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!

Thursday, September 14, 2023

March 22 - 24, 1984 Billie's 56th Birthday

 

Sunday, March 22, 1987

 

Another cloudy miserable day, it rained. Snow flurries at times too. Well it was Billie 56 birthday. I got the breakfast, regular work done, boiled and stuffed eggs for Kim. I made preparations for the party. Had lunch ready. About one Milan, Betty, Betty, Walt and kids came and their granddaughter Brogan Alyssa. (She was dressed in a blue suit. She looks so cute and beautiful). Billie had a lot of cards and a money tree. $120. He was very pleased. Dorothea, David and Fern, Joy and Cindy, also Ronald and Rose came. Everyone had a good time and was glad to be together. Brogan added a lot to the entertainment. We all was very pleased to see Kim. She seemed okay and happy. She left about 4:45 to go home. Got home at 7:45.

 





 

 

 

 

Monday, March 23, 1987 AT LAST SUN TODAY

 

After over a week we had nice sunny weather today. It was such a nice sunny day. And it settle the old snow a lot. I did regular work, ironed etc. Cooked shake and bake chicken for supper. Billie to the doctors. He can’t operate on his foot to take the toe off until next week. Expected to do it this week.

 

 

 

Tuesday, March 24, 1987

 

Been quite busy. I did a wash and all the ironing. Carmen came and cleaned. I had a boiled corned beef for supper. Very good. Milan got it for me. It is so good he runs these errands for us. We watched the soaps. Snow went a lot today.

 

 

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