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, December 6, 2023

January 17 - 20, 1988

 

Sunday, January 17, 1988

 

Very mild today. Milan called this forenoon. Walt up for the Sunday morning coffee. I got the papers all read. I didn’t do very much today. Betty gave Brogan her first sled ride up through the field. She loved it. Then when she got home Betty and Walt gave her a ride on her sled. Carmen had to work tonight. Eddie went home tonight.

 

 

 

Monday, January 18, 1988

 

This is been a cloudy dreary day. Foggy etc. Carmen and Brogan called a minute. She did the chores. She had to take Brogan for her appointment at the doctors. This is a holiday. It is a holiday Martin Luther King’s birthday. Watched the soaps this PM and also soap opera awards. Bill to town today in this horrible slippery traveling. He called at Walt’s too.

 

 

 

Tuesday, January 19, 1988

 

Carmen came and did the housework. It looked nice after she got all done. Kim was here with her. I did the rest of the washing. Billie to the Dr. for his toe nails. Bill to the doctors.

 

 

 

Wednesday, January 20, 1988

 

A cloudy rainy snowy day, the temperature was okay. I did regular work. I did the ironing. I made my weeks cocoa. I watched the soaps today. Betty called a little while. Bill down town, over to Carmen’s. Betty and Kim over to Carmen’s. Carmen home all day.

 

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