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!

Monday, February 27, 2023

April 3 - 6, 1985

Wednesday, April 3, 1985

 

Bill beginning to feel better. He went to town to get chips and soda. In PM he took the checks down and cashed them.

 

 

 

Thursday, April 4, 1985

 

A very nice sunny day,  that snow is all gone. Like spring again except they say more snow tonight. I done up my work, got ready to go shopping with Dorothea. We both did a lot of shopping. Got home at about 12:30. I got my supper to going after lunch then I watched soaps. I went down to see what they had got done at Betty’s. Kim and Eddie had been painting today. Fern had a miserable day. Her shin (or skin)  is bothering her. Milan called this evening a little while.

 

 

 

Friday, April 5, 1985 school buses running one hour late

 

A cloudy rainy day and snow came. I washed, cleaned the oven, made a pie. Been busy. Watched most of the PM soaps. Milan and Betty called. Dorothea and David down to Milan and Betty’s this PM.

 

 

 

Saturday, April 6, 1985

 

Cloudy and showery all day. I put a rinse on my hair. Did regular work, washed floors, dusted etc. Zack and Betty been moving Fern’s things up to Dorothea’s.

 

 





 

 

 

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