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!

Wednesday, October 23, 2024

April 14 - 17, 1991

 

Sunday, April 14, 1991

 

A nice sunny day. I wrote to George and Esther. Didn’t do much today. A few odd and end jobs. Carmen, Brogan are over to Oxford for antiques. Carmen brought our supper up. Broil steaks, salads of Billie.

 

 

 

Monday, April 15, 1991

 

A rainy dreary miserable day. Kim came and got the kitchen cupboards done, shelves covered with new paper. Dorothea came and got all the breezeway done. Carmen here too and worked. She was busy all day, got the running around done, took me to the Dr. Field over in North Bridgton. She prepared a good supper, had Betty, Walt and Arnold here. A miserable day. Jason came, he and Billie got a lot done outside. Carmen has got to work all night.

 

 

 

Tuesday, April 16, 1991

 

Well another miserable day, cloudy. Jason came again. Even Billie got a lot done. I done some odd jobs in the kitchen. Carmen didn’t come and got any work done. She had to rest all day. I also washed. And did a big ironing. Rose called to get my state paper but it didn’t come. So she will get the packages for me. Carmen came later in p.m. She had a head ache. Got the cupboard on the back porch varnished.

 

 

 

Wednesday, April 17, 1991

 

Another cloudy foggy miserable day. David came and stayed till noon. Carmen came and did the rest of the cupboards in the kitchen. My knees are an awful bother. Dorothea to Lewiston with Barbara. She is going to get her a new rug. Carmen to work at three. I got the supper. Walt up and helped Billie to get the water turned on down cellar. A leak in the barn. It has made an awful mess out there.

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