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 2, 2024

January 25 - 28, 1991

 

Friday, January 25, 1991

 

Nice and sunny. I done regular work, washed. Dorothea came and cut Billie’s fingernails. Checked over his paperwork.

 

 

 

Saturday, January 26, 1991

 

I done up the work. My legs fair. I baked beans, made loaf bread. David came for coffee. I got most of the puzzle done. Brogan stayed at Betty’s tonight. They called here in evening.

 

 

 

Sunday, January 27, 1991

 

A quite nice day, very cold. I done regular work. Walt didn’t come for coffee. Brogan was there. Carmen called, done chores. Betty here, got Billie’s spaghetti ready, cooked me two dropped eggs. I finished puzzle. I wrote Billie Deming and Esther.

 

 

 

Monday, January 28, 1991

 

It snowed in the night last night. Snowing when we got up but it cleared up. Carmen got her hair done. I done regular work, washed. Brogan down to her grandmother ‘s while Carmen gone. Carmen’s hair looks very nice. She is a very nice-looking girl.

 

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