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!

Thursday, October 31, 2024

May 13 - 16, 1991

 

Monday, May 13, 1991

 

A nice sunny day, sun coming up when I got up this morning. Clear and sun coming up was good. I washed, and got vegetables ready for pot roast for supper tonight. Betty, Walt, Betty M and Carmen and Brogan here. The Queen of England is visiting in Washington DC for a few days. Kim and Tom came and got stepladder. They are doing windows on the outside. They did Carmen’s on the outside too.

 

 

Tuesday, May 14, 1991

 

Billie and Jason doing a lot of the work outside. I went to Auburn and Norway would Betty M and H, done some shopping they did. Betty H got a cover for Dorothea’s pool for her helping her to do the cleaning. We called on Betty Smith, also downtown. Carmen worked all night. Awful hard for her. Arnold done the trimming at Betty’s. Billie and Jason set out the flowers in the flower garden.

 

 

 

Wednesday, May 15, 1991

 

A very nice sunny and mild day. Very pretty. I done regular work, done the ironing and cleaned the screens. Carmen came for a little while. She done the shopping. Betty H and Betty M and Brogan called. Jason came, he and Billie got all the things done Billie wanted him to. Now he will come every week and do regular chores and then start painting the house, some of it. Carmen working a lot now at the hospital. Vacations. Arnold working at Betty’s. Betty had Arnold paint the flagpole, looks nice. Carmen had to work tonight till 11 PM.

 


 


 

Thursday, May 16, 1991

 

Flowers are blossoming, lilacs and all. It is pretty outside. Betty came and got the supper tonight. Betty M helped her. It has been so hard for them all with me being laid up since Betty M has been here.

 

 



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