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!

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

December 12 - 14, 1985

 

Thursday, December 12, 1985 Plowed Snow

 

A nice day. Sunny and not too cold. I done up the work. Changed beds. Did the washing, worked on the packages. Kim came in PM and finished helping. Dorothea called. She is going to Paris to shop. She got me a few things. Milan called. Bill down to check on the new porch. Kim down to Betty’s. We had quite a lot of snow last night. Phonie plowed.

 

 

 

Friday, December 13, 1985

 

Clear in early a.m. It clouded up. Milan and Betty called. It began snowing in late PM. We are going to have a lot tonight. It is snowing hard and bad travel. Kim and Eddie made it home. Also Carmen.

 

 

 

Saturday, December 14, 1985

 

A nice sunny day. Mild until mid PM then the wind came up and got awful cold. I done up the work. Made a pie. Washed floors. Zack up and helped Billie shoveled. Bill over to Carmen and Kim’s. Billie up to David’s. I made out Christmas cards.

 

Charlene's House

The Farm

 

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