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!

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

January 24 - 27, 1987 Zak Finally Arrives Home

Saturday, January 24, 1987

 

A nice day. Not very cold until late PM. It began to get cold and wind blowing. I done regular work. Made a squash pie, tarts, baked some white beans for us and Walt. Walt had his supper up here then he left at 4:30 to go get Zack. Milan called and David also. Zack’s plane home got all mixed up. So he didn’t come tonight. He called, he would stay with Kim and Eddie, they drove to the airport and got him. He was bounced from two flights from Dallas airport to Washington. A bad storm in Washington and Virginia.

 

 

 

Sunday, January 25, 1987 Zack home

 

Well after about 48 hours of struggling and rushing for planes and trying to get home Zack finally made it tonight at about 5 PM. He should have arrived home in about at least five hours. He stayed at Ed and Kim’s last night. He was dead tired when he got home. He called here in evening. He was so glad to get home and we all was glad to see him. We was very worried about him.

 

 

 

Monday, January 26, 1987 COLD

 

Mostly cloudy. It was a very cold day. I done my washing. I went down to Betty’s and did a couple things. She is so white and pale. She is improving. Can’t do very much, she gets so weak. Carmen came over and cleaned her house for her. Milan and Betty called there. Betty helped to do a lot of cleaning and dusting too. Carmen cleaned the horse stalls etc. Zack to Portland today all day with Walt. Milan called this morning. They got a lot more snow in Washington DC. Today everything at a standstill there. I’m darned glad Zack got away from it.

 

 

 

Tuesday, January 27, 1987

 

A nice sunny and a little more mild. I made a custard. I did the ironing. Carmen came and cleaned up. It was cold and Carmen’s car didn’t start. Zack went over and helped them get their cars started. Betty gaining each day. Zack and Walt to Portland this PM.

 

 

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