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!

Sunday, April 14, 2024

May 11 - 13, 1989

 

Thursday, May 11, 1989

 

Well another one of those miserable rains. Very hard all day. It is a miserable day. I didn’t do much today. I done rest of the reading, papers and magazines. Watched soaps. Kassie in all day. Zack called tonight. He is getting ready to go to the camp National Guard two-week training.

 

 

 

Friday, May 12, 1989

 

Well it has rained again all day. It is awful everywhere. The rivers are beginning to flood. I did a ironing. Carmen called in. She worked at Meldrum Green. Betty cleaned up her house. Carmen took Brogan over to Lewiston to visit with her father for the night. They been working up to the “My House”painting and doing the taping. Walt out on jobs today. Billie got a lot of his reading done. Zack left for training today for a couple weeks. I think of Zak so much. I feel so sorry about his problems. Carmen got her chair, it is very pretty. Also got one of mine back.

 

 

 

Saturday, May 13, 1989 KIM CAME AT about 10 PM

 

Kim returns today. I will be glad to hear about her trip. Also about Zak’s when he gets home. David came for coffee this morning. I done up my regular Saturday work. Carmen is getting things ready to get moved into new home. Well Kim arrived home about 10:30 tonight after a week’s visit in Aruba islands near South America. She and Joleen Bell went, they had a very good time.

 

 


 

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