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!

Wednesday, September 14, 2022

August 17 - 20, 1983

 

Wednesday, August 17, 1983

 

A nice day, hot and humid. I did a wash. I finished picking the blueberries over. I picked string beans etc. Bill done a few odd jobs. Billie done his usual work. Billie went up to camp to get Kim. She and the dog stayed up there last night.

 

 

 

Thursday, August 18, 1983

 

I done up the regular work. Betty and I to town. I came home, got the dinner and then I watched TV soaps. Bill worked on the porch curtain rolls etc. Billie busy all day in and out. Kim came up tonight to stay all night. She worked tonight, first time since she got home over five weeks.

 

 

 

Friday, August 19, 1983

 

A nice day, a pretty day. It was too hot, a dite of breeze. I done up my regular work and Kim and I went down to her house. We made root beer and I helped Betty do some windows. We cleaned her porch up. Dorothea called in PM. She has been busy all day. I went to Susan Brown’s wedding. I watched some programs. Billie and Zak down to Gray to get some steaks and Zak took Billie out for dinner.

 

 

 

Saturday, August 20, 1983

 

A beautiful day, started out to be very hot but a wind came up and it helps about the awful heat. Billie back down to Gray. Bill didn’t do anything. David came down to get the fence posts. Kids up and Carmen. Carmen is very pleased to have a boyfriend Alan Barry.

 


 

 

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