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!

Sunday, March 3, 2024

December 16 -19, 1988

 

Friday, December 16, 1988 Tree In

 

Got the tree in today. Carmen and Betty. Also after they got it decorated it looks very nice. A very pretty tree. Carmen and Zak to North Windham mall. Betty took care of Brogan. At night Zak down to stay with Brogan till Carmen came. Carmen and Kim to the hospital party tonight Christmas.

 

 

 

Saturday, December 17, 1988

 

It was on the cloudy side, low temps. Zero. I washed floors, did the cleaning or touching up jobs etc. Billie reading papers. Billie had a upset stomach all day. I did too, the same thing. Didn’t eat much. I went to bed early.

 

 

 

Sunday, December 18, 1988

 

 

 

A quite nice day, not too cold. I felt better and Billie too. I read the paper etc. In late PM Betty, Carmen, Zack, Walt and Brogan came. Then a little later Kim came and Betty Smith. Carmen and Kim cooked the best baked ham supper we ever had. It was so good. Dorothea came and also Jeff came. He enjoyed the feeds so much and stayed quite late and made a visit. They put up the Christmas lights around the breezeway.

 

 

 

Monday, December 19, 1988 THEY STARTED THE NEW HOUSE

 

Very nice day. I did a wash. Carmen came. Zack and Kim and Brogan. They got the lunch for me. I watched the soaps in PM. Billie also. Kim to Portland tonight for her first day of schooling on easy driving. Betty S, Dorothea and Betty H visited Delores at the nursing home. Also they visited Sadie. Early this morning I heard the hammering good and clear up here to the new home up on the road.

 

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