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, November 24, 2023

December 6 - 9, 1987

 

Sunday, December 6, 1987

 

A nice day. I got up early, got the chicken dinner to going. I made a chocolate pie. Got all things ready. Kim came, she took over. Set the table, got the vegetables ready. Zack and Eddie were here. They enjoyed the dinner very much. Eddie left and went home after we got the dishes wash. Kim wrapped all the Christmas gifts, wrapped. We took a plate to Betty and Walt then to Carmen at work.

 

 

 

Monday, December 7, 1987

 

A very nice day. I did a wash. Watched soaps, started my cards. Carmen here, cleaned up and sorted out the gifts. Watched shows in PM. Carmen did the shopping.

 

 

 

Tuesday, December 8, 1987

 

Nice and sunny in a.m. Not too cold. I done up my work then I did some cards. Hope to finish them tomorrow. It clouded up in PM. Zack work tonight after school. We watched the arrival of M (blank) and his wife. We also saw the signing of the Treaty Of Small Arms And Missiles And Weapons. Very interesting. Also Susan called this p.m. It was a nice visit. She is quite relaxed since she changed jobs. Betty and Carmen in Lewiston all day shopping.

 

 

 

Wednesday, December 9, 1987

 

A nice day. I did the ironing, made a pie. I got a corn beef to cooking for supper. We had a good supper. Carmen down to Betty’s, did some work. She came up here and washed windows. I was down to Betty’s to see the wrapped gifts.

 

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