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, April 3, 2024

March 30 - April 1, 1989

 

Thursday, March 30, 1989 Finished Kitchen, SNOW

 

The house looks very good all over. It was so cold, couldn’t do back porch or breezeway. Betty and Carmen came and finished kitchen and Carmen and Kim to Norway. They got messed up on the highway over in Harrison. The snow made it slippery. They hit guardrail and messed the car up some. Too bad. Darned weather. I didn’t do much today. Watched TV programs. Betty up this evening, put the knobs on rest of the kitchen cupboards. Three or four got in the ditch down here by the turn in the road.

 

 

 

Friday, March 31, 1989

 

A very miserable day. Cloudy rain and snow. Billie got the barn cleaned out from the mess the water made.

 

 

 

March Summary

 

Carmen finished working at NCM Hospital, so to be able to care for Brogan until she is old enough for school. She needs her. Kim got a driving permit back to go back and forth to work. We papered the two bedrooms and the living room. Dorothea and Betty did the work. A very good job done. First time these rooms was ever papered.

 

 

 

Saturday, April 1, 1989

 

A lumpy day. David came down for coffee. I done up regular work. Washed floors etc. etc. We have had some miserable weather. Billie did regular work. Kim and Zack here for dinner. Betty sent up a very good Brown bread.

 

 

 


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