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!

Tuesday, October 4, 2022

October 27 - 30, 1983

Thursday, October 27, 1983

 

A nice sunny day. Carmen and I to town. We called up to see Bill. He is very sore and sick with pain. He has gout in his elbows. We got home about 1 PM. We washed car and truck windows in PM. I missed most of the programs again. OIL

 

 

 

Friday, October 28, 1983

 

I done regular work. I washed some windows, got ready to go with Carmen to fix the car over to Auburn. Betty cleaned her downstairs out to the living room. Kim to Portland this PM with the kids. Got home about 11 PM. Betty and I down to see Bill, he is suffering a lot with the gout, pain is unbearable. Billie and Zak down to see him in PM. Down to see the new bedroom at Betty’s, it looks very nice.

 

 

 

Saturday, October 29, 1983 got the horses in for first time

 

A cold partly cloudy and windy day. Billie and Zak hauled the dressing out and got the water hose in. Also other fall jobs. I made bread, cream puffs, cleaned up the house. Betty and Walt out for supper. Zak up here for the night. Carmen and Alan to party. Kim had friends in.

 

 

 

Sunday, October 30, 1983 CALF

 

This morning Dorothea and David brought the calf down. One Billie bought of David’s steer, for beef. He is a very good one. Tame, gentle and a big baby. David makes a lot of them and they are so gentle. Billie done a few odd jobs down to Fern’s. Kim came up, we worked on the puzzle. Billie and I down to the hospital. Bill is a dite relieved of pain because of the medication he is having. His feet are a sight, they are swollen so much. Fern went to church.

 

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