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, September 9, 2023

March 4 -6, 1987

Wednesday, March 4, 1987

 

I didn’t do much today. I cooked some spinach and a ham. Very good. I made a banana pudding. Bill down town. Milan called. I called Kim tonight. She is the same. Don’t talk much. She is a good girl.

 

 

 

Thursday, March 5, 1987

 

A nice sunny day. Snow dropped some. We got so much snow all around. I cooked a meat pie for supper. I did my ironing. Milan called. Dorothea, Betty Smith up to New Hampshire. Betty got her a new coat. Betty dropped in for a little while and Carmen. She was down to Betty’s to do her cleaning. That Brogan is the prettiest little girl I have seen for a long while. She is smart and cunning.

 

 

 

Friday, March 6, 1987

 

Cloudy today, we expected a nice sunny day. It was a mild day. I did a big wash, made a custard for supper. Did other odd jobs. Billie up to get milk and up to Dorothea’s. Bill got his hearing aid today. I hope he will wear it all the time. It had to be repaired. Zack got his car back tonight after school. Betty called a little while today. We watched all the soaps. Carmen and Dennis dropped in for a little while.

 

 

 

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