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!

Sunday, October 20, 2024

April 2 - 5, 1991

 

Tuesday, April 2, 1991

 

Carmen came, we did some cleaning of draws, closets etc. She got a good supper.

 

 

 

Wednesday, April 3, 1991

 

A nice day. It was very sunny and warm. Billie still doing the raking. David down and made a nice long visit. I did the kitchen draws. Also some other odd and end jobs. Carmen, Kim, Dorothea and Brogan went to Portland and tried on their wedding dresses.

 

 

 

Thursday, April 4, 1991 got bad news of Stephen’s death

 

A very nice mild sunny day, 60 to 67°. It was very warm and sunny all day with the windows and doors open. Well, I did the draws in the kitchen where I keep my linens etc. Carmen came late this afternoon, she cleaned my closet, rest of the bathroom cupboards etc. Then she took me to the doctor Petrone for checkup. Gave me stronger pills for blood pressure. Billie did more raking, it looks very nice where he has got it all raked. Today we got the very bad news about Stephen Myles. We feel so bad, it is so unbelievable. George wrote us.

 

 

 

Friday, April 5, 1991

 

Another nice day. Nice and sunny and very warm. Carmen came late so we didn’t get much of anything done. Also Kim, Tom, Charlene, Betty, Brogan were all here. Betty came and got the supper. Walt and Bro here. Carmen and Kim worked the same shift 3-11. Arnold cleaned all up in Betty’s yard, it looks very nice. I sent cards to Hilda, Peg and Graham. Billie got his raking done and it looks very neat and clean.

 

 

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