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, September 28, 2024

January 9 -13, 1991

 

Wednesday, January 9, 1991

 

Cloudy and snowing lightly when I got up. I did a wash and the ironing. Carmen made some cookies.

 

 

 

Thursday, January 10, 1991

 

I went to Barbara and got my hair set. Very nice sunny day. I worked on the puzzle today. Carmen took me down. Betty called also Dorothea stopped in on her way home from town.

 

 

 

Friday, January 11, 1991

 

A nice sunny forenoon than it clouded up and it became very cold. Carmen took Billie to the doctors. She went to Norway with Arnold this morning. Cleaned here in the p.m. Betty dropped in for a minute. Dorothea came in the evening for a little visit.

 

 

 

Saturday, January 12, 1991 SNOWING

 

Got up and it was snowing. A big storm it will be. A new man, Arnold Smith, came and did the plowing. He did a good job.

 

 

 

Sunday, January 13, 1991

 

At last a nice sunny day. Arnold came and finished the plowing. David came and had coffee. Carmen and Kim on their way to Portland to a fashion show, wedding gowns. I finished my letter.

 

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