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!

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

December 15 - 17, 1985 Special Delivery (after fixing the flat tire!)

 

Sunday, December 15, 1985

 

It was a quite nice sunny day. I done up work. Walt called. David and Milan. I backed cards, wrote letters. Betty and Walt went and got the trees today. Kim, Carmen and Zack got Betty’s in and decorated then after supper came up and did mine. It was a nice tree and looked very pretty. Betty S came up. Eddie was here too. Betty and I called at Charlene’s.

 





 

 


 

 

Monday, December 16, 1985

 

Another nice sunny day. I did a wash, made a apple pie. Got the supper started. Worked over to Carmen and Kim’s with Betty. I got my cards off today. Betty S and Betty H went to Windham today. Zack and Walt gone to Rhode Island to see Aunt Vi and his sister.

 

 

 

Tuesday, December 17, 1985

 

A nice sunny day. On the cold side. I done up my work, got ready. Billie and I went over and got Carmen. We went to Norway to finish the Christmas shopping and did grocery shopping. Had good luck. We got back so Carmen could have time to go to work. I got home in time to watch my programs. Betty and Dorothea out shopping today for gifts. They went all around. Betty and I down to Milan and Betty’s tonight. We saw her Christmas tree.

 

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