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, July 23, 2024

May 19 - 22, 1990

 

Saturday, May 19, 1990

 

Quite nice day. Carmen opened her new place of business, did very well on first day. David down for coffee this morning. I boiled beans today, been busy all day. Zak here, he and Carmen here for supper. Brogan went to Lewiston.

 

 

 

Sunday, May 20, 1990

 

A cloudy miserable day. Carmen did quite well at her business today. Walt here and Zak for coffee. Betty and I down and got Betty s. We went up to see Carmen’s place of business. Middle Ridge Market. She is talented. She has everything fixed up very nice. She is pleased. So are we and hope she will do very well.  Brogan over to her father’s this weekend. He took her to the aquarium in Saco. She saw so many things. She was so pleased and excited about it all.

 

 

 

Monday, May 21, 1990 began my housecleaning

 

Cloudy dreary and rainy day. Today Betty Smith came up, she and Betty Horton started my housecleaning. It was nice getting the house cleaning. They worked like Trojans today. I washed. I cooked a roast pork supper. Very good. Betty, Walt, Betty Smith, Carmen and Brogan all here. Carmen up to Dorothea’s this p.m. Carmen said Dorothea looks bad and isn’t at all good.

 

 

 

Tuesday, May 22, 1990

 

A better day today weatherwise. Betty S and Betty H came. They got a lot done. All the cupboards and some washing’s. Carmen to school and done the shopping. The Middle Ridge Market closed today. Yet she had a couple customers. Got to get plants etc. tomorrow. Dorothea is some better today. Billie mowed lawns today, the health nurse came and checked him today. Carmen and Brogan here for supper. Kim up today for lunch.

 

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