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, November 6, 2024

June 3 - 5, 1991 Esther Arrives

 

Monday, June 3, 1991

 

A nice and sunny day. I did a wash, done my hair, ironed. Carmen came, got the work done, got the supper, liver and onions. It was very good. I didn’t eat it. Billie loved it. I got a lot of odds and end jobs done.

 

 

 

Tuesday, June 4, 1991 RAIN, ESTHER CAME

 

Zack was here also today. Susan met Esther at the airport at about 5 PM. They went out and had supper then got home here about 9 PM. Betty S, Dorothea, Betty H and Carm was here. We was all glad to see her. All visited for a couple hours. Carmen was sick and home getting rested. Esther was tired. Zack, Betty and Carmen came and done all my housework. It looked very nice when they get done. Also Zack was here. He looked very nice. He had been over to National Guard at Norway. He has a new camera to use for the wedding. I did my washing and ironing.

 

 


 


Wednesday, June 5, 1991

 

Cold and some breaks in the clouds. This morning we got some very sad news. George had died suddenly last night. They called Walt early. We are so sorry. In hopes he would get back for a visit. Esther and I been looking at papers, pictures etc. she brought.

 

 




 

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