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!

Monday, January 13, 2025

February 2 - 5, 1992 Carmen's 29th Birthday

 

Sunday, February 2, 1992

 

A long day. No one called. The wind blowed hard all day. Cold. Walt up for coffee. I wrote to Esther and got the magazine read. Zak didn’t get up very early.

 

 

 

Monday, February 3, 1992 $489

 

Checks came. I got things ready. Zak down and done the banking for us both. I did the washing. Got a shoulder on cooking for supper. We had spinach greens, hot cornbread muffins. Betty and Walt were here. Kim and Tom and Kelly came up here, had lunch here. This evening Zak down to Betty’s. Carmen called and they took her down to the hospital. She needs care.

 

 

 

Tuesday, February 4, 1992

 

I done regular work. I made a cake for Carmen’s birthday. Kim called today.

 

 

 

Wednesday, February 5, 1992 CARMEN C HORTON 29 years

 

Another cold windy day. I didn’t do much. Zak done the shopping. I got meat ready to cook. I made a chiffon cake for Carmen’s birthday. Carmen had her 29th birthday. She, her mother and father, Arnold, BJ, Brogan and Zac were here, had a good pot roast supper. She got a large sum of money, a gift from Tom and Kim. Two sweaters from Zak. Dorothea, David, Billie, Betty S and Arnold gave her money. Nick’s condition is serious. I’m so sorry for him.

 

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