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!

Saturday, December 10, 2022

June 23 - 26, 1984

Saturday, June 23, 1984 Guernsey cow bred

 

A quite nice day, kind of cool, windy, not too cool though. Betty to meet someone to see about renting the Twin Rock camp. I done regular work, made rolls and washed floors. Not much going on this day.

 

 

 

Sunday, June 24, 1984

 

It dawned cloudy and on the cool side. Carmen called today, she is still working and striving to pay her bills. She has an extra job to begin on tonight at 4 PM waitressing at Sportsman’s Grill. She made about $40 on her first night.

 

 

 

Monday, June 25, 1984

 

A rainy miserable day. I did the washing, ironing and put a rinse on my hair. Made a blueberry pie also cooked a soup for supper. Real good. After supper we got ready, Betty, Dorothea, Iva and I all got ready and went down to call at Dorothea’s (I think she met Carmen’s). She has a nice little one person apartment. It looks very neat and clean. It is all hardwood floors. She was glad we came down. She gets lonesome all alone.

 

 

 

Tuesday, June 26, 1984

 

It was cloudy and rainy all a.m. I made a pudding, defrosted the refrigerator. Watched the TV programs.

 

 

 

 

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