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 31, 2023

February 26 - 28, 1986

 

Wednesday, February 26, 1986

 

A nice day. I didn’t do very much. Odds and end jobs. I went down to Betty’s to see the living room. It look so nice. It is very attractive and especially that bathroom. Milan and Betty called. I got ready, we went down to see Billie. He is just the same, he may have this foot operated on tomorrow. Carmen called tonight and had a midnight lunch. She was so tired, headache. She also told me she had a job two hours a day for six weeks in Naples typing and completing work. Dennis is better, he comes to see her as much as possible because of the cats. She is going to give them away.

 

 

 

Thursday, February 27, 1986

 

A beautiful day, clear and sunny. It was on the chilly side last night. I have been busy today. Watched some of my shows. Milan here, Dorothea called. Betty and I down to see Billie tonight. Eddie and Kim here this PM. Glad to see them. They worked on Billie’s toe this morning. Bill to the hospital and Dr. for his blood pressure.

 

 

 

Friday, February 28, 1986

 

They cleaned the poison from Billie’s toe and the bone. Maybe home Saturday. It pains him a lot. Well he met Carmen’s new friend Dennis. He is a nice neat looking guy. We liked him. They went down to Betty and Walt for supper. Kim over to Betty’s today, they cleaned up the house. Kim did some painting. She helped to get the supper.

 



 

Month recap:

Flicka was taken sick on the 7th and died early on the 9th. It was awful. We all loved her very much. It has made Carmen quite upset and sick. Also on the 20th Billie entered the NCM hospital for a bad toe infection. Also they have had many meetings on antinuclear waste deposits in this region. We met Carmen’s new friend. He gave her quite a surprise. He may be better now, time will tell.

 

 

 

 

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