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!

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

November 28 - December 1, 1987 David had Surgery

Saturday, November 28, 1987

 

Another beautiful day. I done up the work. Washed floors. Vacuumed and dusted. Got the beans in to bake. They are the horticultural, we raised them. Betty, Carmen and Brogan up to New Hampshire to get a picture. The snow hasn’t melted yet. I worked on Christmas orders today.

 

 

 

Sunday, November 29, 1987

 

A cloudy day. Only dite of sun. I worked at the desk all day. Checking out orders for Christmas. Carmen and Brogan called in for a little while. Betty called. No Kim today. I made a Welsh Rabbit for supper, very good.

 

 

 

Monday, November 30, 1987  DAVID R THOMAS

 

Cloudy and foggy. I been busy. I made a pie, I did the washing. David was operated on this morning. The gallbladder was removed. Dorothea was there. She called in here for a little while. She had to go to Norway. Then going back to the hospital. Carmen’s furnace was on the blink all night. They came and fixed it. She was much relieved. David had a bladder operation this morning.

 

 

 

Tuesday, December 1, 1987

 

A very nice day. I did some puttering around. Watched TV soaps, did a ironing. Carmen came, she went to the store. David doing okay. I hope he gets a lot of much-needed rest.

 

 

 

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