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, September 17, 2024

December 3 - 6, 1990

 

Monday, December 3, 1990

 

A nice sunny half the day. In p.m. it clouded up and we are threatened with snow. It started in early this evening. Carmen here for supper. Brogan down with Zak at Betty’s to have supper. He brought her up here on his shoulders after supper. Betty came, also after supper. She brought up the money. Zak looked good. He was all shaven clean. He has been in Portland for the last three nights at a Maine Institution.

 

 

 

Tuesday, December 4, 1990

 

Well, we got the bad storm last night, is snowed all night then it turned to rain early this morning. And it has rained hard all day. Cleared this p.m. Carmen, Zack and Brogan went to Portland. Brogan had an appointment with a doctor. Zak tried to fix the leaky faucet but didn’t have time. So I’m having the plumber come. Susan came and took a shower this p.m. I’m planning to make fudge tomorrow.

 

 

 

Wednesday, December 5, 1990

 

I worked on my Christmas list. Carmen got some things for me when she and Kim went shopping. They called to see Billie. Carmen got a notice from the court today. I made some fudge. Betty got my supper tonight.

 

 

 

Thursday, December 6, 1990

 

Fair kind of day. Zak came up, he fixed two draws. Carmen came for a short time, she went to meet a person this morning. Dorothea and Betty Smith shopping. I washed Billie’s clothes and made some fudge. Zak and Betty away shopping all day. Zack called for coffee. He did chores. He fixed a couple draws for me.

 

 

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