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, March 4, 2023

April 21 - 24, 1985

Sunday, April 21, 1985

 

A quite nice mild day. Done up the work, up to Dorothea and David’s to see Fern. Milan, Betty S, Es and me. Dorothea took Fern down to Dots. Carmen was here, she was some excited about a date last night. Dot bought Es stove, they got it today. Billie and David up to East Stoneham, he bought a heifer. Carmen and Zack did the horses. They moved Milan’s bathtub

 



 

 

 

 

Monday, April 22, 1985

 

A cloudy day and some showers in the forenoon. We washed. Milan called. Esther and Bill to town. We got a pot roast supper to going. I made a peach pie for supper. Kimmy finished doing the stenciling in Betty’s dining room. Carmen called tonight, she has a ring (class) from Daniel to wear around her neck. She is so pleased and excited, she likes him very much. May lead to a long friendship. We will see

 

 

 

Tuesday, April 23, 1985

 

A fair day, on the cool side. I did the ironing. Esther up to Dorothea’s for the day. Billie busy all day. Bill scraping paint. Carmen is busy with her new guy. He and she has quite a lot in common. Kim working at Betty’s today. The job looks so nice she is doing. She and Eddie are very friendly and much in love I’d say. Things at last are looking up for those two girls. Good jobs and new friends.

 

 

 

Wednesday, April 24, 1985 calf came

 

A beautiful day, very mild. I didn’t do much. Billie got a new durham heifer today. David came, later on Esther. Billie and I went to Norway to get something for the open house party. Came home, watched TV. Got a steak supper.

 

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