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!

Saturday, June 10, 2023

April 3 - 5, 1986 Billie Lost A Toe

 

Thursday, April 3, 1986 snow all gone in yard

 

A beautiful day. I worked at the desk today making out the bills etc. I watched TV soaps in PM. Zack to the hospital to see a specialist for his urinary problem. Milan to Portland for a checkup. They didn’t do anything. Kim over to her house today to begin cleaning. She got quite a lot done. Plans to get it all cleaned before Eddie comes home. Betty went to the hospital in Boston, Boston Mass. Gen. Kim and I down to see Billie tonight, he is okay but his foot is swollen awful bad and Dr. Doyle is going to take it off tomorrow.

 

 

 

Friday, April 4, 1986 Billie lost his toe

 

I did a wash, cleaned up the housework. Today at 9 o’clock they removed Billie’s large toe at NCM Hospital. We went down to see him tonight, the swelling in the foot is all gone. He don’t feel any pain from it. He may later. Betty, Zack and I down. Kim was there too. Kim been working at her house cleaning today.

 

 

 

Saturday, April 5, 1986

 

A nice sunny day. On the coolish side. I swept, dusted, washed floors. Made some rolls. Zack came up and raked. Cleaned the hens out. Dorothea and Dennis came for supper. The beans were good. No one to the hospital today. Dorothea to the nuclear meeting at the LR High School all day.

 

 

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