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 25, 2024

January 31 - February 3, 1990

 

Wednesday, January 31, 1990 Zak

 

Today Zack made a effort to get a job. He called about a ad in the paper about someone to do graphic drawings etc. Carmen took him down to Westbrook and he can have the job. So he is going to take it. I pray he is going to make a go but at least he tried. He will try again if it is necessary. I cooked corned beef and cabbage. Carmen and Brogan was here. Zack was so nerved up he didn’t eat.

 

 

 

Thursday, February 1, 1990

 

Partly sunny. Not too cold. I didn’t do much. Watched soaps. I done some puttering jobs. Read up in magazines and papers. Zack took the car and done some errands. Carmen took Billie to Dr. Petrone. He has sinus problems. Brogan up here for the nap today.

 

 

 

Friday, February 2, 1990 $442 Social Security, cloudy

 

Checks came. Carmen took them down and cashed them. She did the cleaning. I did a wash. Billie still dizzy and didn’t feel very good. It has been cloudy all day. Zack down to see about his job. He goes to work early Monday at 9:30 to 5. He is buying Bill’s car. He had it today, he’ll use it over the weekend to go to Army National Guard.

 

 

 

Saturday, February 3, 1990

 

A nice sunny day. I got up early. Zak came for coffee. He was on his way to the National Guard over to Norway. David came over for coffee. Also Alyssa. I made a chocolate cake, bread and did the ironing.

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