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, January 5, 2025

January 1 - 4, 1992

 

Wednesday, January 1, 1992 HAPPY NEW YEAR

 

Didn’t do much. I did a wash. Zak cooked steaks for supper. Zack up to Carmen’s in p.m. and evening. I worked on puzzle today.

 

 

 

Thursday, January 2, 1992

 

Well it was cloudy and hazy all forenoon. I did the wash and Zack fixed Billie’s bed and made it. He took care of the clothes and went to Norway with Walt.

 

 

 

Friday, January 3, 1992 Althea Social Security $489 Billie $515

 

Today got raises in Social Security checks. Mine $489, Billie’s veterans $69.10. I got checks ready for the bank. Also got the bills sent out. I put checks into the checking account. Into savings account $600.03 plus $100 today William Crook Junior, Dorothea Jean Crook Thomas, Betty Louise Crook Horton, got money from Fern’s estate, amount of $6406.23 to be divided equally, each $2135.41

 

 

 

Saturday, January 4, 1992

 

A cloudy dreary day. I got work done early. About 9 AM Kim and Tom came. Kim began to fry bacon. She fried steady for an hour or so. Betty, Walt, Arnold, Carmen, Nick, BJ and Brogan came. Carmen brought potatoes and panfried them than fried eggs. Made toast. Kim and Tom brought donuts from the bakery., Zac, Billie and I also. We had a very nice feed. Tom and Kim gave me the bacon for Christmas. Very good feed. David was down for coffee this morning.

 

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