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, March 11, 2024

January 7 - 10, 1989

Saturday, January 7, 1989

 

A cloudy day. Zack over to the National Guard base in Norway. David here for coffee this morning. I done up the work, washed floors, made bread. Finished up the puzzle. Carmen came in late PM. Then a little later Betty came. She walked down from the new house. I hope it didn’t hurt her. She and Carmen went up to see it. They like it very much. They had supper here. Carmen got the supper. They brought up a can of white B&M beans to go with mine. They enjoyed it. I had home made bread. It was good to have Betty able to come. Zak ate at Carmen’s. Brogan still over to Dennis. She will come home tomorrow.

 

 

 

Sunday, January 8, 1989

 

Cloudy and stormy when we got up. Rain and snow not too much. Zack back to work again today. Walt up for coffee this morning. I worked on a new puzzle. Kim came up, she helped and boosted it along good. Zack, Carmen and Brogan called at suppertime.

 

 

 

Monday, January 9, 1989

 

I got up about six, got things to going. Got the breakfast, got the washing to going. It is icy all around, dangerous to walk on. Been a lot of accidents and some people killed. Carmen called, she went to town and done the grocery buying. She and Kim called at Betty’s. Zak to Portland to take a physical for his job working for the state. I hope all goes okay with him. I finished the puzzle.

 

 

 

Tuesday, January 10, 1989

 

A quite nice day. Not too cold. I did the ironing, other jobs. Carmen and Brogan came. She cleaned up the house, she went to town. Then she went down to Betty’s in PM. I cooked a roast beef supper. Watched TV soaps in PM. Brogan looks good with her hair cut. I finished up and put puzzle away. I cooked a roast beef today for supper. I worked on the puzzle and also watched programs.

 

 

 

Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)