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, March 1, 2024

December 8 - 11, 1988

 


Thursday, December 8, 1988 New Truck

 

Cloudy in early a.m. I did my wash. Carmen came and cleaned. Kim babysat for Brogan while Carmen was here. I watched shows in PM. Billie too. Carmen and Brogan came in PM and brought the groceries. Today Betty and Walt went to and he got a truck. It is very pretty. Zak and Betty came up with that and up to Dorothea’s.

 

 

 

Friday, December 9, 1988

 

Clear and sunny in a.m. Zack dropped in. It was a quite nice day and all. Got colder in PM. A bad earthquake in Russia. (Blank) left for home early. I worked on Christmas packages etc. Brogan here for a little while in PM. She is very cute in everything she does. She has a cold. After Carmen got through work she took her over to Lewiston for the weekend. I hope she will be okay and not sick.

 

 

 

Saturday, December 10, 1988

 

A nice sunny day. Zak here, called in three or four times. I did up regular work, washed floors. Made some bread, baked the beans. I worked on Christmas cards.

 

 

 

Sunday, December 11, 1988 Susan’s birthday

 

Very cold day, the single numbers. I did a wash and ironed. I finished reading Bridgton News. Then I worked on Christmas cards rest of the day. Betty and Dorothea out buying antiques. Carmen had to work, expecting Brogan any time. Bill read about all day. Zack dropped in.

 

 

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