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!

Monday, June 3, 2024

November 17 - 20, 1989

Friday, November 17, 1989

 

A nice sunny day. I done regular work. Carmen and Brogan here, Carmen to clean. Zak here for breakfast. Kim came and called. I called Betty S. She came up and brought up her California snaps, very nice. Well today got a personal matter taken care of with Walt’s help. Zak’s much relieved tonight. He will get on with his life now I hope. He is a very loving and caring. I love him so much as family all do.

 

 

 

Saturday, November 18, 1989

 

A nice sunny day. I got my floor washed before David came, also rest of the work. David came, had coffee. Zack called for coffee and donuts early. Then he went up to work for Bill Centamore up in Sweden. Also Zack, Walt, and Betty worked up to camp doing some cleaning up also cut down some trees. Carmen, Brogan, Kim here today. Dorothea called and made a visit in evening. Billie lost his glasses.

 

 

 

Sunday, November 19, 1989

 

A sunny day, not very warm. Didn’t do much. Read paper, worked on Christmas orders. Billie and Jason did a lot of outside odd and end jobs. Walt up for coffee. He is some pleased of the slight change in Zak. Carmen here and got supper. Jimmy Dean sausages and corned oysters. Very good and a lemon cake pudding she made. Zak had supper at Betty and Walt’s.

 

 

 

Monday, November 20, 1989

 

Had a skiff of snow on the ground this morning. Didn’t last long. I washed, went down to Betty’s. Made applesauce. I came home, was going up to Carmen, Kim’s for supper. Their waterpipe leaked so they came down here for supper. They brought it down here, a boiled dinner. Very good and a good applesauce . Very very good. Zack to the Dr.’s over to Harrison. He took the drawings with him for him to check out. Billie didn’t do much all day, regular work.

 

 

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