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 24, 2023

February 1 - 4, 1986

Saturday, February 1, 1986

 

A beautiful day. I have been busy all day. Washed windows, floors, cooked today etc. Bill been reading. Billie done up his chores, up to David’s. Betty called a minute and Milan. A nice sunny day, on the cool side.

 

 

 

Sunday, February 2, 1986

 

It was cloudy this morning and snowing when we got up. Got up and got the work done. Got up at seven. Walt came up and had coffee. He made out some papers for Bill. Later on in a.m. I went over to Carmen’s with Betty and Kim. They worked on plans for the wedding etc. Then we went to Michael’s to a fashion show on wedding gowns and evening gowns. I won a prize for a gift of flowers. The electricity went off tonight for over an hour.

 

 

 

Monday, February 3, 1986 $399, $174

 

On the coolish side but sunny and clear. I worked at the desk making out bills etc. Betty Smith called today. Carmen called today. Barry back to work at Betty’s today.

 

 

 

Tuesday, February 4, 1986

 

A nice sunny day. I got the work done up and took off for Norway. Billie and I, we did the shopping. Carmen met us over there. She did a dite of shopping. Came home, took care of the groceries. Got supper. Bill to the doctors for checkup. Betty down to Naples to see about glass for her bathroom.

 

 

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