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, September 30, 2022

October 14 - 17, 1983

Friday, October 14, 1983

 

A beautiful day. It was very mild, some wind. I done up the regular work. I made a pie. Down to Betty’s for a little while. Billie worked out in his barn all day, on the windows, done some painting. I got a rinse on my hair today, it looks good, a good dark shade. They hauled all the lumber off today across the road. Bill didn’t feel at all good, he looks bad too.

 

 

 

Saturday, October 15, 1983

 

A very nice sunny day. They worked on the shed. Today Bill helped in a.m., he didn’t feel like going back in PM. I did regular work. Made bread, cake, washed floors. David came down. Dorothea worked today. Kim worked most of the day. Billie still working in the barn. Betty Smith called this forenoon on the phone.

 

 

 

Sunday, October 16, 1983 Carmen and Alan came home

 

Nice and sunny. I didn’t get up very early. I got the breakfast, did up the work, did a few odd and end jobs. Betty, Walt and Zak worked on the shed. Bill didn’t help. He is still sick. Tonight Carmen and Alan came home from Rhode Island where they had been for a week working for Walt painting Aunt Vi’s house. I was so glad to see them.

 

 

 

Monday, October 17, 1983

 

Cloudy all day. I did a wash. Carmen came up. She went to town, she picked up some things for me at the store. She did her laundry and has been very busy all day. Betty and Billie have moved and hauled things all day to the new shed. She is so pleased with it. They hauled the tractor down they bought off Billie.

 

 

 

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