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, April 24, 2023

October 19 - 21, 1985 Aunt Fern's 83rd Birthday

 

Saturday, October 19, 1985 4 eggs

 

Rain again, not too heavy. Mostly cloudy in PM. I done up regular work, washed floors. David called and Milan. I washed floors. Made a cake and rolls. I went over to Carmen’s with Bill. He took some clothes of Carmen’s over. Came home, got supper. Sent some rolls up to Dorothea. Barry Richardson came to check out Milan’s porch about building it. Carmen cleaned her house today.

 

 

 

Sunday, October 20, 1985

 

A cold windy day. I got up at about 7 AM. Got the breakfast, done up the work. David called this morning. Betty called. Walt up and had coffee. Zack got his first egg. Susan and Milan called today and Zack. Betty, Walt and Zack over to Carmen and Kim’s for supper. Eddie and Kim called in PM.

 

 

 

Monday, October 21, 1985 FERN’S BIRTHDAY

 

A very nice sunny day. Quite mild. Only 30° when we got up. I made a pie. Prepared boiled dinner vegetables. I went to the store to get meat, came home. Got the meat on to cook. I did a big wash. I cleaned Bill and Billie’s bed. Carmen came and took me to town to get a card for Fern and a gift. Carmen called again in PM. I got to watch most of the shows today. Billie all around today. Betty’s back is bothering her again. In evening Betty H and Betty S, Milan and I up to Fern’s for her birthday. Dorothea has tomorrow off. Fern had a new PERMANENT for her 83rd birthday.

 


 

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