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 29, 2024

March 13 - 16, 1989

 

Monday, March 13, 1989

 

I did the washing. I didn’t have to get supper because Billie went down to Betty’s for a spaghetti and meatballs supper. Quite nice day after the clouds passed off. Not much going on around here. Carmen and Zak moved Carmen bureau from the shelter.

 

 

 

Tuesday, March 14, 1989 Kim got a driving permit today, she can drive to work only on this slip until 12 April

 

A beautiful day. Just like spring. Sunny and mild. Snow disappeared alot. I done regular work. Carmen and Brogan came up. Carmen went to town and done the shopping. Billie had trouble out in the barn with the pump. It didn’t work so he worked on it all day. Finally hooked it up to the other well out by the barn. I ironed. Kim got a permanent today. She can drive to work only until her birthday 12 April. She is very pleased about that. So is everyone. Carmen and Brogan here today for a while. They came back for supper. Betty dropped in.

 

 

 

Wednesday, March 15, 1989

 

A quite nice day. I done up regular work. We have had to nice spring like day. Billie chopping out the ditches so to keep the water from running into the barn. Betty, Carmen and Brogan came in for a little while today. I’m still reading the old diaries.

 

 

 

Thursday, March 16, 1989

 

Quite nice day. I made a vegetable stew for supper. The snow went quite a lot today. Carmen called. Betty and Brogan. I watched soaps and read in the old diaries.

 

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