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!

Sunday, October 2, 2022

October 21 - 23, 1983 Fern's 81st Birthday

 

Friday, October 21, 1983 FERN 81 YEARS

 

A very nice day. I done up my regular work. Did a dite of washing. I washed windows, made two pies, cake and cooked the boiled dinner. A very good piece of meat which made a delicious dinner. Fern came up at about 3 PM. Susan and Monica came and Dorothea called also. We had supper than in evening Betty and family, Alan and Dorothea came. We had birthday cake and ice cream and apple pie. Fern got nice gifts and was very pleased with them. Horton kids and Alan went down to see Bill. He wasn’t very talkative. Betty and Dawn papered and painted the dark bedroom. Carmen worked on the roof.

 


 

 

Saturday, October 22, 1983 Wood

 

A very nice sunny day. Today they worked on Walt’s wood, got sawed and in the pile he bought off Bill down here in the pasture. I did a washing. I ironed, I made bread, macaroni and cheese. I changed the beds and did up the Saturday work. David helped with the wood. Also Billie, Betty, Zak, Carmen and Kim and Alan was here in PM and helped.

 

 

 

Sunday, October 23, 1983 wood all in

 

It was partly sunny in a.m., it clouded up in the PM and began to rain about dark. They worked on the wood down at Walt’s, got that all sawed and in too. The same crew as yesterday. Billie and I down to see Bill tonight. He is the same as he has been. They are getting him ready to operate on in a day or two. Many Marines US were killed in Beirut today, a big explosion. Walt had to go to Rhode Island on business, left about 2 PM, got there at 5:45.

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