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, January 1, 2025

December 23 - 24, 1991

 

Monday, December 23, 1991

 

It was a nice day. Zac and I been busy making bread etc. I cleaned up the stove. Carmen sick. Brogan’s grandmother, aunt and cousin came to see Bro. Bro got a lot of gifts also her father sent her a lot. Dorothea called in late p.m. Also Betty. In evening Betty came and we rode all around to see trees and decorations. Also called to see Dorothea’s tree, Joy’s and Carmen’s. All beautiful. First we went down to see Betty’s tree and it looks so nice down there. My feet, legs are good today.

 


 




 

 

Tuesday, December 24, 1991

 

A nice day. Been busy. I made a custard pie, a chocolate pie. Got ready for tonight. Kim didn’t come to fix, get the sandwiches. Dorothea came, she and Zack got them made. We got supper. Dorothea had to go home. We all went down to Betty Smith for her Christmas gifts then came home. We had ours here. Then we had refreshments. Then they all cleaned up the tree and everything back in place. We had a nice lot of nice useful gifts and candy. No end to it. Also we had a nice lunch and one of those good chocolate rolls by Dorothea.


















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