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!

Thursday, March 2, 2023

April 14 - 17, 1985

 

Sunday, April 14, 1985

 

Cloudy, dreary day. Got up at about seven. Es is already up and Bill. We had breakfast. David, Zack, Betty Horton and Milan called. Es down to Milan’s. Billie, Esther and I called at Dorothea’s tonight. Fern is very good. Kim got home about 7 PM. She had a very good time. I’m glad she could go.

 

 

 

Monday, April 15, 1985

 

Today Patriots Day was observed which is the 19th. Esther made me 4 holders. She called at Susan’s, also called to see her stove at Delores’s. I washed, made a Indian pudding. Kay Fleck Maynard and her mother Helen Fleck called with Betty.

 



 

 

Tuesday, April 16, 1985 thunder shower hot, a nice spring day up in the 80s temps

 

I did some cooking, cake, rolls. Got veggies ready for supper. We had chicken, onions, lima beans, cranberry sauce and cukes. Hot rolls, mashed potato, cake and brownies. Kim came, she helped to get supper on table and helped with all the dishes. Esther to town, over to Susan’s etc.

 


 

 

Wednesday, April 17, 1985

 

A quite nice day except very windy and cold. Billie’s hands got so cold working outside. Esther over to Susan’s, she got her new washer and dryer in. She bought it of Milan and Betty’s. Billie hauled it up, also he took Milan’s tractor over to Norway. I watched soaps, had meatloaf tonight. Zack up for supper. Betty had Tom and Charlene for supper. Kim down there to work.

 



 

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