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 14, 2023

September 14 - 16, 1985 Zak's Sweet Sixteen!

 

Sunday, September 14, 1985

 

A nice day. I been busy, made rolls, washed floors, got the lunch. Then Betty came and we went to Carmen’s then to Norway to do Zack’s birthday shopping. Then we came back at Carmen’s. Kim, Zack and Eddie, Tara and Trinna was there. We visited a while then came back home and got the rolls baked, got supper.

 

 

 

Sunday, September 15, 1985 Zack 16 years today

 

I got up about 7 AM, done up the work, had breakfast. Walt called. I defrosted refrigerator. Made a apple pie, Chocolate cake and a salt fish chowder. Dorothea, David, Fern, Betty, Milan, Bill, Billie and a friend of Carmen’s (Erica) and their family for Zak’s 16th birthday. He got many nice gifts and money. I carry radio, clothing, Dorothea’s cake and ice cream. This evening Betty S and Betty H and Carmen over to the CKE junction home and papered the little bedroom upstairs.




 



 

 

 

Monday, September 16, 1985

 

The bedroom upstairs is beautiful. Carmen painted the floor one coat, also her bedroom floor. Betty and I washed the windows inside and out. Betty took all the storm windows and washed them. We got along just great, it is a very pretty home. I came home, did a dite of wash. Cleaned up and got supper. A bad accident over on route 117, one person killed. Carlton, Phyllis and Amy called this evening. They were down to Milan’s for supper.

 

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