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!

Friday, January 13, 2023

October 20 - 22, 1984 Fern's 82nd Birthday

Saturday, October 20, 1984 got egg, DAVID GOT TRACTOR

 

Early this morning it was foggy and cloudy. It cleared at about 10:30 or 11 AM. I got my (work) done up, washed floors etc. Dorothea and David came. David was going to get his tractor. He is some pleased, it is ready. Dorothea went shopping. Bill and I went with her in the new escort. It is a beautiful car, it is so much easier to handle. Station wagon and maroon color. It is beautiful. Carmen gone to U of M at Orono for the homecoming program. Hortons and Smiths worked on the Cemetery fence. David got his tractor today. He is so pleased. It has been repaired. I hope it lasts him a long time.

 

 

 

Sunday, October 21, 1984 Kim up to hospital

 

Well it was clear most of the morning then it got cloudy and showery in PM. I done up the work after getting up late. Hortons and Smiths working on fence. Bill and I went down and took Fern’s bouquet down to her house about noon. We went down to see Kim a minute. We came home and then I had supper early and I went down to Fern’s with Betty and Milan for her 82nd birthday. She had a nice day. Felt better. Kim Horton up to the hospital for a bad side pain. It is an inflamed cartilage. Fern got many pretty cards. Some money and bird feed, a pie and cookies.

 



 

 

 

 

Monday, October 22, 1984

 

Another quite nice day, I got the regular work done. I washed and ironed. David called in a.m. We got an egg today. Kim didn’t feel very good. Fern is very depressed today. Bill and Billie to doctors today. Bill’s sugar is still way up. Billie had the place on his foot taken care of. I cooked a roast pork supper. I made applesauce. Milan and Betty up here for supper. Betty down to Fern’s while Carmen was away. Bill and I rode over to the Cemetery. It is nice over (there), a pretty spot for a burial ground. Kim still sick. Bill and I went down to see her in a.m. In evening Bill, Betty S and I took some aspirin down to her.

 

 

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