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, April 30, 2023

November 11 - 14, 1985

 

Monday, November 11, 1985 Cloudy, Snow Flurries

 

Another cloudy dismal day. I didn’t get up very early. (A holiday). I got the breakfast, done up the work. Did the washing, got supper started. Billie over to the girls house today. Milan called, Dobbins called. Carmen having asthma trouble. Kimmy not very good, problems. She may need to go to the Dr. for checkup, a medication.

 

 

 

Tuesday, November 12, 1985

 

Rain, snow and rain. A miserable day. I cooked a chicken dinner. Done the ironing. Milan and Betty called. I watched shows, been busy all day. Today Dorothea called on her way home. Betty and Carmen cleaned some more at Betty’s.

 

 

 

Wednesday, November 13, 1985

 

Well at last we had some sunshine today, it was good to see sun at last. It was mild too. It cooled off towards night. I called at Betty’s a little while. She showed me her clean house. Betty Smith called also Milan and Carmen. Carmen is sick with asthma, also Kim is sick. Bill is passing blood again. Billie enjoys working with the two new heifers. I watched my TV shows today. Carmen called tonight on way home from work, still not feeling good.

 

 

Cats soaking up the sun

 

Thursday, November 14, 1985

 

Nice and sunny in a.m., it cleared up though before noon. I did the wash, wrote to Esther. Bill still bleeding. Carmen still has asthma.

 

 

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