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, November 23, 2022

April 24 - 27, 1984

 

Tuesday, April 24, 1984

 

Again the rain came back. I worked on my bedroom cleaning bureau draws, radiator etc. Bill home all day. Dorothea had to use his car. Billie home most of the day, he got caught up on his reading.

 

 

 

Wednesday, April 25, 1984

 

Another miserable miserable day, it rained hard all day. How much longer can we have this weather. Anyway I cleaned my closet and bedroom and then I did Billie’s closet and bureau and radiator. Fern had an upset today because the state told her she couldn’t have all of that help. Just one person, a live-in. Walt to Rhode Island for the day. Billie to Norway to get seeds for garden. Bill to the doctor. He had to use Billie’s truck, he is okay.

 

 

 

Thursday, April 26, 1984

 

It was cloudy, but no rain when we got up. It soon became all blue sky and sunny. I did closet and draws in bathroom today. Betty did my shopping. Billie fencing.

 

 

 

Friday, April 27, 1984

 

A very nice day, sunny and a beautiful day. I washed windows, did a wash. Billie washed some of the windows on the outside. They look some better. Billie fence. Bill fixed some post for Betty. I called to see Minnie, she looks good. Betty called also. Dorothea called after work. Carmen and Kim out shopping and to eat. Carmen is all shook up about Alan, he is letting her down. She is seeing him for just what he is. I pity her. Dawn is not very good. Zak to a friends house.

 

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