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, February 12, 2024

October 1 - 3, 1988

 

Saturday, October 1, 1988 80° temp

 

This is been a very hot day. I been quite busy. Regular work, washed floors, made a cake, mince pie, biscuits for supper. Baked the new field beans. Carmen here for supper. Also Betty, Walt was sick. Carmen had to work. Billie been busy all day doing some jobs for fall. In evening we went to the Homeland Cemetery and talked on Ouija. Very interesting. Dorothea, Betty S, Betty H, Carmen and I and Joy.

 

 


 

Sunday, October 2, 1988

 

A quite nice day, it got cloudy during later PM. In evening it rained. I worked at my desk in a.m. In PM we went up to camp. Betty, Walt, Betty S and me. We had hamburgers and hotdogs, very good. Later Walt took the dogs home and Betty and Betty and I went to get ice cream sundaes. Not any anywhere so we went to Betty S. She treated us to a sundaes and cupcakes. Very good, visited a while then came home. Carmen came later with Brogan to leave her overnight at Betty’s. She is very cute.

 

 

 

Monday, October 3, 1988 $413 my check

 

A very nice sunny day, quite mild. I did a wash and an ironing. I did my letters and got them ready to go. Kim took our checks down, got them cashed. Also went with Billie to town. Betty and Brogan came. Carmen got home early. She and Betty came and cleaned up the house. I cooked a chicken for supper. Carmen took Alyssa over to the vets at Norway to have a flea bath. David is going to get her tomorrow and will keep her.

 

 

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