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, October 12, 2023

July 1 - 4, 1987

Wednesday, July 1, 1987

 

It was a nice day. Bill and I went over to Carter’s today, got some peas and strawberries. Carmen and Kim worked together tonight at the hospital. Barry working at Kim’s tonight. David came down and got some strawberries tonight.

 

 

 

Thursday, July 2, 1987 checks came $174.80 and $402

 

A partly cloudy day. I did a washing (small). I also did the ironing. Betty and Brogan came up. Pete Hewson came up to work at Kim’s. Zack still enjoying his new truck.

 

 

 

Friday, July 3, 1987

 

Well we got ready and went to Norway shopping today. Also did some other jobs. Eddie came tonight. I did quite a bit of shopping groceries. Also Betty S went with us. She did some too.

 

 

 

Saturday, July 4, 1987 RAIN CLEARED

 

When we got up this morning it was cloudy and raining. It was a miserable day for a big picnic at Twin Oaks. But at about 11 AM it began to break away. We went up to camp. Kim picked Kassie and I up. It cleared away good after a while. Deborah and Jay had a baby girl born at 8 AM LeAnne Kate Louise Martin. Had a good feed up to camp. Fried chicken breast, salad, drinks and dessert. Came home at about 5:30 PM. Made biscuits, had beans. Had heavy thundershowers today. The young ladies stayed all night at camp. Kim didn’t have to work tonight or tomorrow night. I made two chocolate cakes, one for the picnic.

 


 

 


 

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