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, December 1, 2024

August 29 - September 1, 1991

 

Thursday, August 29, 1991 JASON finishing up today, be done, a very good job all summer.

 

Cooler this morning after the showers etc. yesterday. It is nice and sunny this morning. I done regular work. Jason came and finished the back porch. I got ready and went to Lewiston with Carmen to get her hair done. Also she stopped over in Oxford at the Fashion Bug for a dress to wear to her class reunion this Saturday night. Also Kim came up today. Was glad to see her. Also Betty came up tonight after supper. She had got a phone call from Zac. He is doing okay, he has a good job and they like him very much. Good pay. He loves his new life, likes his new home and met a nice girl. His life has changed very much for the better.

 

 

 

Friday, August 30, 1991

 

It dawned fair and sunny, on the hot side. I done regular work and a washing. Well, as the day went along a got hotter and hotter. I didn’t do much work. Carmen came and cleaned the house and got the supper. She also washed all the floors. I went downtown with Betty, Carmen and Brogan this forenoon. Saw Kim and Tom. Billie mowed all the lawns today. We had showers tonight late. It was so hot.

 

 

 

Saturday, August 31, 1991

 

At last a good clear day, no humidity. It was showery when we got up this morning. Thundershowers, lightning and thunder, rained hard. At about 8:30 it began to clear away. The sun came out, breezy and no humidity. It seems so good. I took a bath, done up regular work. David came, they had coffee. Then he and Billie went out to look over the lawnmower. Carmen came at about 1:30 to leave Brogan. She is on her way to her class reunion at Positively Main Street in Paris. Doreen McHatton and Lisa Osgood went with her.

 

 

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