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, December 29, 2023

April 14 - 17, 1988

Thursday, April 14, 1988

 

Nice and clear when we got up. The sun came out and it was a very nice day. I did my hair. They worked all day at Betty’s getting ready for spring- painting, fencing, fixing flower gardens etc. Carmen helped today down to Betty’s. Billie been busy all day cleaning up around etc.

 

 




 

Friday, April 15, 1988

 

A cloudy day after nice day yesterday. It snowed and rained. I got ready early. Carmen, Brogan and I went to the eye Dr. in Windham. Had eyes checked etc. He got to remove the cataract in May. I didn’t do much. Dorothea came in evening and fixed the paper in the bathroom. Helped Billie with some papers he has to send away.

 

 

 

Saturday, April 16, 1988 SNOW

 

Well when we got up this morning we saw about 4 inches of snow on the ground. What a mess. I been busy all day. I done up regular work, made a chocolate cake with a boiled frosting. I washed, washed floors, vacuumed etc. etc. It cleared some in PM. Cloudy, some wind. Dorothea came and did some more papers for Billie.

 

 

 

Sunday, April 17, 1988 BROGAN ALYSSA HORTON WILLETTE

 

Brogan 18 months today. Well I done up my work, got lunch. Brud and Verna called for a little while. I wrote to Esther. Betty, Walt and pets up to camp for first time. Betty came up and done Billie’s paperwork. Dorothea and David called in PM. Dorothea took David out for his birthday supper. Betty brought up some popcorn. Dennis took Carmen out for dinner, an Easter gift.

 


 

 

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