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 28, 2023

November 3 - 6, 1985

 

Sunday, November 3, 1985

 

Cloudy and quite cold. Bill and I called at Milan and Betty’s. Their place looks so nice. Betty has a beautiful cellar fixed up for her kitchen. Billie in and out. Carmen and Kim came over to help get the wood sawed.

 

 

 

Monday, November 4, 1985

 

Cloudy all day. I did a washing. Billie out and in. Bill to the doctor. Carmen called this PM. She went to town and cashed check. Betty to the Dr. with her back again. I hope it will get better soon. Bill got an appointment to go to Portland for a checkup. Today they checked out the Ring House for the escaped convict (Chase), he was seen there.

 

 

 

Tuesday, November 5, 1985 RAIN, OIL

 

Today it has rained all day. Dorothea called. Milan called. Billie over to Clyde Rowe’s. Rose called to fill out papers for the oil. I made a mac & cheese for supper, a grapenut pudding. They came about Bill’s hearing aid, brought the new ones. They work good. We was late about supper because the man didn’t come til suppertime.

 

 

 

Wednesday, November 6, 1985 PERM, TAXES

 

Cloudy and rain again. We still are having raining cloudy weather. We have got a lot more rain, which we needed very much. I got up early, got the work done. Took a bath and shampooed my hair. Bill had to go to Dr. Winchenbach  for a checkup. They got to watch the blood condition. I came home, got the lunch. Got the roast beef supper started. Watched TV programs. Milan was here, also Carmen called. We paid the taxes today. Billie down to help Milan set up a shelf.

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