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, January 29, 2023

December 16 - 19, 1984

 

Sunday, December 16, 1984

 

Well this has been a miserable day. I done up the work, got ready. We went down to Fern’s after Walt dismissed Gina. We cleaned up her house to get ready for the lady coming for a interview. Mary came back to work until the new lady gets back. Kim worked today. She and Carmen called this evening and then down to Betty’s to help do the cards.

 


 

 

Monday, December 17, 1984

 

At last a nice sunny day. It seems good. I wish we could get some snow though so Kim can work. She didn’t have to today. She and Bill took the cars to get them licensed. Kim got hers but Bill will have to go back. Carmen called this PM. She applied for a part-time job. I hope she can get it, also Kim. Carmen quite upset.

 

 

 

Tuesday, December 18, 1984

 

Kind of a cloudy day. Some sun. I have been very busy. I washed and ironed the kitchen curtains, bathroom, washed some of the windows. I wrote a letter to Pat L. I made two batches of fudge, cooked a stew for supper. Dorothea here this PM and again she and Betty in evening. Dorothea wrote some letters for Billie. Fern and Mary at Betty’s today. Billie to the Dr. for his feet over to Fryeburg today. Bill to town today.

Aunt Fern's annual visit to listen to Christmas Albums

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, December 19, 1984

 

Quite a cloudy day. It snowed in PM. I went down to Betty’s, we made the cornballs. I came home, made some more fudge. Carmen and Kim called.

 

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