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!

Sunday, March 5, 2023

April 25 - 27, 1985

 

Thursday, April 25, 1985

 

Esther to town with Dorothea. I went down to see the new windows. Kim came up and got me. Carmen very excited this morning. Dan brought her a beautiful bouquet of red roses last night. He took her over to meet his folks. She was very impressed. Nice people. Carmen has an interview at the NCM hospital. Billie cleaning up the roadside. It looks much better. Sat on the back porch. Very warm and mild.

 

 

 

Friday, April 26, 1985 a home party for Milan and Betty

 

Another very nice mild sunny day. I did a washing. Es helped before she went down to Betty’s. They did some dish cupboards for Betty. Kim there painting. Es and I getting ready for the party at Milan and Betty’s. Dot, Lorraine, Jason, Betty, Carmen, Kim and Zack, Susan Rager, Susan and Lynn Hewson, Dorothea, Joy, Cindy Wolf, Milan and Betty. They got some nice pretty gifts.

 






 

 

 

 

Saturday, April 27, 1985 manure

 

Cloudy and rain showers in a.m. In PM it began to clear, it was on the cold side and the wind blowing. Billie and Zack hauled manure. Esther helped do up the work. She went over to Susan’s for the day. Carmen called in a.m., also Susan for a little while. In PM Carmen called with a friend Dan Dingley. He is a nice guy, not Carmen’s idea of a husband. She, Dan, Kim and Eddie and a friend of hers at the nursing home out for the evening.

 

 

 

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