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!

Thursday, June 6, 2024

November 28 - December 1, 1989

 

Tuesday, November 28, 1989

 

Well it cleared away. They kept roads up good all day. Dorothea showed a house to some people today. I hope she will sell it. She used Bill’s car. Didn’t see Zak at all today. He went to the doctors.

 

 

 

Wednesday, November 29, 1989

 

A beautiful day. I done regular work. Worked at the desk. Billie went to Norway to get his shoes, but they hadn’t come in then he went down here to get a haircut. He has Zack go and drive for him. Carmen came and got me and took me up to their house. Kim is finally all settled. It looks very nice. Both of them have nice homes to live in now thanks to Walt. Zak also has a place to live, a nice place too. Lucky kids. Now when Zak goes to work he will be all set.

 

 

 

Thursday, November 30, 1989

 

Cloudy and snow flurries when we got up. It cleared away after a while. I washed. It was a nice day. Zack got his truck running today. I didn’t do much, watched shows today.

 

 

 

Friday, December 1, 1989 $423

 

A beautiful day. Sunny and clear, but very windy. Carmen and Brogan came. Carmen took the checks down and got them cashed. She came home. She and Kim got lunch and then Carmen washed the windows on the inside and put up the Christmas lights. Betty up to camp getting the finishing touches on for tonight. It has been very cold and windy all day

 

 

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