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, November 4, 2023

September 24 - 27, 1987

 

Thursday, September 24, 1987

 

A nice day, on the cool side. I went to Norway with Carmen and Betty and Brogan. I got some groceries. Got home quite early, brought home stuff for their lunch. Billie busy all day doing the falls work. Watched shows in PM and Dallas came on tonight, first one for the season. I did my washing before I went away.

 

 

 

Friday, September 25, 1987

 

Done regular work. Made a squash pie. I did some work at the desk. Billie mowed lawns. Bill still don’t feel very good.

 

 

 

Saturday, September 26, 1987

 

It was nice and in the forenoon, then it clouded up and it rained. I been busy most all day. I didn’t get up till 6:30. I done my regular work, washed floors, made applesauce cake. Brogan called for a while. She was busy and everyone around. She is such a good baby, is smart and very active. We love her so much. Carmen and Dennis worked in the garden. Carmen to work at the hospital tonight. Kim and Eddie up in the mountains today. Barry finished working at Kim’s. He will begin at Betty’s this week. Zack is digging the hole for the new fence.

 

 

 

Sunday, September 27, 1987

 

A beautiful day, another light frost. I done up the work. Walt up for coffee. David called also Zack. I worked at my desk. It was on the cool side. Billie worked outside cleaning up for the fall cleaning.

 

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