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, June 18, 2024

January 5 - 7, 1990

 

Friday, January 5, 1990

 

A beautiful day, sunny and clear. I did the washing. Worked on the puzzle etc. George got a call from the girl that does his house cleaning for him. George down to Betty’s for supper. Carmen had cooked tuna fish casserole, salad etc. Carmen down town today.

 

 

 

Saturday, January 6, 1990 Betty in hospital

 

This is been a nice sunny day. I done regular work. I did some ironing. I didn’t baked beans. David down this morning. They had coffee. George and I worked on the puzzle, got a lot of it done. Carmen and Brogan came up. She got the lunches. Well we got ready about 3 PM to go out for supper. At about five we left to go to Maple Ridge Inn for supper. Betty, Walt, Betty S, Dorothea, Carmen, Brogan, George, Kim, Tom, Zak, Joy and I. We had a very good supper. About the last of that lo and behold Betty H got sick. Very. Walt brought her home. She didn’t improve. After a while Betty called Charlene. She told how she felt. She came down and took her to the hospital. Very irregular heartbeat. It is awful when she has these spells. I’m very worried.

 

 

 

Sunday, January 7, 1990

 

Walt up for breakfast coffee. He told us about Betty being in the hospital. Dorothea and Joy down to see her and Carmen, Kim and Walt. All at different times. George and I finished up the puzzle today. Zack over for Army training today. Was supposed to go yesterday, but had a bad cold. Betty had a lot of visitors at the hospital today. Walt, Zack, Kim, Carmen, Dorothea, Joy and Charlene. She will go to Portland tomorrow for tests. X-rays etc. Dorothea called this evening and done Billie’s paperwork.

 

 

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