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!

Thursday, March 28, 2024

March 10 - 12, 1989 Zak's Open House

 

Friday, March 10, 1989

 

A nice day. Carmen’s first day of her brief retirement. She cleaned the house for four me and did some errands. Kim got a fancy meal Betty and guest. Zak did some more moving tonight. He is quite pleased with his new apartment. He is such a good honest young man. I did a washing today. Brogan here with Carmen. She is a buzz. Very cute, she was here for supper. Dorothea and Joy were here for a little visit.

 

 

 

Saturday, March 11, 1989

 

Much milder day. I got up and got my work done then I made some brownies and bread. I baked red kidney beans. Betty and Kim called to show us Kim’s new puppy. Golden retriever. Very cute. Kim was pleased with it. Carmen has a date to meet her new friend in Lewiston for the day. Brogan will be with her grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins, also will be seeing her father. I’m reading all my old diaries. They are very interesting to me.

 

 

Trinna and baby Brie

 

Sunday, March 12, 1989 ZACK’S OPEN HOUSE

 

Today Zack had open house at his new apartment. It is a very nice place for him. He had it fixed up and looked very nice. He is very proud and we are all proud of him. Betty, Walt, Carmen and Kim, Dorothea, Dave, Betty S, Joy and me. It was a cloudy wet snowy day. It cleared very late PM. We all enjoyed being at Zack’s. Carmen helped Zack in late PM. Betty and Betty made spaghetti and meatballs at Betty’s tonight. Carmen came up, got the supper. She and Brogan ate here.

 

 




 


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