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!

Monday, December 11, 2023

February 6 - 9, 1988

 

Saturday, February 6, 1988 16 below 6 AM

 

A very nice sunny day, on the real cold side. It was 16 below when we got up. I done up my work. Washed the floors, made brownies. Betty made me a brown bread. She and Walt up to North Conway. She got me a couple things. Brogan and Carmen took Dennis home this forenoon. Brogan and Carmen called. Carmen got a bad foot from the fall she took last night. Betty took Carmen out for her birthday last night. They had a very good time. Betty and Walt are having Norma, Betty and Carmen and Brogan for supper. Also Zack and Kim.


 

 


 

 

Sunday, February 7, 1988

 

A quite nice day. It was very cold when we got up. 15 below here, colder in other places. Didn’t do much today. I did some reading, worked on last year’s summary of the diary. No one called. No one comes much now Milan is gone, miss him a lot. It got warmed up during the day. Kim called at about suppertime. Betty sent up a couple sandwiches (Italians). I feel sorry for Eddie, he is a good guy and worshiped the ground she walked on. He was honest and no bad qualities at all. I’ll miss him.

 



 


 

Monday, February 8, 1988 12 above

 

A nice clear morning. Not so cold. I washed. Carmen came this morning. I baked a chicken breast for supper, quite good. Billie over to Norway and done some shopping. It seemed good to see Zack drive-by to school this morning and home tonight. Watched the soaps today.

 

 

 

Tuesday, February 9, 1988

 

A quite nice day, not too cold. I did a big ironing. Carmen came, she and Bill went to town to shop. I called Esther. Billie back to Norway to get his pants fitted. In PM Norma and Betty came, also Betty and Brogan. They hauled Brogan up on the sled. She had a good time tipping off etc. She would laugh, enjoyed it so much. Betty, Norma and Betty went down to the Cemetery. Had the vet for Angel today. She is lame.

 



 

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