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, February 4, 2023

January 5 - 8, 1985

Saturday, January 5, 1985

 

Nice sunny, on the cool windy side. Today Zack went to work at pleasant mountain as a bus boy. He did other things too. His friend Peter Rogers is there working also. Carmen came up today. She, Betty and Walt were out looking at houses to buy or rent. Kim had to work today also I done up the housework, washed floors etc. I made rolls for the first time in several weeks. Some wind today, not bad. We did not get the bad storm.

 

 

 

Sunday, January 6, 1985 a nice sunny day.

 

On the cold side when we got up. Carmen, Walt and Betty looking at houses or apartments. Dorothea here, also Susan.

 

 

 

Monday, January 7, 1985 cloudy

 

I did a big wash today. Bill and I went down to see Betty’s house also Zack. He has trouble with his kidney. Betty is getting the house ready to paper paint and make the bathroom over downstairs. The upstairs BR looks very good since she and Dorothea did it over. Billie called to see Zack also. Carmen working all day. Kim didn’t work today. They called here this evening.

 

 

 

Tuesday, January 8, 1985

 

When we got up it was snowing! Then it stopped and cleared off. I did my ironing. I worked at my 1984 diary, cooked a roast beef. I watched shows.

 

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