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!

Friday, August 11, 2023

November 15 - 18, 1986

 

Saturday, November 15, 1986

 

A nice sunny day, on the cool side. I done up the work. Made a cake. Baked white beans, they were very good. I washed floors etc. David here this morning for coffee and talked. Milan called. Billie over to Norway, got light bulbs and groceries. Also got batteries for the fire alarm. Bill got the burner for the electric stove and put it in.

 

 

 

Sunday, November 16, 1986

 

It has been cloudy most all of the day. It cleared away about three this PM. I done up regular work. Walt up for coffee this morning. Billie up to David’s. Milan here for a couple times. He got rest of their livembs burned. He and Betty. Bill been reading all day. Billie’s foot is about the same, it worries ‘anyone’. Betty and Walt out and in. Carmen down there and washed.

 

 

 

Monday, November 17, 1986

 

Well a partly cloudy and sunny day. I did the washing, made a Jell-O. Wrote to Esther, got the things ready for their as they went down to Betty’s to help Betty S and Betty H and Carmen to get the Christmas gifts wrapped. I didn’t do only two or three packages. I watched the rest of them. We enjoyed it. Carmen prepared a very nice lunch. Came home, watched one program.

 

 

 

Tuesday, November 18, 1986

 

It has been mostly cloudy all day. Carmen came and cleaned. Betty helped her with the beds. We washed. I ironed, made two mince pies. We watched TV soaps. Billie to the Dr., he don’t like the looks of his foot, he cut it open and cleaned it out. He said later he would have to make up his mind. Betty had Barry start to work down there. Roof, boxed water pipes in the apartment. Bill down there. Milan here this morning.

 

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