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!

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

July 16 - 18, 1985 Party for Susan

 

Tuesday, July 16, 1985 Hot

 

I done up the work. Watched my morning soap. I defrosted the fridge. Betty, Bill, kids and I over to Harrison Heights to look at a place. I don’t like it. I bet it would be dangerous place to live, all made hill land. Also we went over to Fryeburg to see the place Carmen liked. Came home, cooked a steaks supper in the new grill. Had peas, very good. Had Zack up. Betty and Walt out for supper ta Kay Fleck Maynard’s. Dorothea called today. Milan’s folks gone up to New Hampshire. I ironed. Kim and Carmen up.

 

 

 

Wednesday, July 17, 1985 MOWED HAY

 

A very nice cool sunny dry day. Billie mowed Walt’s hay. I picked rest of peas and some string beans for supper. Kids called. Bill, Betty and kids over to Fryeburg and Norway. Norma and Dorothea took a ride looking at antiques.

 

 

 

Thursday, July 18, 1985 Susan’s party

 

I went to town with Dorothea today. I came home, got peas ready for supper. I did my hair in PM. Jason up here while Betty and Norma went to town. In evening up to Dorothea’s for Susan’s graduation party. She did very well and stuck to it. I’ll be glad when she gets a job now. Butch’s baler broke down. He couldn’t finish baling the hay. Walt went up to see man and he came right down with his baler and got rest of that baled and they got it all in.

 


 

 

 

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