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 30, 2023

February 22 - 25, 1986

Saturday, February 22, 1986

 

A very nice clear sunny day. A dite of wind. Bill to hospital for his insulin shot today. Morning and PM. Billie still in hospital. Zack up and done chores and shoveled. Milan and Betty called in PM. I did regular work, washed floors, vacuum, dusted, washed some windows etc. Made rolls. It was awful to see all the snow around. Zack’s friend went home this morning. Haven’t seen or heard from Carmen or Kim today.

 




 

 

Sunday, February 23, 1986

 

Well it was a partly cloudy and sunny day. Walt up this morning for coffee. Milan called a little while. He had been to see Billie. In PM Betty and I called to see him. Also Dorothea and David. Dorothea got stranded along side of road with truck. Betty and Walt came along and gave them a hand. It was late when we got to the hospital. Haven’t heard from Carmen, Kim or Eddie all weekend. Very late tonight Carmen gave me a ring. She had been with Dennis all weekend. But he (Dennis) had a bad asthma attack. She had to take him to hospital. Too bad. I hope you will be okay.

 

 

 

Monday, February 24, 1986

 

A very nice day. I done up the work. Did the washing. Milan and Betty to Portland to see the Dr. and to the Social Security and Blue Cross Blue Shield companies. They got a lot of things cleared up.

 

 

 

Tuesday, February 25, 1986

 

A quite nice day. I done up the work and ironed. Milan called, also Carmen came. She wanted me to go to Norway. She had to pick up a few things. I went. She is suffering with a bad case of asthma. Also her friend Dennis. I hope she will decide to make a wise decision to help keep her from these spells. Dorothea called. Billie still waiting in the hospital for the doctors decision on his problem. He had a lot of visitors today and tonight Eddie and Kim called, also called here. Betty painted her living room and papered and settled her room before she went to bed. Bill to the doctors, he is okay now.

 

 

 


 

 

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