fair day, mild, some sun with a few high clouds, very windy to help dry the ground. Mother’s Day. I had very pretty flowers from Carmen, Kim and Zak. Candy from Dorothea, an electric iron from Billie and money from Betty. I worked in the kitchen all day. Bill worked on the porch foundation. Billie called at Fern’s. Kim worked all day. Dennis Adair called to see if Dorothea was here. Wanted to know about Jeff.

 




 

 

Monday, May 9, 1983 Rain, Kim and Roger

 

Another rainy day. Anyway Dorothea and Betty came, we cleaned my kitchen. It looks very nice. Bill did just a little outside. Billie didn’t do much either. Got two pullet eggs. Kim’s and Roger’s picture came taken out Fox Ridge in New Hampshire on the night of the prom. VERY NICE. They looked very nice.


 

 

 

 

Tuesday, may 10, 1983 Billie to Dr. Donegan, Partly sunny day

 

Well we got up this morning, it was clear and nice. It clouded up and rest of the day it was cloudy, sunny and showery. Today Dorothea and I took him to his Dr. in Portland. They have set up the day for his open heart surgery May 27th. Bill worked on the porch then went to Dr. for checkup. Kim babysitting and Roger came.

 

 

 

Wednesday, May 11, 1983

 

Open and shut day, it was cloudy and showery most of the day. In PM sun shone some. I washed, done up the housework, got a stew to cooking for supper. Betty called. David and Dorothea. David here most all day and they got the manure all hauled out. In PM Billie got a call to come in Saturday the 14th to the hospital will be operated on the 16th. So that will get him well over the operation by the 27th date originally set for the surgery. Roger at Betty’s all day.

 

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