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!

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

October 24 - 27, 1989

 

Tuesday, October 24, 1989

 

At last we are having good sunny weather. It seems so good. I did a lot of odd jobs. I did the ironing. Made a squash pie. I got a corn beef cooking. Carmen to town to get groceries and a cabbage for the corned beef. Betty, Carmen, Kim here for lunch. Billie got a lot of outside work done today. Carmen and Brogan here for supper. Carmen didn’t work today.

 

 

 

Wednesday, October 25, 1989

 

Another one of those nice sunny days. Zak came and had coffee, juice and toast this morning. Carmen washed the windows on the outside. They been busy up to the shelter today. Kim painting today. Also Carmen did some, she is better. Nice and mild today, very nice day.

 

 

 

Thursday, October 26, 1989

 

A very nice sunny day. It was very warm. I done some odds and end jobs. Carmen called, brought a meat pie for our supper. It was very good. Also we had rest of her pie. It was very mild today. Up to 60 to 75°. Billie cleaned up the old flowers today.

 


 

 

Friday, October 27, 1989

 

Very warm. I done up the work and ironed. Carmen came and cleaned. Brogan also and Kim. Zack came for breakfast and lunch. Billie got up the leaves. We had the old-fashioned supper of salt pork, salt fish and the bread biscuits pudding with the green sauce. Very good.

 

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