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!

Friday, February 7, 2025

May 8 - 11, 1992 Mother's Day

 

Friday, May 8, 1992

 

Field came with TRACTOR. A kind of nice morning, on the hazy side. They came and brought the tractor up to get rest of equipment. It is all gone and paid for. Billie feels bad. Because of his failing health he had to get rid of it. I’m sorry.

 

 

 

Saturday, May 9, 1992

 

It was cloudy and raining when we got up. It cleared away. I got the work done up. David came for coffee and Zac. Dorothea came, she done a lot of work today. She cleaned the bureau draws and closets in the bedrooms and draws. It looks so nice. I went up to Waterford with Carmen, Kim and Brogan for plants. It was a very nice ride. When I got home, Dorothea had a lot of the work done. The girls got plants for Betty today. Dorothea left the house looking so nice. She got a good supper.

 

 

 

Sunday, May 10, 1992 Mother’s Day very nice

 

It was sunny early this morning. It clouded up and cloudy all day. Walt up for coffee. Then Zak came later. Carmen and Arnold working in their garden today, getting ready to plant. Carmen came up and got a Sloppy Joe started. Kim and Tom came and made a visit. Then later Betty, Dorothea, David, Walt, Zak, Arnold, Carmen, Brogan and Nick came for supper also we had Betty Smith and later Jeff came. All enjoyed the Sloppy Joe’s. I got a scanner, money, beautiful cards, money, a sweater and a lot of nice candy. A special card made by Brogan. Three very pretty bouquets. Dorothea, Zak and Jeff. Was glad Jeff was here as I don’t see him very often.

 

 

 

Monday, May 11, 1992

 

This morning Betty and Dorothea came early to begin the housecleaning. They did the two bedrooms and Dorothea got a lot done in the bathroom. It looks very nice after they finished. Heifers came tonight from Wade Kimball.

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