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, November 30, 2024

August 26 - 28, 1991

 

Monday, August 26, 1991

 

A quite nice day. It wasn’t too warm. A beautiful day. It may become milder with this haze coming in. I did the wash this morning. I got Billie’s lunch. Carmen and Brogan came. Carmen got meat out for supper. Arnold worked at Betty’s trimming etc. Betty mowed her lawns before it became hot. Billie was so cold. Susan, Chris, Missy (his wife) and their little baby came and visited. Dorothea called in the evening. Carmen working from 11 to 7 AM tomorrow.

 

 

 

Tuesday, August 27, 1991

 

Well I done a lot of things this a.m. I done regular work. I did a dite of washing. I did a big ironing, swept floors, kitchen and breezeway. Brogan came up and made a brief visit. Later Betty, Bro and Carmen came. We went to Oxford. I guess some vegetables. Also Betty got some vegetables.

 

 

 

Wednesday, August 28, 1991

 

HOT again. Another very hot day. Jason came and began on the back porch to paint it. I didn’t do much today. In PM Eva and Betty called, Carmen, Betty and Brogan. I had to sit inside and not on the porch. Bro and Betty H up to camp. Carmen had to work from 3 to 8. Had another bad shower in early eve besides the one we had in p.m. Said it might be cooler tomorrow.

 

 


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