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, May 27, 2024

October 20 - 23, 1989 Fern's Birthday 87 Years!

 

Friday, October 20, 1989 hair set

 

A very nice day. It was foggy in early a.m., cleared away and it was nice, windy. Got up early. Got my regular work done. Billie took a shower and got ready and he and Carmen to Portland and got his eyes checked. They are in fair shape. He couldn’t get his pants. I took a bath and got ready to go to Barbara’s to get my hair set. I had Brogan this morning. Carmen did the cleaning today. Kim called. Brogan gone over to see and stay with her father tonight.

 

 

 

Saturday, October 21, 1989

 

Fern is 87 years old today. We all went up to Dorothea’s to celebrate with her. She got a nice lot of gifts and some money. We had ice cream bars, birthday cake etc. David here this morning for coffee. I made a cake and frosted it and some awful rolls. I baked beans, they were okay. Carmen baked beans today also. Zack was up here for supper. He watched TV in evening.

 

 




 

Sunday, October 22, 1989

 

Jason came, he helped to rake and cleaned up the leaves. Walt up for coffee. I did some odd and end jobs. Jason worked for a while this morning. Carmen and Brogan called and Kim.

 

 

 

Monday, October 23, 1989

 

It seems good to see a nice sunny day. I did the washing. Carmen and Brogan called, also Betty and Kim dropped in a little while. Kim and Carmen painted at Betty’s today. Carmen had an attack. Kim took her to Norway to the doctors. She was over there for three or four hours. They took a lot of tests. X-rays. They discovered a large cysts on the ovary. She came home very tired and weak.


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