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, January 18, 2025

February 21 - 24, 1992

 

Friday, February 21, 1992

 

A fair kind of day. Quite mild. Carmen to the doctors. She got awful sick. She had to have her sugar tested. She came home, went to bed. Zak to town all p.m. Betty had Betty S, Dorothea and Joy for the evening.

 


 

 

Saturday, February 22, 1992

 

Cloudy. I done regular work. Carmen came and brought bakery donuts. Dave came for his Saturday morning break. I didn’t watch TV much.

 

 

 

Sunday, February 23, 1992

 

A beautiful day. I wrote to Esther. She is having such a problem with Cliff. I had a sleepless night because of what I ate for my supper last night. Walt up for coffee this a.m., Carmen called. Betty called a minute. Dorothea called in evening. Zak down to his folks in evening. Well Arnold had another blow today. His ex-wife didn’t bring BJ home. Also he is very upset over Nick. I’m very sorry for Arnold. He has had such a bad blow all along. I hope he gets something for the best soon.

 

 

 

Monday, February 24, 1992

 

Cloudy. A quite nice day, I did the washing. Zak gone, got the lunch. Came back, got the supper. Betty called in evening for a few minutes. Zak gone tonight to town and to Carmen and Betty’s. Betty and Carmen going to school tomorrow. I did the bills which I have, expect some more tomorrow. Zak paid $20 on account.

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