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, March 13, 2024

January 15 - 18, 1989

 

Sunday, January 15, 1989

 

Cloudy when we got up, mild. It cleared. I got the papers read. I worked on the puzzle. Carmen and Brogan called. Also Kim was here. Zack was here for supper. Walt up for coffee.

 

 

 

Monday, January 16, 1989

 

A nice sunny day. I did the wash. Carmen came, she cleaned the house. Got the lunch. Went to town to shop. She went down to Betty’s for a while. Marianne called at Betty’s. Zak here for supper. Carmen and Brogan down to Betty’s.

 

 

 

Tuesday, January 17, 1989

 

Cloudy in PM and snow. Not much. I did the ironing. I made a pudding. I worked on puzzle. Billie went to the for Dr. over to Fryeburg for his feet. Zak drove him over. Zak up here for supper. Carmen down to Betty’s for supper. And then she and Brogan called on their way home. Betty had Brogan for the day. Carmen back to work. Kim called tonight.

 

 

 

Wednesday, January 18, 1989

 

A nice sunny day and on the mild side. I done regular work. Finished the puzzle and I made a loaf of Graham nut bread. Zak here for supper. Carmen down to Betty’s, has been helping out down there this past week. Today they took me up to see the house. What a great mansion that is going to be. It is very nice and I’m so pleased they are doing so well with it.

 



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