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, March 6, 2023

April 28 - 30, 1985 Esther Leaves

Sunday, April 28, 1985 Esther left

 

Mostly cloudy. Rain in PM to evening. Verna and Brud left today at 3:30 PM. They came down to get Esther. A funny feeling when she left. She was ready to go home. Billie and Zack haulded manure at Walt’s. Carmen up and told us of her experiences, real funny.

 

 

 

Monday, April 29, 1985 Es flies to Florida today, rugs came

 

I did a big washing today. I cleaned the electric stove and refrigerator. Betty’s new rugs came today, they look very nice. They are beautiful. Bill and I called to see them this evening. Also they have started the ditches and will put the bathroom fixtures and bathtub in tomorrow. Esther left Brud’s today to go back to Florida.

 

 

 

Tuesday, April 30, 1985

 

I did the ironing and got the back porch done. Billie did all the WINDOWS on the outside. Bill to the Dr. for checkup. I called at Betty’s this morning, the dining room looks very nice.

 

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