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!

Friday, April 7, 2023

August 19 - 22, 1985

 

Monday, August 19, 1985

 

Partly cloudy day. Some sun. I did the wash and regular work. Bill and I to Greenwood with Betty and Carmen to see Tom’s house. A good location for place to go to think and be by oneself. It was a pleasant location. Came home, got lunch, started my supper. Betty and Carmen hauled boxes down to the apartment to move in. In PM watched TV shows.

 

 

 

Tuesday, August 20, 1985

 

Cloudy and showery in morning, it cleared in a.m. I did ironing, made a squash pie and defrosted refrigerator. Got ready to go down to Thena’s in PM. Milan, Betty, Dorothea, Fern, Betty and I all spent the afternoon down there. We enjoyed it and Thena was very pleased we came down. Zack called this PM, home for supper than back to work. It cleared off but on the coolish side.

 

 

 

Wednesday, August 21, 1985

 

It is been a nice day. I went to town with Betty. Carmen came up. I done some odd jobs. Billie down town and around. Kimmy working all this week.

 

 

 

Thursday, August 22, 1985

 

A quite hot day. We, Betty H, Betty S, Carmen and I went to Auburn and Lewiston shopping. I got my birthday gift from Betty and Walt. A very pretty set of dishes. I got a new toaster, also a very pretty dress from Zack (birthday gift), also from Betty. Betty Smith bought her a new black and white television for her kitchen, a camera, coffee pot. Bill to the doctors in Portland. He is doing okay Dr. told him.

 

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