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!

Saturday, June 29, 2024

February 15 - 18, 1990 Birthday Party for Joy and Betty

 

Thursday, February 15, 1990

 

Cloudy and snowing. I worked at the desk. Zack came for breakfast. I made a pudding. A Jell-O salad, cooked a good chicken for our supper. I watched soaps in PM.

 

 

 

Friday, February 16, 1990

 

Carmen and Brogan came. Carmen cleaned. She feels better but gets tired out easily. This is been a miserable day. No school, all of the state. Bad traveling. Zak up for coffee and donuts. Carmen had a date. A birthday celebration at Betty Smith’s tonight for Betty H and Joy. A bad night, snow, rain and bad traveling.

 


 

 

Saturday, February 17, 1990

 

Betty’s 47th birthday. This is a nice sunny day, on the cool March winds side. The ice got off the trees. I made bread, rolls and baked beans.

 

 



 

Sunday, February 18, 1990

 

I didn’t do much. Got all my reading done etc. Walt up for coffee. Had to bring the dogs in the car. Susan here in later PM. Also Dorothea stopped in for a little while. Betty brought up some popcorn, very good.

 

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